Human Resources: Halogen Customers Shape Industry-Leading Employee Performance and TalentManagement Solution

OTTAWA, ON – March 11, 2008 – Halogen Software Inc., a leading provider
of web-based employee performance and talent management software,
announced today that its customers continue to provide valuable insight into
real-life HR issues and challenges and play a critical role in the shaping of the
Halogen Employee Performance and Talent Management Suite. Programs
including the continuous enhancement model and customer advisory boards
(CABs) have established Halogen as the leader in customer satisfaction. In a
recent Bersin & Associates study, Halogen was not only ranked as a market
leader they were also awarded the highest possible rating for customer
satisfaction – making it the one of just a few talent management vendors to
receive this recognition.

Continuous Enhancement Model
Every month Halogen communicates with its customers across all industries
and listens to their ideas and suggestions on how to make Halogen's entire
talent management suite even better. In February alone, enhancements
based on customer feedback were implemented in key features including
status reports, performance journals and goals and development plans.
Customers have reacted enthusiastically to these changes and to Halogen's
commitment to meeting their evolving needs. The Nautilus Insurance Group
was one of several customers who contributed to the enhancements in the
area of goals and development plans.

"Our employees know what they need to do to enable themselves to perform
better. This feature makes it possible for them to have the same ability as
the manager does to make changes to their goals and development plans,"
said Claire Herstein, HR Manager with Nautilus Insurance Group. "Halogen has
taken our input along with industry best practices and has applied them to
their powerful solution. Our experiences with Halogen customer support have
been great, right from the beginning and this is just one more example of
that."

Customer Advisory Boards
Halogen invites established customers to help shape the software's on-going
development through customer advisory boards. CABs provide product
management with valuable feedback and engage in discussion on issues and
trends. Each group consists of approximately 12 customers who attend on-
line meetings about twice a month.

"I know from past experience that Halogen listens and acts quickly on input
from their customers," said Sharron Sisti, HR Manager with Geffen Mesher. "I
am part of Halogen's professional services customer advisory board and I love
the idea that my changing needs and the needs of my organization will be
part of future enhancements to an already powerful employee performance
and talent management system."

Bersin & Associates Report

In a recent Bersin & Associates study, published in January 2008 Talent
Management Suites: Market Realities, Implementation Experiences, and
Vendor Profiles, Halogen was not only ranked as a market leader but also
received the highest possible ranking – four-stars - in customer satisfaction
based on its outstanding references, support record and overall customer
experience. For more information on this report go to http://bersin.com/.

About Halogen Software

A recognized industry leader with over 1000 customers worldwide, Halogen
Software makes powerful, simple-to-use and affordable employee
performance and talent management applications. The company offers a
complete suite of web-based products that automate, simplify and integrate
employee performance management, 360/multi-rater feedback, compensation
management, succession planning and learning management. Halogen's
offering makes HR best-practices accessible to companies of all sizes and its
healthcare, financial services and professional services specific suites meet
the unique needs of these industries. Halogen is consistently recognized by
the industry and its customers for its exceptional implementation and support
services, and has won multiple awards for its corporate leadership and
product innovation, including HR Technology Product of the Year. For more
information, visit www.halogensoftware.com.

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