Secaucus, NJ -- (SBWire) -- 01/07/2010 -- OrangeHRM, The world’s leading Open Source HR Management solutions provider hit a new milestone. The company said today that it went past 300,000 downloads of its application.

The target set to be reached in the 1st quarter of next year was achieved with ease much earlier, just before the close of a successful year for OrangeHRM even when the world was financially challenged. This achievement was greatly fueled by the revolutionary version 2.5 (released in October 2009).

Thanking the community for this achievement, Co-Founder and CEO of OrangeHRM Sujee Saparamadu said, “It is clear that from our community and customer support today that OrangeHRM has reached yet another landmark. We are grateful to all our contributors. With your continued support we promise to make OrangeHRM the world’s premier HR System.”

OrangeHRM has many surprises in store going into 2010, and promises an eventful year to make OrangeHRM even more productive and successful.

About OrangeHRM Inc.
OrangeHRM Inc. is a highly flexible emerging organization in the area of Human Resource Management (HRM) also known as Human Capital Management (HCM). Being the provider of an Open Source HRM application, OrangeHRM offers an array of modules, such as Personal Information Management (PIM), Employee Self Service (ESS), Leave Management, Time and Attendance tracking, Health Saving Plans and Recruitment, all free of charge. In addition, OrangeHRM offers an On-Demand solution - a subscription-based hosted service that eliminates the need for installing and maintaining the product internally. Further, OrangeHRM has stretched its wings with the introduction of its new Platinum Support Plan, which supplements existing Gold, Silver and Basic plans, to provide continuous technical support to its user community.

Free availability, ease of installation and use, professional support and customization services, short development cycles, fast growth, and the leveraging of collective knowledge and intelligence, are just some of the factors encouraging SMEs everywhere to choose OrangeHRM as the solution for managing their most valuable resource – their people.

Website: http://www.orangehrm.com