Houlihan Lokey Howard Zukin

Houlihan Lokey Howard and Zukin

Client Profile:

• As the 5th largest international investment bank Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin established in 1970, provides a wide range of services, including mergers and acquisitions, financing, financial opinions and advisory services, financial restructuring, and merchant banking.
• The firm has been the No. 1 provider of fairness opinions for the past four years and has the largest financial restructuring practice of any investment bank in the country.
• Headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
• Customer since 1995
• 8 locations nationwide

Business Challenges:

Provide the highest level of reliability with seamless integration and transparent networking to connect 8 large offices coast to coast. Overlay emerging communication applications to help maintain their high level of customer service and competitive edge.

Blue Violet Networks Solution:

• Installed 8 Mitel Redundant SX2000 PBXs utilizing Mitel's MSDN "transparent" networking.
• Installed "XNet" software to provide seamless networking without the cost of a point to point T1.
• Future installation of Voice Recognition and IP Networking to leverage existing investment with added business tools to maintain competitive edge.