WESTON, Fla., June 20, 2007 -- Ultimate Software (Nasdaq:ULTI), a leading provider of end-to-end strategic human resources, payroll, and talent management solutions, announced today that Bryant University is experiencing strategic HR benefits as a result of UltiPro’s customizable reporting library, benefits enrollment feature set, and Web self-service for managers and employees.

Founded in 1863 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, Bryant University has approximately 1,100 employees who assist in the education of 3,600 full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students from 31 states and 32 countries. Bryant University had been using a service bureau that required a significant upgrade. Before investing in the upgrade, HR leadership at Bryant University decided to investigate other options and selected UltiPro for its ease of use and strategic functionality. Since going “live” on UltiPro in 1999, Jeana Welshman, payroll and human resource analyst for Bryant University, has found that UltiPro’s business intelligence tools have helped their team add value to the university.

“There is no doubt that UltiPro’s reporting has given human resources a seat at the executive table,” said Welshman. “Our leadership is very pleased at the speed and quality of detailed information we can provide them. I use the reporting every day, and am still amazed at the depth of information I can extract about our workforce. We have not seen another solution that provides the reporting capabilities of UltiPro that doesn’t require an IT person.”

Welshman and other members of the HR team create regular reports for management on trends, compliance, and labor metrics that were either impossible or took days to assemble before UltiPro. For instance, in several minutes Welshman can determine the real-time dollar value of unused vacation days — part of a regular monthly report Welshman delivers to executives. Before UltiPro, this calculation took approximately a half day to prepare. She also uses UltiPro’s reports to model salary increases, help with union labor negotiations, and drill down into manpower costs by department.

Post-benefits enrollment reporting has been expedited with UltiPro because Welshman and the HR team have in-house control and can slice and dice benefits information by type, provider, department, or employee. Bryant University leverages UltiPro’s benefits enrollment to empower employees to update their benefits choices from anywhere at any time. The functionality has also shaved off a week of tactical work that Welshman and her group spent inputting benefits choices before UltiPro. Now, the HR team at the school simply exports a file for benefit providers without data entry, saving time and improving accuracy.

“Our human resources department can spend more time evaluating and managing our total compensation package for employees because we are spending less time keying in benefits changes and handling enrollment forms,” said Welshman. “With UltiPro, benefits handbooks and open enrollment instructions are on the UltiPro portal for everyone to see, streamlining benefits enrollment for everyone. The portal serves as the university’s central repository for business forms, HR news, and all information relevant to employees.”

All employees, including managers, can access information via a Web browser from class room, office, or home. Managers can see paid time off, job history, or compensation of their staff. Employees can make changes to their direct deposit selections and update their addresses, in addition to viewing benefits choices, beneficiary detail, and payroll history.

“It’s mutually beneficial for management and HR for managers to find information on their own without coming to HR,” said Welshman. “With fewer calls and emails to human resources, we have time to spend on more strategic projects.”

“For organizations that want their HR teams focused on recruiting and retaining the highest quality employees, UltiPro provides the dual benefit of administrative automation for streamlining tactical activities and meaningful reports and workforce metrics for making the best strategic decisions,” said Greg Swick, senior vice president of sales for Ultimate Software. “Bryant University is doing a great job at leveraging UltiPro for cross-organizational business value.”

About Ultimate Software

A leading provider of end-to-end strategic human resources, payroll and talent management solutions, Ultimate Software markets its award-winning UltiPro products as licensed software and as on-demand services through Intersourcing. Based in Weston, FL, Ultimate Software employs more than 700 professionals who are focused on developing the highest quality products and services. Ultimate Software’s IT team won a first place award for its management of Intersourcing from the American Business Awards in 2007, and its customer service team won two first-place awards for service excellence in 2006, one from the Service & Support Professionals Association and another from the American Business Awards. Ultimate Software was named a “Leader” in Forrester Research Inc.'s 2006 U.S. Midmarket HR solutions Wave ranking and ranked #3 on the 2006 Top 25 Best Medium-Sized Companies to Work for in America list by the Great Place to Work Institute. Ultimate Software customers represent diverse industries and include such organizations as The Container Store, Elizabeth Arden, The Florida Marlins Baseball Team, The New York Yankees Baseball Team, Nintendo of America, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, and SkyWest Airlines. More information on Ultimate Software’s products and services can be found at www.ultimatesoftware.com.

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

Contacts 
Ultimate Software, Weston
Darlene Marcroft, 954-331-7444
darlene_marcroft@ultimatesoftware.com