Appiant Technologies and VPM Join Forces to Bring Next Generation Unified Connectivity to the Global Market.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2001

Leading Provider of Unified Communications/Unified Information

Will Supply its inUnison(TM) Portal to Support the

VPMMessenger(TM) and VPMTraveler(TM)

Appiant Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq:APPS), a Unified Communications and Unified Information (UC/UI) provider, and VPM Internet Services, LLC, today announced they have signed Master Services Agreement that will expand Appiant's services to a global market. The Appiant InUnison portal will support the VPMMessenger and VPMTraveler, allowing VPM to offer one-stop shop services to the national and international business community.

Over the next year, VPM will acquire 10,000 inUnison mailboxes to be integrated into its solutions now offered. Both Appiant and VPM will benefit from monthly subscriber fees, telephony charges, shared minutes and advertising revenue. VPM will provide the inUnison service automatically with its own Internet service offerings to its 3,000 corporate clients. Based on present pricing targets, the parties plan to seek monthly average revenues of $34.95 per mailbox.

The VPMMessenger portal offers real-time communication functionality as well as contact management, task management, calendar and applications. Initially targeted towards mobile professionals, it simplifies and organizes everyday life by giving subscribers real-time interactive access to, and control of, all communications via phone or the Internet.

VPMTraveler gives remote users access to the Internet from local numbers all over the world, providing business professionals fast, easy and low-cost Internet access while traveling. Its cost effective model can save subscribers up to 80 percent in cost over traditional dial-up methods. The product allows global roaming, remote network access, faxes, Voice over IP (VoIP), video conferencing and access to the corporate virtual private network.

The VPMMessenger portal supported by Appiant's inUnison technology includes the following voice enabled features:

-- VPMTraveler Global Internet Access

-- Single number reach (SNR)

-- Outbound calling o Call screening

-- Simple voice commands

-- Text-to-speech retrieval of calendar, contacts, voicemail, and email via
telephone user interface (TUI)

-- Retrieval of calendar, contacts, voicemail, and email via graphical user
interface (GUI) on a PC

-- Retrieval of calendar, contacts, voicemail, and email via speech user
interface (SUI)

-- Contact manager

-- Calendaring software

-- Integrated "to do" list

Other added benefits include:

One mailbox for all incoming and outgoing voicemail, email and fax mail communications or send

-- Any device access: Gives users the ability to receive messages

from a laptop, desktop, PDA, cell phone or telephone phone.

Single number reach (SNR):

-- Automatically forwards incoming calls to a work, home or cell

phone until the user is found, or the systems takes a message

if SNR yields no answer. Can be configured on the fly simple

voice commands.

-- Call Screening, Outbound Calling, Bounce Back, Conference

Calling, Web Based Administration, Contact Manager,

Calendaring software, Integrated "to do" list

-- Text to Speech: Gives the user the ability to listen to

e-mails via a landline or cell phone or computer

"We are very impressed with the extensive feature set Appiant is able to offer. We have not seen another company that has mastered telco and data functionality as well as Appiant," said Mark Stout, CEO of VPM Internet Services, LLC. "The value add of Appiant's next generation inUnison portal will allow the VPMMessenger and VPMTraveler to deliver the high level of unified connectivity our customers."

"As a leader in the UC/UI industry, we are challenged with the task to provide cutting edge technology that will increase productivity for the mobile business professional," said Doug Zorn, CEO of Appiant Technologies. "We are pleased to work with industry leaders like VPM to deliver a high level of connectivity. I'm confident that our technology will prove highly profitable for VPM and Appiant."

About VPM Internet Services, LLC

VPM Internet Services, LLC is a Full Service Internet Services Provider that offers a one-stop shop services to the national and international business community. Founded in 1995, VPM Internet Services, LLC is the largest international Business to Business Full Service Provider with over 12,000 local access POP's around the world in 150 countries. VPM Internet Services, LLC provides Internet connectivity, web hosting and design, co-location, secured services along with many other online and offline business tools that enhance business users by making them more productive while online whether they are in the office, at home or while traveling as well as empowering companies to take advantage of what the Internet has to offer their business. VPM Internet Services has customers ranging from Fortune 50 companies to Small Office/Home Office companies.

The VPMTraveler Global Internet Access account lets users access the internet locally from over 12,000 local access POP's worldwide.

The VPMMessenger service lets users access all their email, voice mail and fax communications from any device such as a web browser, cell phone, telephone, desktop or laptop using speech recognition command all from a single number.

The VPMAnywhere(TM) let's business users setup and access their corporate VPN's without having to expend thousands of dollars on expensive hardware. You can have a VPN solution setup in 30 minutes for as little as $60 a month. Web site at http://www.vpm.com

About Appiant Technologies Inc.

Appiant Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq:APPS), 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 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 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, 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 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 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" 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. 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 InPhonic; the InPhonic 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 InPhonic acquiring one million mailboxes; 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.

Note to Editors: inUnison is a trademark of Appiant Technologies.