Epic Financial Corp., Newport Beach, Calif., and Paramco Financial Group, Denver, have announced an alliance with Datalogic International to develop a proprietary Voice Over Internet Protocol video conferencing system for the mortgage industry.Epic's technology division led the effort, bringing in Paramco as a partner and Datalogic for research-and-development initiatives and to use its VoIP platform to deploy the system, the companies said. Once the video conferencing system is fully developed, Epic and Paramco will deploy it to their mortgage subsidiaries, such as Epic's Key Mortgage Corp. and Paramco's Royal Federal Inc., they said. "VoIP Video Conferencing is something we have envisioned for a number of years, but now with advancements in technology and the help of Datalogic, we can bring this solution to fruition," said Epic president William Parker. Epic can be found online at http://www.4epic.com and Paramco can be found at http://www.paramco.net.
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