nextSource releases PeopleTicker 2.0

Updates to the industry's only rate-benchmarking tool offer improved functionality and broadened search engine technology options.

NEW YORK, April 5, 2004 — nextSource Inc., a leading provider of human capital management solutions has released The PeopleTicker 2.0, an update to their unique salary and rate-benchmarking tool. The PeopleTicker is an interactive database in which users can search current market labor bill rates, and full-time employee salary data specific to an individual's industry, experience, location, and skill set.

This new version features streaming functionality available for a user's desktop. The streaming information continuously updates rates and salaries for job descriptions created by the user, allowing the positions in various industries to be monitored at any given time.

Utilizing top-of-the-line search technology currently used by Untied States defense and intelligence agencies, electronic discovery companies, and, The PeopleTicker can now offer even more accurate results; giving employers the information they need when making important staffing decisions.

Using PeopleTicker 2.0, users may now enter any job description they wish and receive current market data information about nationwide full-time and contingent labor,.

"By Incorporating the latest in search technology, we are able to offer users a product that is very easy to use that provides them with some of the most comprehensive, up to date information available,'" said Joseph Musacchio, CEO of nextSource. "The PeopleTicker 2.0 will help companies do a better job of managing their overall workforce; all the while saving them money when it comes to making important staffing decisions."

For more information on The PeopleTicker 2.0, visit www.thepeopleticker.com

About nextSource

nextSource, Inc. is a leader in the development and implementation of workforce management solutions that address the enterprise-wide challenges associated with the sourcing and management of contingent labor, direct employee hires and deliverable-based project work. nextSource's solutions combine the latest technologies and the industry's best practices, allowing clients to streamline processes, identify and manage their spend, and mitigate risk. The PeopleTicker™, nextSource's most recent innovation, is the industry's only real-time hourly rate and salary benchmarking tool which enables users to monitor market fluctuations for their full-time and contingent workforces to determine current market rates and salary data specific to industry, geographic region, skill-set, and experience level. John Sculley, former CEO of Apple Computer and PepsiCo, Inc., is the chairman of the nextSource Advisory Board. For more information, visit http://www.nextsource.com.