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Taleo Receives InfoWorld 100 Award

Dublin, Calif., — November 16, 2006 – Taleo Corporation (Nasdaq: TLEO), the leading provider of on demand talent management solutions, today announced that it has been recognized by IDG's InfoWorld for its innovative on demand technology infrastructure that supports over 720 customers, including 30 of the Fortune 100. The annual InfoWorld 100 awards honor IT projects that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further their business goals.

The backbone of Taleo's anytime, anywhere service is the data center infrastructure. Hundreds of Taleo customers worldwide, with more than 750,000 corporate users, rely on it for secure protection and the highest possible availability of their talent data, at access speeds that are the best in the industry. In order to continue delivering optimal on demand performance and record customer uptime while undergoing significant growth and controlling IT costs, Taleo migrated its IT infrastructure from UNIX to Linux.

"It is an honor to be recognized for our innovative approach to IT," said Brad Benson, executive vice president of product and technology and CTO of Taleo. "With our move to Linux, Taleo has achieved 99.9 percent availability while customer transaction volume has grown by 147 percent since the period prior to the project. We also have the ability to drive over 25 percent more transactions per server than before, adding to increased performance levels."

"It's been said that fortune favors the bold. The inspiration for this year's finalists to tackle such sweeping changes varies widely -- from reducing delivery time of products and services to replacing cumbersome legacy systems," said Richard Gincel, InfoWorld Senior Editor. "But regardless of the motivation, high ambition unites them all."

About IDG
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, research, and event company. A privately-held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers including Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Macworld Conference & Expo(R), DEMO(R), and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at www.idg.com.

About Taleo
Taleo delivers on demand talent management solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to assess, acquire, develop and align their workforce for improved business performance.  Taleo's customers use its suite of solutions to improve their talent management processes to reduce the time and costs associated with these processes and to enhance the quality, productivity and satisfaction of their workforces.  Taleo currently has more than 720 corporate customers with approximately 750,000 registered users who use our services to fill positions in almost 100 countries.  For more information visit www.taleo.com.

Forward-looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Taleo's growth, the demand for Taleo's solutions and benefits and performance of Taleo's solutions.  Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon Taleo's historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation that such plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Taleo's expectations as of the date of this press announcement. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and Taleo disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. Further information on potential factors that could affect actual results is included in Item 1A of Taleo's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on April 17, 2006, in Item 1A of Taleo's most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and in other reports filed by Taleo with the SEC.

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