TFDL Unified Multimedia Communication Platform

June 27, 2007 – TFDL continues to lead the staffing solutions industry in its commitment to and investment in its clients’ success by launching a next generation unified communications platform built upon Nortel’s powerful MCS engine. Unified communication (UC) offers the ability to significantly improve the ways that individuals, groups and companies interact and perform. TFDL is now able to offer its clients interactive and integrated voice, video, data collaboration, presence awareness and unified messaging.

Peter Diab, Managing Partner, Technology and Operations says, “In a tightening market for business professionals our clients face stiff competition in their quest to attract, retain and develop the talent required to power their performance. That is why we have implemented this solution. We seek to provide our clients with solutions that are flexible and robust while retaining the ability to move at the speed of business. The largest single value of this technology deployment lies in its ability to reduce "human latency" in business processes. While communication methods can be used individually and separately, organizations should examine how bringing them together offers additional value, synergies and efficiencies.”

Among the many notable features, single number, find-me/follow-me dialing and unified messaging ensure that TFDL Solution consultants are always available no matter what time of day or circumstance. The client should never be put in the position of having to track down people to get the answers and the service it requires and deserves. That is why TFDL has chosen to implement a hosted solution that leverages the power of unified collaborative communication featured in Nortel’s industry leading MCS platform while hosting it externally to provide a hardened data centre infrastructure that delivers five 9’s of reliability, robustness and survivability.

“Our business is about people, information, analysis, fit and connection. A lot of the information gathered and provided is non-verbal. Rapport and relationship weigh heavily in the decisions our clients make. Consequently we look to exploit leading-edge technology that provides our clients with an extended capability to either establish or deepen their connection with and understanding of our firm and the candidates and contractors we represent”, says Diab.

The ability to leverage visual-based communication tools like video and web conferencing will allow TFDL to service its clients in real time, extending its physical reach and shortening the cycle times traditionally associated with the candidate identification, qualification and hiring process.

Peter Diab and John Huxtable, the two founding partners of The Finance Department Limited, have always believed in a future where speed and quality were mutually inclusive. Today with this announcement the company has made this vision a reality.