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Taleo Corporation: Taleo Opens New State of the Art European Data Centre

^{Published on 2008-12-08 10:42:07 - Market Wire}
 

LONDON--(Marketwire - December 8, 2008) - Taleo (NASDAQ: [ TLEO ]), the leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions, today announced the opening of a new data centre in Amsterdam. The new data centre has been built to the same world-class specification as the existing Taleo data centres in New York and San Jose.

Built to support Taleo's quickly growing European enterprise customer base, the facility will provide on-demand solutions for unified Talent Management, Recruiting and Performance. Like all other Taleo data centres, this facility will conform to security standards such as SAS 70 Type II and ISO 27000. Customers already benefitting from the new centre include Ericsson, Areva, Renault, BIC and AON.

Darren Jaffrey, Taleo's SVP of International Operations, said, "The new data centre in Amsterdam is a key part of Taleo's ongoing strategy to invest in local service delivery and support for international markets. It will enable Taleo to further enhance our service to current and future customers in Europe."

"The investment in a data centre within the EU follows Taleo's strong organic growth in Europe over the last few years. Coupled with strong European market interest in the latest Taleo Performance product and an extended customer base via the acquisition of Vurv Technology earlier this year, we've built a foundation for our European business to continue to grow within a challenging economic environment," said Mike Gregoire, chairman and CEO of Taleo.

Taleo now has over 2.6 million users worldwide and has processed over 100 million candidates via Taleo-powered sites.

About Taleo

Taleo (NASDAQ: [ TLEO ]) is the leader in on-demand unified talent management solutions that empower organizations of all sizes to assess, acquire, develop and align their workforces for improved business performance. More than 3,800 organizations use Taleo for talent acquisition and performance management, including 47 of the Fortune 100 and over 3,000 small and medium sized businesses across 200 countries and territories. Known for its strong configurability and usability, Taleo runs on a world-class infrastructure and offers 99.9% availability. Taleo's Talent Grid harnesses the resources of the Taleo community of customers, candidates, and partners to power the talent needs of companies around the world.

Forward-looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Taleo's future financial performance, new product acceptance, market growth in Europe, the demand for Taleo's solutions, and general business conditions. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon Taleo's historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation that such plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Taleo's expectations as of the date of this press announcement. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and Taleo disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. Further information on potential factors that could affect actual results is included in Part I, Item 1A of Taleo's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 14, 2008, in Part II, Item 1A of Taleo's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the SEC on August 11, 2008, and in other reports filed by Taleo with the SEC.