13,000-Employee Romano’s Macaroni Grill® Chooses Ultimate Software’s UltiPro® as Its Solution of Record

WESTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ultimate Software (Nasdaq:ULTI - News), a leading provider of unified human capital management (HCM) SaaS solutions for global businesses, announced today that Romano’s Macaroni Grill, a leading restaurant with more than 200 locations, selected the UltiPro solution in June 2011 as its HCM system of record.

Prior to selecting UltiPro, the restaurant company had been using an internally built HR management tool. According to Drew Stafford, VP of information technology for Romano’s Macaroni Grill, the internal tool was created to address the essential needs of employee management, but the organization lacked the right technology to support the company’s people-focused strategies.

“The system we had been using was ‘bare bones’ when it came to features and flexibility. And meaningful reporting and forecasting were not possible because the system wasn’t integrated with our outsourced payroll solution,” said Stafford. “Rather than take on a new internal IT project, our executives decided to utilize our development resources on other core business projects and deploy a SaaS solution that included everything we needed out of the box for human capital management, including payroll.”

By using an HCM solution in the cloud, companies like Macaroni Grill can free their IT departments from the equipment and system maintenance burdens associated with on-premise software, while taking advantage of the latest capabilities for people management. Ultimate Software has almost 10 years of experience as a leader in the development of cloud-based HCM solutions, a key factor in the restaurant company’s decision. According to Stafford, Romano’s Macaroni Grill selected UltiPro for its proven tenure in SaaS delivery, along with its unified features for human resource and payroll and its ease of integration with other company and third-party applications.

“UltiPro is a market leader that sets the standard for what an HCM solution should be,” said Stafford. “We see UltiPro serving our entire workforce as well as our HR team and acting as a true catalyst for collaboration, strategic improvements, and operational effectiveness.”

“Ultimate Software remains at the forefront of the HR technology industry, as we’ve consistently expanded the scope of our SaaS solution to address not just foundational HR, payroll, and benefits processes—but talent management and business intelligence that allows companies to manage people proactively,” said Greg Swick, chief sales officer for Ultimate Software. “We’re very pleased to welcome Macaroni Grill to our family of category-leading customers.”

About Ultimate Software

Ultimate is a leading provider of unified human capital management (HCM) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for global businesses. Ultimate’s award-winning UltiPro®solutions deliver the functionality businesses need to manage the complete employment life cycle from recruitment to retirement. Based in Weston, FL, Ultimate employs more than 1,200 professionals who are focused on developing the highest quality solutions and services. In 2010, Ultimate was named an Optimas Award winner by Workforce Management magazine. In 2009, Ultimate was awarded first place in the People’s Choice Stevie® competition for Favorite New SaaS Product and was ranked the #1 best medium-sized company to work for in America by the Great Place to Work® Institute for the second consecutive year. In 2010, Ultimate’s security practices were recertified for ISO/IEC 27001, and Ultimate was the first HR SaaS vendor to be ISO/IEC 27001 certified in 2008. Ultimate has approximately 2,200 customers representing diverse industries, including such organizations as Adobe Systems Incorporated, The Container Store, Culligan International, Elizabeth Arden, Major League Baseball, The New York Yankees Baseball Team, and Ruth’s Chris Steak House. More information on Ultimate’s products and services can be found at www.ultimatesoftware.com.

UltiPro is a registered trademark of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective owners.

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