Ceridian Announces 500th Hosted HR/Payroll Solutions Customer

MINNEAPOLIS and CINCINNATI (September 23, 2002) — Ceridian, a leader in managed business solutions for human resources and employee effectiveness services, today announced the addition of its 500th HR/payroll hosted environment customer. Under the terms of the contract, Ceridian will provide a full suite of Web-based human resource, payroll, and tax services to Data Management, a major franchise owner of Cincinnati's popular LaRosa's neighborhood pizzerias with 500 employees.

"We are in a high-growth mode, and Ceridian offered us the greatest flexibility today and in the future," said Tarik Daoud, president and chief executive officer at Data Management. "With Ceridian's Web-based solution, we can keep administrative and IT costs down and concentrate on serving our customers and growing our business."

"Congratulations to Data Management on being our 500th hosted environment customer," said Pat Goepel chief revenue officer at Ceridian's U.S. human resources solutions business. "Ceridian has been at the forefront of Web-based solutions for the human resources arena. It's a trend that benefits companies of all sizes and allows them to stay focused on their core business, while ensuring the ability to track and manage critical HR data."

Ceridian launched Source Assist™, its first HR/payroll hosted environment solution, in March 1999. As a result of the positive customer response, the company developed its next generation solution, Ceridian eSource, which for the first time in the industry includes the following integrated offerings—Ceridian Source Time Professional™ for labor management, Ceridian Source Self-Service™ for managers and employees, and Ceridian reSource Hire™ for Internet recruiting and management.

Ceridian's eSource hosted environment allows companies to free up financial and IT resources, helps ensure compliance, and releases companies from the burden of manual upgrades while giving them continual, uninterrupted access to the latest version of eSource. Customers benefit from 24/7 access to eSource from one point of entry, with industry-standard levels of data security and protection.