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Chiquita Brands Chooses Workday
Workday Passes 25 Customer Milestone; Life Time Fitness, CareerBuilder.com, Southwestern Energy Among Key New Customers
| Source: Workday
WALNUT CREEK, CA--(Marketwire - November 27, 2007) - Workday™, Inc. today announced that
Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE : CQB ) is among the more than 25
companies to date that have selected Workday solutions. New customers include
CareerBuilder.com, The Carlyle Group, Life Time Fitness (NYSE : LTM ), The
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Secure
Computing, and Southwestern Energy Company.
What's New
-- Chiquita Brands International, a Fortune 500 company with more than
25,000 employees worldwide and with 2006 revenues of approximately $4.5
billion, conducted an extensive review of human resources solutions from leading providers and selected
Workday based on:
* Workday's commitment to focus on the customer;
* The agility to meet the needs of Chiquita's unique global structure;
* The strategic potential of Workday's next-generation 'Web 2.0' interface
and usability;
* The lower cost and long-term simplicity of
on-demand architecture; and
* The risk and unpredictable costs inherent with on-premise software
projects.
-- Workday is currently working with Chiquita to activate and implement Workday Human Capital Management across the organization.
-- Workday now has more than 25 customers, including organizations of fewer
than 1000 employees and enterprises with 25,000 users or more, replacing
both manual systems and on-premise ERP deployments.
"Partnering with Workday complements Chiquita's corporate strategy to build
a high-performance organization by providing our human resources
organization access to the management solutions that will enable us to
focus more on our core competencies and deliver more value to the company,"
said Kevin Holland, senior vice president and chief people
officer for Chiquita Brands International. "We expect this agreement
will help us drive cost savings, while allowing us to concentrate on
delivering innovative, higher-margin products to our customers and
consumers."
"We're off-the-charts excited to welcome Chiquita Brands, one of the
world's most recognizable companies, as a Workday customer," said Dave
Duffield, Workday CEO and chief customer advocate. "Workday now has
more than 25 customers, we've expanded our suite beyond Human Capital
Management to include Financials, and we're seeing substantial interest
from large enterprises. As we pass the first anniversary of our launch,
across the board we're extremely happy with Workday's growth and
achievements in 2007."
"Some people have been proclaiming that SaaS is only for small companies,
but we're seeing exactly the opposite," Duffield continued. "Large,
forward-thinking organizations see the cost benefits and superb customer
experience available with on-demand solutions. We're proud to have this
fabulous group of new customers joining Workday."
Leading Companies Choose Workday
Dynamic, industry-leading companies are selecting Workday solutions to
manage their businesses. New Workday customers are listed below, with more
detailed profile information available at www.workday.com/our_customers
-- Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE : CQB ) With annual revenues of
approximately $4.5 billion, Cincinnati-based Chiquita Brands International,
Inc. is a leading international marketer and distributor of high-quality
fresh and value-added food products -- from energy-rich bananas and other
fruits to nutritious blends of convenient salads and greens. The company's
products and services are designed to win the hearts and smiles of the
world's consumers by helping them enjoy healthy fresh foods. The company
markets its products under the Chiquita® and Fresh Express® premium
brands and other related trademarks. Chiquita employs approximately 25,000
people operating in more than 70 countries worldwide. For more information,
visit www.chiquita.com.
-- CareerBuilder.com is the nation's largest online job site with more than
22 million unique visitors and over 1.5 million jobs. Owned by Gannett
Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), The McClatchy Company
(NYSE:MNI) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), the company offers a vast
online and print network to help job seekers connect with employers.
CareerBuilder.com powers the career centers for more than 1,100 partners,
including 150 newspapers and leading portals such as America Online and
MSN. More than 300,000 employers take advantage of CareerBuilder.com's
easy job postings, 23 million-plus resumes, Diversity Channel and more.
CareerBuilder.com and its subsidiaries operate in the U.S., Europe, Canada
and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.careerbuilder.com.
-- The Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest private equity firms,
with more than $75.6 billion under management. The company has more
than 500 investment professionals operating out of offices in 21 countries
in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and
Latin America. www.carlyle.com
-- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world's largest voluntary health
organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and
patient services. www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
-- Life Time Fitness, Inc. (NYSE : LTM ) operates distinctive and large
sports and athletic, professional fitness, family recreation and resort/spa
centers. As of November 8, 2007 the Company operated 68 centers in 15
states. www.lifetimefitness.com
-- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ : MLNM ) is a leading
biopharmaceutical company based in Cambridge, Mass. Millennium markets a
novel cancer product and has a robust clinical development pipeline of
product candidates. www.millennium.com.
-- Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ : SCUR ), a leading provider of
enterprise gateway security, delivers a comprehensive set of solutions that
help customers protect their critical Web, email and network assets.
www.securecomputing.com
-- Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE : SWN ) is primarily focused on natural
gas and engaged in the exploration and production of natural gas and crude
oil, natural gas gathering, marketing, and distribution. www.swn.com
About Workday
Workday is delivering the first on-demand alternative to ERP, with a new
generation of solutions designed to meet the needs of today's dynamic and
global businesses. Built on a completely new model, Workday Human Capital
Management and Workday Financials use the most modern, standards-based
technologies to provide an unparalleled level of agility, ease-of-use, and
integration capability. For more information about Workday, please visit
www.workday.com.
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