Dude, Where's my Appraisal? Halogen Selected by The Motley Fool for Employee Performance and Talent Management

Market Wire, June, 2008

Halogen Software Inc., a leading provider of web-based employee performance and talent management software , today announced that it has been selected by The Motley Fool to provide an employee performance and talent management system for the investment services company's employees, managers and human resources professionals.

The Motley Fool wanted its HR processes to keep pace with the attitude and feel of the company's business and culture based on flexibility, respect and an absence of pretension. Company employees are known as "Fools" and the culture is reflected in the organization's editorial style as well as the way employees are treated on a daily basis - with a mission-driven sense of purpose and fun. Following a thorough selection process assessing solutions from multiple vendors, the HR team selected Halogen's Employee Performance and Talent Management Suite.

"Halogen's solution was highly intuitive and provided us with the flexibility to configure the system to meet our unique cultural needs," said Angelique Keenley, Director of Human Resources at The Motley Fool. "Respecting and maintaining our corporate culture is a priority for all of our HR programs, so being able to adapt the solution so it fits with our language - using greetings and reminders like "Hey, Fool" and "Dude, you're late" - was a plus. Based on customer references we were confident that the Halogen solution would be easy to roll out and configure."

Tight integration of Halogen's employee performance appraisal software with its compensation management and succession planning software will enable The Motley Fool to execute on key elements of organization's HR strategy for 2008. Halogen eSuccession will be used to manage the process of identifying high performers as well as improving retention strategies. "Now with an automated process we will be able to get an accurate data point on everyone's performance and use that as the basis for further succession planning initiatives," explained Keenley.

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 .

Contacts: Halogen Software PR Consultant Maggie Patterson 613-989-1866 mpatterson@ripnet.com