BASKING RIDGE, N.J. -- Plateau Systems, a leading provider of software used by businesses to develop, manage, reward and optimize organizational talent, has renewed and expanded its contract for Verizon Business IP Application Hosting and content management services. The extended deal gives Plateau a scalable managed hosting service to meet growing demands for its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent management offerings and to provide seamless end-user broadband experiences for Plateau’s global clients and their employees.

A Verizon Business customer since 2003, Plateau provides applications and managed services to enable performance management, compensation management, career and succession planning, and learning and development. The addition of Verizon Business IP Application Hosting services – including Akamai Technologies Inc.’s global content distribution platform for the reliable acceleration of business applications, digital assets and dynamic sites – is part of Plateau’s strategy to meet growing global demands for its offerings. This includes the recently introduced iContent solution–a completely hosted service for procuring, integrating, deploying and managing both custom and commercially available learning content and resources.

“Bandwidth and server requirements have exploded in tandem with Plateau’s market success,” said Edward Cohen, Plateau’s chief technology officer. “The talent management industry is moving from on-premises to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery models such as Plateau’s Talent Management and iContent offerings. This trend is also increasing bandwidth requirements.”

“With Verizon Business, we can stay ahead of the technology curve and remain focused on our core business – helping to improve organizational performance – and deliver content and applications that are secure, reliable and highly available to enterprise managers and employees.”

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