Arel Communications and Software Partners with COMIRIS Technologies to Provide Universal Rich Media Conferencing Solutions for Enterprise Customers in France.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2004 Arel Communications and Software (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ARLC ARLC Automatic Revolving Letter of Credit ), technology leader in universal voice, video and data web communication for interactive conferencing/collaboration and training applications, today announced that COMIRIS Technologies, a leading European conferencing and collaboration solutions provider, has signed a reseller agreement to market and resell the Arel Spotlight(TM) universal conferencing application suite to its large roster of enterprise clients in France. The agreement will enable COMIRIS Technologies to expand its Enterprise Application Integration product portfolio with advanced real-time IP communication capabilities to address the growing demand in the French market for rich-media solutions for converged IP networks. Designed to deliver synchronized syn·chro·nize v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es v.intr. 1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous. 2. To operate in unison. v.tr. 1. , real-time voice, video and data over converged IP networks for a fluid rich-media user experience, Arel's family of Spotlight applications includes: Spotlight Meeting for small workgroup collaboration; Spotlight Campus for live and on-demand distance learning; and Spotlight Webinar for live and on-demand viewing of one-to-many seminar presentations. Founded in 1999, COMIRIS Technologies has built a reputation as one the most prominent voice, video and data conferencing Sharing data interactively among several users in different locations. Data conferencing is made up of whiteboards and application sharing and are often used in conjunction with an audio or videoconferencing connection. experts in France as a consultant, systems integrator, retailer and service provider of converged communications systems for enterprise clients such as, BNP Paribas BNP Paribas (Euronext: BNP, TYO: 8665 ) is one of the main banks in Europe and France. It was created on 23 May 2000 through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas. , Dassault System, LVMH LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton (upscale retailer) , and Schlumberger. COMIRIS Technologies has built on its strong annual growth through strategic alliances with market technology leaders to offer innovative solutions, to provide customers with flexibility, scalability, data security and quality of service in rich media networks. Philippe Szwarc, 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 Arel said, "We're very pleased to have entered into a strategic partnership with one of the fastest growing and most prominent European resellers in the audio, data and web conferencing A videoconferencing session via the Internet. In order to interact with other participants, attendees use either a Web application or an application downloaded into their client machines. space. COMIRIS Technologies' market leadership position, sophisticated understanding of integration and converged technology and extensive network of high-profile enterprise customers, make them an ideal solutions partner." Eric le Guiniec, Vice President of Arel's operations in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. said, "By joining forces we can provide French enterprises a best of class universal conferencing software solution backed by COMIRIS' expertise as a system integrator and service provider. This winning combination will enable enterprise users to intelligently deploy enhanced rich media communication tools and reap the benefits of improving key business processes and functions." Gael Tempier, President and Director General of COMIRIS Technologies said, "By choosing Arel Spotlight as the key web collaboration product for COMIRIS Technologies' solutions portfolio, we will be able to provide the flourishing French market real-time convergence solutions through a new generation of integrated voice, video and data web communication software. In addition to providing tremendous value to our enterprise clients, our partnership with Arel enhances our own value proposition by enabling us to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. our core expertise in enterprise integration with a firewall and proxy compatible technology that can be fully integrated with vertical corporate applications." About Arel Communications and Software: Arel Communications and Software, a technology leader in interactive web communications, develops, markets and sells a universal conferencing software solution for enterprise-wide deployment of integrated voice, video and data web conferencing/collaboration and training applications. Designed around Arel's Integrated Conferencing Platform(TM)(ICP (1) (Internet Cache Protocol) A protocol used by one proxy server to query another for a cached Web page without having to go to the Internet to retrieve it. See CARP and proxy server. ) core software, the Arel Spotlight(TM) application suite facilitates collaboration for key business processes such as corporate and marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales , distance learning, product development, customer relationship management, and supply chain management by allowing dispersed enterprise users to collaborate in real time with synchronized voice, video and data. Arel's scaleable, secure, and network-friendly universal conferencing solution is becoming the choice solution for large enterprises moving from 'off-network' pay per usage services to 'on-network' solutions for greater control, cost-savings and integration with internal systems. www.arelcom.com This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general business conditions in the industry, changes in demand for products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders and other risks detailed from time to time in Arel Communications and Software's filings with the Security Exchange Commission. 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