For Immediate Release: Media Contact: Kristin Copenhaver ...

For Immediate Release:

Media Contact:
Kristin Copenhaver
CedarCrestone
888.648.7876
kristin.copenhaver@CedarCrestone.com
http://www.CedarCrestone.com

CedarCrestone Announces Availability of HCM Benchmark Study of Workforce Technologies
and Service Delivery Approaches

Alpharetta, GA, April 18, 2006 – High-tech manufacturing and financial services, the early adopter
industries of workforce technologies and human resources service delivery approaches, have reaped
benefits sooner and faster than other industry segments according to the CedarCrestone HCM
Benchmark Study, released today. http://www.CedarCrestone.com/benchmark

The CedarCrestone HCM Benchmark Study provides an in-depth look into HCM application usage
and outsourcing decisions by industry and organization size. It is based on data collected from 340
organizations with over 500 employees from June to August, 2005. The study is a supplement to the
CedarCrestone 2005 HCM Survey: Workforce Technologies and Service Delivery Approaches,
Eighth Annual Edition white paper, which Tprovides a comprehensive view of how organizations
across a wide range of industries and activities are using workforce technologies and configuring
service delivery to improve performance. This white paper is Tavailable free of charge at
http://www.CedarCrestone.com/whitepapers.php.

Commenting on the findings of the Benchmark study, Neil Boyer, CedarCrestone COO, remarked,
“while workforce technologies have ...