ABN AMRO Standardizes Presence and Group Messaging Infrastructure on Parlano's MindAlign; Global Financial Organization Expands Deployment of Leading Enterprise Instant Messaging Solutions.

CHICAGO -- Parlano, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent enterprise instant messaging applications, today announces ABN AMRO has extended its initial implementation of MindAlign and standardized on Parlano's solutions for its presence, information management and group messaging infrastructure. Expanding from the initial 2,500 employees in 17 countries, today ABN AMRO has enabled real-time, persistent communications and information management to over 3,800 employees in 45 countries around the world.

"In originally selecting MindAlign, we focused on ease of use and immediate return on investment as critical success factors," said Conor Ogle, Global Head of Fixed Income Business Management for ABN AMRO. "The rapid adoption and assimilation of the solution into our day-to-day processes, operations and applications has enabled us to remain focused on our clients while leveraging the global strength of the bank. Whether it has been identifying and executing trades across our global product desks, collaborating real-time to structure capital markets opportunities, expediting the distribution of client feedback and proprietary research or bringing groups of people together on the fly to make critical decisions, the availability of presence information and real-time access to communications has significantly improved the effectiveness of our operations."

ABN AMRO has realized additional benefits from MindAlign including:

--Improved Use of and Benefit from Third-Party Market Data Sources

--Faster, More Consistent Dissemination of Proprietary Research

--Increased Speed of Trading Operations Around The Globe

--Increased Visibility of Market Conditions and Opportunities

--Increased Customer Satisfaction Through Secure & Immediate Connectivity

--Decreased E-Mail Storage Requirements

--Decreased International Voice Network Traffic

"When you look at the value of information in today's financial markets, seconds equate directly to millions, if not tens of millions, of dollars. The faster you can receive critical elements of market data, interpret it in light of internal intelligence and execute processes, the more successful the organization will be," states Nick Fera, chief executive officer for Parlano. "ABN AMRO believes wholeheartedly in the value of information and communications. The acceptance and adoption of MindAlign illustrates their commitment to exceeding the requirements for today's markets. We are pleased to continue to provide an increasingly critical application for their day-to-day operations."

Delivering the next generation of communications, MindAlign provides a secure, persistent and intelligent messaging platform enabling individuals and groups across distributed organizations to seamlessly collaborate and communicate real-time. Additional information can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.parlano.com/mindalign or by calling [phone], (866) PARLANO or our EMEA office at [phone].

About Parlano, Inc.

Parlano is a leading provider of intelligent enterprise instant messaging solutions that improve the visibility of, and access to, people and information across organizational and geographic boundaries. Parlano's MindAlign real-time messaging application delivers instant, intelligent, persistent group and topic-based messaging to securely connect employees, customers and partners with the right people, information and context to execute business processes more efficiently. Companies including ABN AMRO, ANZ, Group1 Trading, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS, West LB and others rely on Parlano to utilize messaging as a strategic business tool. Backed by Golden Gate Capital and Oak Investment Partners, Parlano supports its customers and partners from its worldwide headquarters in Chicago, Illinois and EMEA headquarters in London.

For more information, please visit www.parlano.com or contact us at our HQ in Chicago at [phone] or (866) PARLANO or at our EMEA office on [phone].

About ABN AMRO

Netherlands-based ABN AMRO is a leading international bank with total assets of EUR 637.5 bln (as at 30 September 2004). It has over 3,000 branches in more than 60 countries and territories, and has a staff of about 104,000 full-time equivalents worldwide. ABN AMRO is listed on the Euronext and New York stock exchanges.

ABN AMRO operates through three Strategic Business Units, each responsible for managing a distinct client segment. Wholesale Clients provides integrated corporate and investment banking services to corporate, institutional and public sector clients worldwide. Consumer & Commercial Clients focuses on retail and SME clients in three home markets -- the Netherlands, the US Midwest and Brazil and in a number of selected growth markets. Private Clients & Asset Management provides private banking services to wealthy clients and investment products to financial intermediaries and institutional clients.

Parlano, MindAlign and the Parlano MindAlign logo are registered trademarks. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (C) 2004 Parlano, Inc. All rights reserved.