CRG emPerform Provides Hosted Talent Management Solution to MRIS and RBI

Ottawa, Ontario – April 6, 2011 – Corporate Renaissance Group (CRG), a global provider of innovative solutions that improve business performance and increase effectiveness, is pleased to announce that MRIS and its subsidiary, RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI), have selected CRG emPerform™ as their employee performance management solution. 

MRIS, the leading developer of real estate technology and information as well as the largest multiple listing service (MLS) in the United States, and RBI will use emPerform to automate employee appraisals and to improve employee goal setting for more than 120 of their employees located in the greater Washington, DC – Baltimore, MD region. 
 
MRIS and RBI were looking for an online performance management solution to better align employee performance to company strategic goals, significantly reduce the time spent on employee appraisals, eliminate their manual paper process, and integrate seamlessly into their current workflows.

A key factor in MRIS and RBI’s decision to choose emPerform over other vendors was its remote hosting ability. “In addition to its ease-of-use, we selected CRG emPerform for their hosted solution which blended perfectly into our Software as a Service (SaaS) business model,” said Jonathan Hill, President of RBI. “We were looking for a flexible product that could be deployed online with minimal effort from our internal hardware and IT resources.”

“Because every organization is completely different, CRG emPerform has always offered the flexibility of deploying on-premise or hosted with the ability to switch between the two at any point as they expand or shift”, said John Smith, Director of Enterprise Business Solutions at CRG. “We are pleased that emPerform is able to offer MRIS and RBI the ability to overcome their performance and talent management challenges and adhere to their SaaS business model.”

About MRIS
MRIS is Real Estate in Real Time™, enabling its customers to list and sell nearly $100 million in real estate each day and nearly $100 billion in listings and closed sales in 2010. A leading developer of real estate information technology, MRIS connects its customers with timely, accurate and actionable data with a growing portfolio of technology solutions, including broker and agent software products and an industry-leading consumer portal, HomesDatabase.com. MRIS serves nearly 45,000 real estate professionals spanning a 22,000 square mile section of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region, including Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and portions of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Visit us at MRIS.com, “Like” us on Facebook.com/MRISonFB, and follow us on Twitter, @MRIS_REal_News.

About RealEstate Business Intelligence, LLC (RBI)
RealEstate Business Intelligence, LLC (RBI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of MRIS. RBI is a primary source of real estate data, analytics and business intelligence for real estate professionals with business interests in the Mid-Atlantic region. RBI also makes its statistical products and services available to other MLS markets throughout the US.  Visit us at RBIntel.com, “Like” us on Facebook.com/RBIntel, and follow us on Twitter, @RBIntel.

About Corporate Renaissance Group
Corporate Renaissance Group is a global provider of innovative business solutions that improve business performance and increase efficiency. CRG is a member of the Microsoft Partner Network headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices throughout Canada, South Africa, India and the United States. For more information, visit www.crgroup.com.

CRG emPerform is an all-inclusive Performance and Talent Management solution, one of many solutions offered by CRG. This all-in-one suite includes robust functionality to simplify and automate core talent management processes, including: performance appraisal, compensation management, 360 degree multi-rater feedback, succession planning and reporting and analytics. CRG emPerform has a diverse customer base within sectors that include professional services, not for profits, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, hospitality and public sector. For more information regarding CRG emPerform, visit www.employee-performance.com.

For additional information:
Natalie Trudel
Marketing Communications Specialist
CRG emPerform
ntrudel@employee-performance.com
613-232-4295 x252

Tina McCormack Beaty
MRIS and RBI Media Contact
tina@cfoxcommunications.com
301-585-5034 x116