SAN MATEO, Calif. – SuccessFactors, Inc., a provider in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, said today that WellStar Health System will deploy SuccessFactors to manage performance for more than 11,000 employees and has also selected SuccessFactors' modules for managing goal setting, succession planning, compensation management and career and development planning, all in the Enterprise Cloud. Using SuccessFactors' organically integrated solutions, WellStar will create a performance and talent management process that enables the organization to link strategy to business execution, plan for key position vacancies and identify internal talent, while reducing recruiting costs and increasing retention.

WellStar strives to create and deliver high quality hospital, physician and other related healthcare services that improve the health and wellbeing of the individuals and communities it serves. With SuccessFactors' real-time, actionable information on the performance and development of its staff, WellStar is well equipped to strategically identify and reward its highest contributors and continue its success as one of Atlanta's best healthcare networks.

"The WellStar executive team saw strategic value companywide in moving towards a fully integrated approach for all our performance and talent management initiatives," said David Anderson, executive vice president, human resources/OL/COO for WellStar. "With SuccessFactors, we now have a complete solution, one that enabled us to consolidate our processes into a single platform and helps us continue to provide excellent care to our patient community."

"Our customer adoption in the healthcare industry is continuing to grow at a rapid pace, and WellStar is a prime example of a great company that focuses closely on its people and business results. WellStar's ambition to more closely link strategy to execution will ensure that they are as efficient and successful as possible," said Lars Dalgaard, president, founder and CEO of SuccessFactors. "Healthcare companies are in the business of people, from patients to the doctors, nurses and managers who make a difference in people's lives. SuccessFactors, with our expansive healthcare vertical knowledge, is in the business to enable companies align their people, business goals and execution to make their organizations achieve a new level of management efficiency."

SuccessFactors continues to extend its leadership in providing solutions for the patient care industry with a dedicated practice with specialized products, sales and implementation teams, and product experts solely focused on the several hundred thousand patient care workers deployed on its suite.

The SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management Suite, which includes Performance Management, Goal Management, 360 Degree Reviews, Succession Management, Compensation Management, Learning and Development, Recruiting Management, Employee Profile, and Analytics and Reporting applications, creates a company-wide network of information related to employee performance, including skill-sets, interests, career aspirations, ability to relocate, experience, languages spoken and more. By providing deep, real-time, company-wide visibility into such critical performance data, companies are able to make better, more informed decisions about how to promote, recruit, compensate, reward and manage their entire employee base.