Emerald Software Group announces today that the company has been awarded a GSA multiple award schedule contract for its paperless workforce management products

Alpharetta, GA - September 11, 2009 - Emerald Software Group, LLC (Emerald Software), a world leader in business solutions based upon Business Process Management (BPM) technologies, today announces that the United States General Services Administration has granted Emerald Software a Multiple Award Schedule contract. The contract makes available to all federal and participating state and local agencies Emerald Software's AllegroHR Suite, including its paperless new employee onboarding and acculturation products, at a special pre-negotiated pricing schedule.

Emerald Software's AllegroHR Suite is a web-based workforce management suite that includes new employee onboarding, employee materials requisitioning, and personnel action notices. The entire AllegroHR suite leverages Microsoft(r) .Net technology, providing functional efficiency for the workforce, resulting in a significant return on investment through business process improvement; the AllegroHR suite is enabled by true Business Process Management (BPM) technology. Emerald Software's AllegroHR Suite products are available to both commercial and government clients in both term (hosted, SaaS, or Software-as-a-Service) and perpetual (conventional on-premise) licensing.

"We're proud to offer our workforce management solutions to our government clients under this contract," says Chuck Ros, President of Emerald Software Group. "We've been helping our commercial clients eliminate paper and improve their hiring processes for years. With particular interest today in greener government, we can help by implementing completely paperless HR environments."

Emerald Software Group is a world leader in business solutions based upon Business Process Management (BPM) technologies. The company's Human Capital solutions include new employee onboarding, employee lifecycle requisitioning, personnel change management, and employment verification services including integration to the Department of Homeland Security's e-Verify program. The company also offers other solutions in Applied BPM. Emerald operates in both North America and Europe. Emerald Software's website is www.emeraldsoftwaregroup.com and their GSA contract number is GS-35F-0689V.

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