PeopleFluent Named Leader in Worldwide Performance Management in IDC's Integrated Talent Management 2015 Vendor Analysis

IDC MarketScape Names PeopleFluent a Leader in Worldwide Performance Management in Integrated Talent Management 2015 Vendor Analysis

PeopleFluent’s Widely-Adopted Performance Solution Driving Solution Selling and Continues to Receive Recognition for Innovation and Customer Success

WALTHAM, Mass. — February 11, 2015 — PeopleFluent, a leading social human capital management technology company, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Performance Management in Integrated Talent Management 2015 Vendor Analysis (doc #253854, January 2015) report, the industry’s premier vendor assessment tool for performance management in integrated talent management.

This is the second time in less than six months that PeopleFluent has been recognized by an IDC MarketScape, having been named to the Leaders category in the most recent end-to-end talent management assessment report, IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Integrated Talent Management 2014 Vendor Assessment (doc #252213, October 2014).

This IDC MarketScape study represents a vendor assessment of the performance management capabilities offered as part of an integrated talent management solution. PeopleFluent’s Performance Management system provides tools such as goal management, performance appraisals, competency and skill assessment, talent profiles, development activities, mobile performance management, reporting and analytics, and multi-rater / 360 review functionality to enable organizations to measure employee performance on a continuous basis and improve business results.

"PeopleFluent continues to innovate and received high client ratings due to its feature-rich products, customer service and reporting and analytics," said Lisa Rowan, research vice president, HR, Talent, and Learning Strategies, IDC. “Client marks for PeopleFluent Performance Management are very high.”

PeopleFluent is noted in the report for its drive for innovation for the benefit of its customers. The IDC MarketScape report also highlights PeopleFluent’s renowned Mirror platform which was the first to market with video, social and collaboration capabilities. The report speaks to the Mirror’s ability to combine collaboration and video products into a continuous engagement platform that provides candidates and employees alike with a personalized, central workspace. Built around people and not HR processes, Mirror integrates video and social technologies into all talent applications in order to deliver a personalized and collaborative experience that drives improved talent engagement and business performance.

“Performance has evolved greatly with the yearly review cycle quickly becoming a thing of the past,” said Jeff Carr, president and CEO, PeopleFluent. “Ongoing feedback is essential for employees to understand how they are performing, how they contribute to corporate goals and next steps for career development. PeopleFluent’s Performance Management solution improves business results, develops employees and retains key staff by aligning, establishing and measuring employee performance on a continuous basis. We are proud to be recognized for our leadership in the performance management space and consider the continuously positive feedback we receive from our customers to be just as valuable.”

The evaluation is based on a comprehensive and rigorous framework that assesses vendors relative to the criteria and one another and highlights the factors expected to be the most influential to success in the market, both short and long term.

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About IDC MarketScape

IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.

About PeopleFluent

PeopleFluent, the leading total workforce HCM technology company, redefines Talent Management with an innovative Talent Engagement Cloud that is built around people and not HR processes. By deeply integrating pervasive video, strategic analytics and collaborative social technologies into its complete suite of Talent Management applications, PeopleFluent redefines employee engagement to address productivity loss and diminished financial results due to an increasingly disengaged workforce. With PeopleFluent, companies can change at the speed of business without costly IT interventions through intuitive, highly configurable software that is built upon the right data. Spanning across an organization’s entire global workforce with one talent cloud, PeopleFluent equips leaders with the meaningful talent data and strategic analytics necessary to make better business decisions.

PeopleFluent has worked with over 5,100 organizations in 214 countries and territories to engage employees to drive better business results. Today, 80 percent of the Fortune 100 relies on PeopleFluent as part of their talent management delivery strategy, helping them successfully achieve their talent aspirations.