Appiant Technologies Names Sciammas as Vice President of Operations; Company Strengthens Management Team.

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PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2000

NHancement Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:NHAN), now doing business as Appiant Technologies Inc., a provider of unified communications and unified information (UC/UI) technologies, today announced the hiring of its new vice president of operations, Clement Sciammas.

With more than 12 years of IT managerial experience, Sciammas will be responsible for Appiant Technologies' field service, professional services, customer service, education and products divisions.

Sciammas most recently served as the director of online operations with Cephren, an application service provider located in the Silicon Valley. While at Cephren, Sciammas deployed two data centers and managed the operations, customer service, and IT groups. In addition, he executed a successful development process with the product management, engineering and quality assurance groups and oversaw the implementation of Cephren's customer relationship management product for its customer service group.

"We are very excited to add an executive of Clement's caliber to the Appiant management team," said Douglas Zorn, president and chief executive officer at Appiant Technologies Inc. "Clement's network and IT experience will bolster our status as the preeminent provider of unified communications and unified information solutions. As our management team expands, their combined expertise will significantly boost our ability to manage growth, develop new technology and ensure our long term performance."

"Appiant Technologies is a company with a bright future," said Sciammas. "I feel that my blend of managerial and technical experience is an important addition to Appiant Technologies' current executive team."

Sciammas has a master's degree in business administration with concentrations in Information Systems and Strategic Management from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor's degree in Theology from Westmont College.

About Appiant Technologies Inc.

Nhancement Technologies Inc., now doing business as Appiant Technologies Inc., (Nasdaq:NHAN), is a software application and infrastructure company that specializes in hosted end-to-end unified communications and unified information (UC/UI) applications for service providers. Appiant's offering is based on an open packet telephony architecture with a powerful, intuitive voice recognition interface. Through this technology, wireless carriers, LECs, ISPs and ASPs may offer consumers and enterprise employees the ability to manage in real-time, all of their telephone, email, voice mail, faxing, notification and Internet information.

Appiant's enabling technologies include data mining, data analysis, navigation, recommendation, and speech recognition engines that provide a unique ability to access important private, public, and enterprise data on the road as effectively as in the office. The inUnison(TM) portal allows all communication including email, voicemail, fax, calendar, contact database, and corporate information to be managed in real-time and in a highly personalized manner using virtually any device, such as a PC, PDA, telephone, or cellular phone.

Appiant Technologies is a Cisco Powered Network Member. Appiant is headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., and has offices throughout the United States and abroad. For more information please visit the company's Web site at www.nhan.com.

Note: Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements in this announcement are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 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. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,the risks that the markets in which we compete do not grow as expected; that anticipated revenues will not be realized; that our growth will not continue with prior years' trends or with predictions; that our new business model will be successful; or that we will be successful in attracting and retaining management and other personnel.