Lumesse ETWeb V11 Drives Global Adoption of Integrated Talent Management With Powerful New User Experience Focused on Ease-of-Use, Information Access

Also Lays Foundation for Important New Talent Acquisition Capabilities, Deep Integration of Learning Management Technology Planned for Product in 2012

AUSTIN, Texas & LONDON--()--Lumesse, a global leader in integrated talent management solutions, today announced that it will drive wider adoption among customer staff through a substantial new version of its Lumesse ETWeb integrated talent management solution, which features major enhancements to user experience, scalability and compatibility.

Lumesse ETWeb Version 11, launched today and available in 30 languages, brings an intuitive new user interface, a powerful new architecture, and wider compatibility with web browsers and Microsoft Office software, among many enhancements designed to increase its adoption among enterprise users worldwide. Lumesse ETWeb V11 also lays the foundations for important extensions to the product planned for 2012, including powerful new talent acquisition (e-recruitment) capabilities and the deep integration of learning management technology acquired with Edvantage Group.

Almost 2,000 companies in over 70 countries, including major brands such as GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, PSA Peugeot Citroen, British Airways and Carlsberg, now use technology from Lumesse, Europe’s largest independent software vendor in the talent management market.

Lumesse ETWeb V11 is available immediately as an upgrade to all new and existing customers, and is fully supported worldwide in over 30 languages by Lumesse.

“Our customers tell us they are focused on driving maximum benefit and data completeness from integrated talent management by increasing user adoption across their global businesses,” said Lumesse CEO Matthew Parker. “We’ve listened and responded with a superb user experience focused on ease-of-use, faster navigation, greater familiarity and wider compatibility with the latest web browsers and applications that people use every day. Lumesse ETWeb now offers the best combination of power, functionality and user experience of any talent management solution available worldwide.”

Adoption is increasingly critical for businesses looking to talent management as a way to drive global improvement in competitive performance. The new user experience in Lumesse ETWeb V11 has been designed to make it easier for both regular and occasional users in any language to gain maximum benefit from the application without lengthy training. Based on a navigation and visual model that will feel familiar and intuitive to users of current web 2.0 and social media applications, Lumesse ETWeb V11 will drive higher adoption among global users with its attractive, multi-lingual interface.

Improved navigation, reporting, searching and responsiveness will all help to drive better data quality, user productivity and satisfaction. In particular a new, configurable, interactive Talent Profile will help staff visualize their own information and objectives, and improve internal networking, while an interactive organization view will help managers be more productive and effective in daily tasks with detailed, configurable information views on areas such as potential, development, retention risk, bench strength, compensation and performance. Lumesse ETWeb V11 has a 100% web-based interface that now supports the latest version of major browsers, including IE9, FireFox and Safari.

Lumesse ETWeb is already in use by some of the world’s largest companies. The increased scalability of Version 11 will make it easier to support tens or hundreds of thousands of connected employees. Organizations will also benefit from lower cost-of-ownership from a reduced infrastructure requirement and greater compatibility. In line with the Lumesse philosophy of offering customers choice, Lumesse ETWeb V11 can be installed on-premises or fully hosted by Lumesse in one of its global data centers. Full support is provided worldwide by Lumesse consultants.

Lumesse ETWeb V11 also incorporates numerous other enhancements designed to simplify wider adoption, increase compatibility with new web browsers and standard Microsoft Office applications, improve and simplify the reporting of actionable, detailed HR and employee information, and improve staff and organizational visibility.

Lumesse CEO, Matthew Parker added: “With Lumesse ETWeb V11 we will continue to bring innovations to our talent management customers in 2012, with the addition of powerful new talent acquisition capabilities and the deep integration of learning management technology acquired from Edvantage Group. This will give us an unmatched capability to deliver truly integrated talent management across the entire employment lifecycle, with the capability to address the needs of the largest and most sophisticated businesses worldwide.”

About Lumesse – www.lumesse.com

Lumesse is the only global company making talent management solutions work locally. We help customers around the world to implement successful local talent management initiatives that identify, nurture, educate and develop the right people, in the right place, at the right time. Our multi-cultural background and presence means we understand how to deliver talent solutions that work the way our customers work, as individuals and as teams, because no two people, organizations or cultures are the same. We regard differences as strengths, not as obstacles.

1,900 customers work with us in over 70 countries because they recognize that commitment, innovation and value only come from people. We help customers to unlock and inspire that human potential in their businesses. Our integrated talent management solutions are comprehensive, intuitive, secure and fully internationalized into over 50 languages.

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Contacts

GCC, Inc. (for Lumesse)
George Cohen, 617-325-0011
george@gccpr.com

Release Summary

Lumesse announced a substantial new version of its Lumesse ETWeb integrated talent management solution, which features major enhancements to user experience, scalability and compatibility.

Contacts

GCC, Inc. (for Lumesse)
George Cohen, 617-325-0011
george@gccpr.com