Appiant Technologies Announces Contract With NetStream to Expand Next Generation Offerings.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers PLEASANTON and ROSEVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2001 Leading Provider of Unified Communications/Unified Information Will Supply Its inUnison(TM) Products to Netstream's Customers Nhancement Technologies Inc., doing business as Appiant Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:NHAN), Wednesday announced it will supply its hosted IP-based inUnison(TM) products to NetStream Inc., a leading next generation managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality provider. The agreement with NetStream continues the expansion of Appiant Technologies' customer base operating under its new business model as the leading provider of unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. and unified information (UC/UI) technologies. "Appiant Technologies is pleased to be working with such a forward-thinking company as NetStream," said Doug Zorn, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Appiant Technologies. "Our delivery of inUnison(TM) to NetStream's NEX-GEN-NET(TM) suite of services is targeted to occur in the quarter ended March 31, 2001." About NetStream NetStream Inc. is a next generation managed services provider that offers a full suite of information technology (IT) management solutions and network services to enterprise customers. NetStream's Managed Services product offerings include complete end-to-end network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , state-of-the-art data centers, and scalable bandwidth for voice, data and Internet connectivity, on a 24x7x365 basis. To complement it's Managed Services, NetStream's NEX-GEN-NET(TM) delivers services via facilities based packet switched networks enhanced by multi protocol label switching (networking) label switching - A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. (MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. ). NetStream's NEX-GEN-NET(TM) combines IP and telephony technologies and an advanced OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. to enable businesses to independently customize and manage service connections. NetStream press releases and product information may be found at www.netstream.com or by contacting 877/258-0190 or e-mail at media@netstream.com. About Appiant Technologies Inc. Nhancement Technologies Inc., now doing business as Appiant Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:NHAN), is a software development company that delivers unified communications and unified information software applications to service providers. Through Appiant's technologies, WSPs, CLECs, LECs, ISPs, and RBOCs may offer consumers and enterprise employees the ability to manage in real-time, all of their telephone, email, voice mail, faxing, notification, personal, affinity group A special interest group. This is a marketing term for a group of people with similar interests. and Internet information. Appiant's enabling technologies will include a speech recognition engine that allows seamless access to Appiant's distributed portal architecture that in turn will integrate information from multiple sources. In addition, Appiant's channel management capabilities will allow users to have effective access to this information on the road as effectively as in the office. Appiant's inUnison(TM) portal will combine Appiant's enabling technologies with other software components to allow all of this information to be managed in real-time and in a highly personalized manner using virtually any device such as a PC, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). , computer, telephone, or cellular phone. Appiant Technologies is a member of the Cisco New World Ecosystem partner program and has been designated a Cisco Powered Network member. Appiant has headquarters in Pleasanton and offices throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and abroad. For more information visit the company's Web site at http://www.appiant.com/. Note: Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this announcement are made pursuant to the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations that involve risks and uncertainties that may result in such expectations not being realized. All forward-looking statements are made as of today, and the company disclaims any duty to update such statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the arrangements between Appiant and Netstream; the Netstream clients and other customers to which the inUnison products will be provided; the features that will be provided by the inUnison products; the intended pricing and market acceptance of inUnison; the expectations of Netstream; the financial performance of the company; product performance, technological developments, maintenance of relationships with key suppliers; difficulties in hiring or retaining key personnel; the effect of the company's accounting policies; the availability or timing of acquisition or restructuring opportunities; risks in integrating any acquired companies; approval of various governmental authorities; competition and other factors described in the company's SEC filings. inUnison(TM) is a trademark of Appiant Technologies. NetStream, the NetStream logo and NEX-GEN-NET(TM) are trademarks of NetStream Inc. 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