Investments
Bedford Funding has made the following investments:
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Authoria, a Waltham, MA-based producer of talent management software, was acquired in September 2008. (View Press Release).
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Peopleclick, a Raleigh, NC-based producer of recruiting management, vendor management, and workforce compliance software, was acquired in December 2009. (View Press Release).
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Aquire, an Irving, TX-based producer of workforce planning and analysis software, was acquired in April 2011. (View Press Release)
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Bedford Funding has combined these companies to form Peoplefluent, which is transforming talent management through its best-of-breed suite technology and expertise, under the leadership of Bedford Funding.
Mobile Platform
Peoplefluent is currently developing a new solution for the iPad:
"The Fluency on the Move suite being announced by Peoplefluent today is unlike anything I have seen among the current set of mobile products in the Talent Management marketplace today. With Fluency on the Move, the Company has designed applications that truly meet the interface, accessibility and ease-of-use requirements of today's managers on the move," said Lisa Rowan, Program Director for HR, Talent and Learning Strategies Research for IDC.
"In line with the Company's name change this week, this product suite is a true representation of mobile fluency." -- Lisa Rowan, IDC
"Ultimately, one of the greatest values of Talent Management software is its ability to deliver actionable information about people to line managers and executives -- essentially making the organization 'fluent about the people' part of the business," said Josh Bersin, CEO and President of Bersin & Associates.
"Peoplefluent has always had one of the most powerful and complete solutions for workforce analytics and decision making, so the new name captures this strength of helping organizations unlock and leverage knowledge about their people." -- Josh Bersin, Bersin & Associates
Mercer Partnership
In June 2010, Peoplefluent (then called Peopleclick Authoria) formed a strategic alliance with Mercer in supporting the launch of Mercer's Human Capital ConnectSM. Through this strategic alliance, two distinct leaders in complementary Human Capital domains came together to bring clients worldwide an unmatched solution integrating the best content and consulting practices from Mercer with leading technology offerings in Compensation, Performance Management and Succession Planning from Peoplefluent.
