Halogen Adds New Leading Learning Management System Partners to Extend Its Employee Performance and Talent Management Offering

NetDimensions and Acadia HCS partner with Halogen to enable organizations to access a full range of e-learning programs to maximize employee training and development.

Ottawa, Canada, February 14, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Halogen Software Inc., the leading provider of Web-based employee performance and talent management software today announced that it has partnered with leading learning management solution (LMS) providers, NetDimensions and Acadia HCS. By closely linking Halogen's offering with LMS systems, organizations can quickly identify areas where skill development is required using Halogen eAppraisal. Then, using an LMS system from Halogen's partners, customers can access programs that will provide employees with appropriate training as part of their overall employee development plan.

According to leading industry analysts, the talent management market, which includes both employee performance and learning management solutions, is projected to reach 4.0 billion in revenue by 2009. Organizations are now looking for ways to streamline processes by integrating systems wherever possible. Halogen is committed to offering a complete talent management suite and partnering with leading vendors to deliver organizations with an easy-to-use system which enables HR managers and executives to focus on what matters most - their employees.

NetDimensions creates software solutions that deliver and manage corporate training, assessment and certification programs. Their main product, the Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP), is a powerful, multilingual learning management system that has been chosen by leading multinationals throughout U.S., Europe and Asia.

“Halogen is a clear leader in the employee performance and talent management space. Our customers will benefit from their enterprise class solution that is also affordable and easy to use,” says Jay Shaw, CEO of NetDimensions. “This new partnership provides organizations with the ability to attract, retain, assess and develop talent using best practices and cutting-edge technology.”

Acadia HCS is a South Carolina based integrator and developer of e-learning systems and is focused on delivering the solutions necessary to align training objectives with business goals. Since 2000, Acadia HCS has led the industry in providing solutions that achieved the training and performance needs of organizations while keeping within the confines of the budgets allocated for managing and administering these needs.

"Increasingly, our customers are focused on their overall talent management strategy and our new relationship with Halogen will enable us to provide even greater value to all of the organizations we work with,” says Mitch Smith, Acadia HCS president and CEO. “In conjunction with strategic partners like Halogen, we are building the foundation for employee performance, talent and learning management systems that will meet tomorrow's business needs.”

About Halogen Software

With nearly 1000 customers worldwide, Halogen Software Inc. has established itself as the leading provider of employee performance and talent management solutions. Halogen offers powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable Web-based software that dramatically improves HR and line-manager productivity.

The company's award winning suite provides organizations with everything they need to develop and retain a high performance workforce: Halogen eAppraisal™ helps drive bottom-line success be making it quick and simple to deliver professional employee appraisals that align with organization goals. Halogen eCompensation™ automates the entire compensation adjustment process including budget distribution and approval. Halogen eSuccession™ makes it simple and affordable to get a best practices succession planning program underway - right away. And Halogen e360™ automates and simplifies formal 360-degree feedback procedures and offers sophisticated performance reporting.

Industry specific suites are provided for Healthcare and Financial Services. Halogen eAppraisal Healthcare™, exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association, helps healthcare organizations produce meaningful appraisals on time and allows them to always be in a "ready state" for accreditation surveyors from JCAHO®, OSHA, ACHA, and others. Halogen eAppraisal for Financial Services™ helps financial services organizations reduce the risk of non-compliance and ships with a comprehensive library of industry specific competencies and authoring aids.

Visit them online today: www.halogensoftware.com

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Halogen Software
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