Nationwide Consumer Financial Services Company Leverages Integration With Cisco to Enhance Core Business Software With Help of Unified360

 DALLAS, TX, October 13,2009 -- Unified360, a unified communications solutions provider, has signed Halo Group, Inc., a nationwide consumer financial services company based in Allen, Texas. Recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in America, Halo's internal software system was very powerful in many areas with the one exception being in voice integration. Since Halo's value is in proactively educating consumers on their financial future, communications is key for them.

"In late 2008, Halo began seeking solutions and tested models including a legacy telephone system where they found integration to be almost impossible and hosted service where they found access to the core VoIP infrastructure to be restrictive," stated Jim Barker, CEO of Unified360. "When we were introduced, Halo's core business system was very advanced and had much time spent in developing. We leveraged our integration team to work with Halo's to integrate with their software to provide a full circle solution."

The integration Halo and Unified360 put in place helped Halo automate many of their business processes while allowing Halo's core business system to remain their "core" system driving the others including email, phone system, automated dialing, faxes, etc. Keeping Halo focused on continual development of their core business system allowed them to continue to grow and prosper.

Unified360 also worked with Halo to increase their bandwidth for voice and data by leveraging their relationships with many telecom providers to get Halo the best cost structure with the most and best bandwidth possible. Leveraging SIP technology has allowed Halo to use remote market Virtual Telephone Numbers (VTNs) to provide more of a local presence for out of area clients while also decreasing their long-distance and other usage-based telecommunication costs.

"Halo considers ourselves pretty technologically advanced and savvy but with the introduction of Unified360's total solution and pushing the envelope we are experiencing a tremendous amount of success," stated Derek Stringer, President of Consulting for Halo. "Since all of our systems are home grown from the bottom up it's good to see sales forces and customer service teams high fiving in the bullpens with the success of click to call and advanced dialing features. Our ROI is proving itself in at least four of our six sales forces and the only reason we are not six for six is because the other two sales people are internal sales and they primarily take inbound calls. Our partnership with Unified360 has already gotten off to a great start and I look forward to seeing how it grows in the future."

About Unified360:

Unified360 is a unified communications solutions provider based in Dallas, Texas. As a premier business partner with Cisco Systems with a host of strategic solutions including a wide range of communication and managed services, Unified360 is a leading provider to SMB and large enterprise organizations for next generation communication solutions. Unified360 focuses on helping companies realize a return on their technology investments and assist in driving down communication costs while delivering revenue enhancements to help them run more efficiently.

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