SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 30, 2011 – Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD), a leading provider of a comprehensive learning and talent management software solution, today announced it has been placed by Gartner Inc. in the “Leaders Quadrant” of the 2011 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems report.[1] The Magic Quadrant positions vendors according to their “Ability to Execute” and “Completeness of Vision.”

“We credit our recognition as a Leader by Gartner in the Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems to the quality and innovation of our organically developed software solution, as well as our relentless focus on supporting the success of our clients,” said Charles Coy, Director of Product Marketing for Cornerstone OnDemand. “Recent activity among other learning vendors to build out or acquire additional talent management functionality validates our long-held product strategy. Learning has always lived at the core of Cornerstone’s integrated talent management suite, ensuring that performance, succession and career management don’t end with assessment or measurement. Continuous learning tools can close identified competency and readiness gaps to ensure that organisations have the right people, in the right jobs, with the right skills.”

Cornerstone’s learning and development platform, Cornerstone Learning, helps businesses optimise their investments in people by delivering highly targeted training of any kind – ensuring that blended learning initiatives actively address identified competency and skill gaps and drive organisational performance. The platform provides a single point of online access to e-Learning delivery, instructor-led training (ILT) administration, virtual classroom sessions, content management and compliance management.

The company’s Cornerstone Connect platform for enterprise social collaboration allows organisations to evolve their current LMS strategies to include social and continuous learning, all integrated with more traditional LMS capability.

Cornerstone’s comprehensive software solution also includes Cornerstone Extended Enterprise, a platform for training, certifying and enabling extended networks of partners, suppliers, resellers, distributors and customers.

“Organisations of all sizes and across various industries use our continuous learning platform to empower their people with tools for developing new skills, being productive leaders, collaborating effectively with colleagues and contributing directly to the success of the business,” said Coy. “We also continue to see more organisations using our software to reach beyond the traditional four walls of the organisation and build smart customer and partner networks. This can facilitate both top-line revenue and bottom-line results, as well as become a new source of enduring competitive advantage.”

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