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Empagio Continues Expansion of HRO Delivery Capabilities and Customer Wins

Atlanta, Georgia – (May 10, 2006) - As part of the scope of services for its Pittsburgh-based customer, Empagio provides HR, benefits, and payroll IT outsourcing services using Empagio's proprietary platform for all active and retired employees. Additionally, Empagio is providing 25,000 employees and retirees with expert support for pay inquiries, transactions and changes.

Empagio also announced that Delta Technology has implemented the Empagio solution for HR, Benefits, and Payroll administration. Customer support, ease of use, and cost savings were cited as the biggest success factors that have been realized by switching to Empagio. The wholly-owned IT subsidiary of Delta Air Lines is based in Atlanta, Georgia and employs approximately 2,000 technology support personnel. Delta Technology uses Empagio's HRIS, benefits administration, open enrollment, employee self-service, and payroll services in a fully hosted delivery model.

"Traditional software presents incredible risks in the areas of implementation, maintenance, upgrades, and return on investment. With the Empagio hosted solution, we have more time to focus on core, strategic business objectives. We began generating a positive return on investment within a few months," said Greg Tahvonen, VP of Human Resources at Delta Technology. "More importantly, Empagio's customer service has proven to be far beyond anything we have ever encountered in an outsourced vendor relationship."

"These success stories further demonstrate the ability of Empagio to provide our customers with flexible implementation and delivery models that best fit their corporate and cultural needs," stated Randy Cooper, CEO of Empagio. "Our strategy is to continue to migrate on-premises customers to our hosted model on a time frame that meets our customer's needs rather than ours, while at the same time delivering bullet proof HR services to a much larger base of new customers."

Empagio is a wholly owned subsidiary of HALO Technology Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:HALO - News), a global provider of a diversified range of standards-based enterprise software applications and on-demand solutions. For more information, please see our website at www.haloholdings.com.

The statements in this news release that do not directly relate to historical facts constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside the Company's control. As such, no assurance can be given that the actual events and results will not be materially different than the anticipated results described in the forward-looking statements. Factors could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. For a description of these factors, see the Company's prior filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent filing. Empagio disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future event, or otherwise.

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Olessia Sibiriakova
Director of Investor and Public Relations
HALO Technology Holdings, Inc.
olessia@haloholdings.com
(203) 422-2950