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Authoria Invited to Present at 8th Annual Needham & Company Growth Conference
     Loofbourrow to Speak on the Rapidly Growing Talent Management Sector

    WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Authoria, Inc., the leading
provider of strategic talent management solutions, today announced that Tod
Loofbourrow, company president and CEO, has been invited to present at the 8th
Annual Needham & Company, LLC Growth Conference. This conference is the
premier growth stock conference of the year and is being held at the Palace
Hotel in New York City from January 10-13. Loofbourrow presented at 10:00 a.m.
EST on January 10 in the Chairman's Office.
    Privately held and profitable, Authoria offers strategic talent management
solutions that empower front-line managers to perform HR tasks and give HR
professionals the information and tools they need to practice strategic HR.
Its flagship solution, Authoria Advisor 2006, offers performance,
compensation, hiring, and manager and employee communications solutions
delivered on-demand. Authoria has an annual run-rate of more than $50 million
and, in the third quarter of 2005 (the most recent period for which financials
are available), the company's revenue grew by 84 percent over the same period
in 2004.
    With more than 300 enterprise customers, 250 employees, and offices in
Massachusetts, Texas, California and India, Authoria is the leader in the
rapidly growing talent management sector.
    "2006 promises to be another banner year for the $3.5 billion talent
management sector, with analysts forecasting annual growth of up to 20 percent
for the sector," Loofbourrow said. "It is an honor to present Authoria and our
compelling on-demand talent management value proposition at the Needham Growth
Conference."

    About Authoria
    Authoria is the leading provider of integrated talent management solutions
helping employers increase the productivity of their workforce in driving
their business strategy forward. In October 2005, Authoria beat three leading
competitors at the HR Technology Conference Performance & Compensation
Shootout. In addition, Authoria's products have been awarded Top Product of
the Year by Human Resource Executive Magazine seven times, more than any
vendor in the history of HR technology.  Authoria 2006 includes recruiting
management, performance management, compensation management, succession
planning, and benefit and policy communication, while providing just-in-time
knowledge and coaching for managers and employees. Authoria's award-winning
solutions have proven successful for more than 300 large employers,
representing more than 10 million employees. Customer companies include
Boeing, Pfizer, Reuters and Unocal. For more information, visit
http://www.authoria.com/news59.

    Note to editors: Authoria and Authoria Advisor 2006 are trademarks of
Authoria, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other product
names and references contained herein remain the service marks, trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.

    Contacts:
    Jeff Miller
    SparkSource, Inc.
    781-418-2419
    jmiller@sparksource.com
SOURCE Authoria, Inc.
http://www.authoria.com/news59
CONTACT:
Jeff Miller of SparkSource, Inc. for
Authoria, +1-781-418-2419, jmiller@sparksource.com