SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - July 29, 2009) - Shiftboard has announced the general availability of a web service-oriented, application programming interface (API) for its industry-leading, easy-to-use online scheduling and people management system (http://www.shiftboard.com).

The services announced today are aimed at supporting near real-time, secure and direct access for third party software services to the rich underlying transactional and database management functionality within the Shiftboard platform. The announcement also underscores Shiftboard's long-standing commitment to making direct systems integration both easy and cost-effective for scheduling, reporting, recruiting and deeper human resource management scenarios.

"Today, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings must provide scalable, robust and secure API's that support the complex needs of enterprise-level customers that leverage existing investments, as well demands required by innovative web, mobile, social software and service organizations. We've heard the call for these sophisticated tools and are excited to provide what our partners have asked for within their IT and engineering operations," explained Bryan Lhuillier, Shiftboard's Chief Product and Technology Officer.

In plain English, the new API features provided by the Shiftboard platform allow customers to rapidly build new functionality and expand their own custom application offerings that connect directly to the Shiftboard environment. Common examples for the rich, new web services API from Shiftboard include:

--  Pulling schedule, time and attendance and credentialing data from
    Shiftboard for payroll and client billing
    
--  Synchronizing accounts and contact detail information with external
    human resource management systems.
    
--  Populating datasets for locations, teams or other entities from
    external data sources
    
--  Tapping into scheduling systems for on-call and standby personnel for
    near real-time communication systems (pager networks, SMS/TXT, etc.)
    

About Shiftboard

Shiftboard serves a broad range of business services including Nurse Scheduling, Pharmacy Scheduling as well as municipal governments, educational institutions, and non-profits. Customers range from 25 to 10,000 users and conduct scheduling and people management operations in time zones around the globe. Shiftboard's software is web-based, can be launched on short timelines, and is designed to be very easy to use.

For customer success stories, visit http://www.shiftboard.com/web-based-scheduling-case-studies.html.

Details on the API are available at http://www.shiftboard.com.