Human Resources: Texas Companies Achieve Success with Halogen Talent Management Systems

AUGUST 20, OTTAWA, CANADA – Halogen Software today announced that
leading companies from across Texas are using its enterprise-class employee
and talent management solutions to build high-performance cultures, improve
employee retention and attraction, and establish themselves as employers of
choice. Almost 100 Texas-based companies of all sizes are now using
Halogen's HR software to successfully implement easy-to-use, powerful, on-
line employee performance and talent management programs.

77% of all organizations cite the competition for skilled labor as their number
one pressure. A recent Aberdeen Group study, Managing Employee
Performance, found that organizations with an automated employee
performance management solution achieved above average gains in their
talent management processes, including more than 600% improvement in
employee time-to-productivity and over 700% increase in employee
retention.

Frisco-based Convenience Food Systems (CFS) is an international company
with innovative food packaging systems. CFS' regional HR Manager Scott
Mottern recently implemented Halogen eAppraisal. "CFS faces the same
challenge as many international Dallas-based companies do — being able to
answer the talent management challenges of globalization as we move
ahead," said Mottern. "Delivering employee performance management
consistently across broadly dispersed offices is one of the most difficult of
these challenges. Halogen enables us to achieve this consistency, which is
invaluable to our retention plans."

Galderma Laboratories is a multi-national dermatology products company
based in Fort Worth. As the number of employees is growing rapidly, the
company's HR team needs to focus on strategic drivers. "Halogen gives us
the ability to manage the large quantity of data we collect during appraisals
and to use this information to effectively contribute to and track against
corporate goals," said Robin Clayton, Director of HR, Galderma
Laboratories. "What would have taken days of data entry and analysis is now
available with a few clicks. This information enables us to ensure consistency
and accountability across groups and clearly link individual goals to corporate
objectives."

Robin Clayton of Galderma will be presenting a webinar on how the company
has used Halogen's employee performance management solution to support
HR's strategic role on Thursday August 28 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. eastern
time. Interested attendees are welcome register for this complimentary
webinar here: How Performance Management Supports HR's Strategic Role.

Lubbock Heart Hospital delivers superior patient care focused on the diagnosis
and treatment of cardiovascular disease. "We're committed to respecting the
value and worth of our employees who dedicate themselves to our critical
patient care. Our hospital sought to automate our employee performance
management system with a powerful, but easy to use talent management
solution," said Christina Dill Corley, Executive Director of Support Services
with the Lubbock Heart Hospital. "Halogen eAppraisal Healthcare provides us
with competency-based assessments, resulting in higher quality appraisals
that are more accurate and consistent. This helps ensure that we meet our
commitment to our employees, and ultimately our patients."

With offices in San Antonio and Austin, Padgett, Stratemann & Co., L.L.P. is
one of the largest locally-owned CPA and business advisory firms in Texas.
The firm's team members strive to exceed client expectations by offering
them trusted financial and business advice. "As a professional services firm,
our employees are our greatest asset," said Michelle L. Wiederstein, PHR, PI,
Human Resources Manager with Padgett, Stratemann & Co. "Halogen's talent
management suite for professional services helps us provide our team with a
clear career path and development plan, while ensuring the firm has a strong
succession plan as our senior partners retire or move on."

Redi Carpet out of Stafford, Texas has grown to be one of the largest
suppliers of flooring in the United States – a success based largely on the
hard work of its committed employees. "The service we provide our
customers is our vital competitive advantage. This makes effectively
appraising our employees and maximizing activities such as retention and
development key to our on-going success," said Jerry Hosko, President and
COO of Redi Carpet. "We needed to go beyond simply replacing our paper-
based system and ensure that employee performance was clearly tied to our
corporate objectives. Halogen's solution does just that and helps us provide
employees with clear and effective feedback to ensure we are meeting our
overall strategic goals."

Halogen Software will be available at booth 219 at the 2008 HR Southwest
Conference (http://www.hrsouthwest.com/), Fort Worth Convention Center,
Oct. 14-17th.

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
performance appraisals, 360 degree 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.