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PeopleStrategy and TalentGuard Partner to Provide Clients with Complementary Solutions
Leading HR Solution Providers Collaborate to Offer Employers Expanded Capabilities to Manage Their Workforce

Atlanta, Georgia and Austin, Texas – September 17, 2014 – PeopleStrategy, Inc. a leading cloud based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of versatile Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced a partnership with TalentGuard, a leading provider of talent management software devoted to helping organizations implement high-impact talent practices. Under the agreement, PeopleStrategy will fully integrate the TalentGuard Talent Management suite into its eHCM product. PeopleStrategy will provide TalentGuard’s Performance Management module directly to its clients while providing clients with fully integrated access to the broader TalentGuard Suite which includes career pathing, succession management, 360 degree feedback, development planning, and certification tracking.

“PeopleStrategy and TalentGuard share the same commitment to providing our clients with reliable and proven solutions that help them achieve their business objectives,” stated David Fiacco, President and COO for PeopleStrategy. “After a careful and thorough search, we chose TalentGuard not simply for its full featured solution, but because of its strong and complementary corporate culture.”

By partnering with TalentGuard, PeopleStrategy will have an option for clients looking to implement a fully-integrated talent management solution that connects company, department and team goals to improve accountability and transparency. For TalentGuard clients this partnership offers the ability to expand beyond talent management with PeopleStrategy eHCM. PeopleStrategy eHCM allows employers to streamline critical processes associated with managing a workforce – from talent acquisition, onboarding, and HR compliance to workforce time and scheduling, payroll and benefits administration.

“We are very excited to be selected by PeopleStrategy as their partner for delivering talent management solutions,” said Paul Foreman, Chief Business Development Officer at TalentGuard. “Our relationship means that their clients will not only benefit from a proven talent management solution but from the collaboration of two organizations dedicated to the success of building and retaining talent.”

About PeopleStrategy, Inc.
PeopleStrategy is a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of versatile Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions designed to help companies of all sizes successfully perform mission-critical payroll and human resource management functions – in less time, at a lower cost and with fewer resources. For more information, please visit our web site at https://www.peoplestrategy.com

About Talent Guard
TalentGuard is a talent management software suite that delivers a unique, competency-based framework – called Career Core Competencies (C3) – that focuses on the vital areas of talent management including performance management, career pathing, succession management, 360 degree feedback, development planning, certification tracking. It is unmatched in its ability to engage and retain talent while building transparency for the employee and ensuring a significantly higher level of predictability and communication in managing their career. Learn more at www.talentguard.com.

Media and Investor Relations contact:

For TalentGuard:
Buck Krawczyk
TalentGuard
512.943.6800 x1487
Buck.Krawczyk@TalentGuard.com

For People Strategy Inc:
Lesley Lyons
PeopleStrategy, Inc.
Senior Marketing and Communications Manager
404.410.4154
Lesley.Lyons@peoplestrategy.com