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| Novient and people3 Announce New Workforce Management Software Solution |
| Combined Offering Targeted for Unique Needs of IT Service Organizations |
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BRIDGEWATER, NJ, October 15, 2001 -- people3, Inc., a Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) company, today announced an agreement with Novient to jointly develop resourcepower, the resource management module of people3's Web-based peoplepower workforce management platform. Novient and people3, the world's leading authority on IT human capital, anticipate launching their joint effort in November 2001.
Powered by Novient eServices, the core application within Novient's Internet-based Service Process Optimization (SPO) solution, the resourcepower module will work in concert with people3's careerpower module, a career development tool. Together, the solution enables enterprises to align employee development with the goals and objectives of the organization, gain visibility into current and future service projects, match people and skills to project requirements, and automate the service delivery process. "Novient provides an extremely functional and scalable software that is a perfect complement to our careerpower module," said Linda Pittenger, president and CEO of people3. "In the current economic environment, where organizations are forced to work with limited resources, it is evident that we need to integrate our career development tool with a proven SPO application that enables organizations to place the right people with the right skills on the right project." "Novient and people3 understand the unique business challenges faced by global IT organizations," said R. Halsey Wise, president and CEO of Novient. "This agreement provides the IT industry with a comprehensive solution for managing its high skill, high talent, and high demand workforce." SPO, formerly known as professional services automation (PSA), is described by Gartner Dataquest as software designed to track and allocate the major resources of services companies; namely people, intellectual capital, and time, to their output. According to Gartner Dataquest, the worldwide SPO market is expected to climb to approximately $1.5 billion by 2005. About Novient
Novient Inc. is the premier software provider of Internet-based service process optimization solutions for the service economy. Novient enables an organization to gain visibility into current and future service projects, match available people and skills to project requirements, and automate the service delivery process. Through enhanced workforce design, scheduling, and management, Novient's customers maximize project revenue, minimize labor cost, improve employee retention, and increase customer satisfaction.
Novient's solution is licensed to over 140,000 users in 48 countries. The company's global customers include Accenture, Compaq Computer, Computer Sciences Corporation, DuPont, KPMG LLP, Manugistics, Mellon Financial, Nortel Networks, SAP and Siemens. For more information, please visit www.novient.com or call 1-866-494-7352. About people3
people3, the world's leading authority on IT human capital, provides "people solutions" for IT organizations. Supported by seasoned human resources and IT consultants who understand the unique languages and issues of both the HR and IT communities, people3 helps its clients maximize the value of their most important investment, their people. Along with its custom consulting services, people3 also delivers solutions through a cross-functional workforce management software tool called peoplepower, and an annual compensation study that focuses solely on the IT industry. people3, a Gartner company, is headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey. For more information on people3, please call us at (888) PEOPLE3 or visit our Web site at www.people3.com.
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