Artisoft's President and CEO Steve Manson Interviewed On CEOCast.com.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2000 Artisoft(R), Inc. (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 :ASFT ASFT Airport Surface Friction Tester ), a leading developer of software-based phone systems, today announced that its new 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. , Steve Manson, is featured in an interview with the online streaming broadcast CEO interview Web site, CEOCast.com, which can be heard at www.ceocast.com through Monday, July 24, 2000. In the online interview, Manson discusses the shift in the PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). industry from closed, proprietary PBX phone systems to open, software-based systems, and talks about the company's recent sale of its networking division to focus its energies solely on computer telephony. He also addresses Artisoft's need to educate the investment community on the new Artisoft and the high-growth business strategy that the company has been nurturing around the TeleVantage business. Manson also stressed the importance of working with Artisoft's recently announced partners, such as Compaq, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel, Microsoft and Toshiba, in order to help aggressively grow its TeleVantage revenue stream in the coming years. CEOCast.com is the premier source of original and syndicated streaming broadcast interviews of Chief Executive Officers at public and private news-making companies. About Artisoft Artisoft, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASFT) of Cambridge, Mass., is a leading developer of software-based phone systems for small- to medium-sized businesses and corporate branch offices. Artisoft's innovative software products have received more than 100 industry awards including "Product of the Year", "Best of Show" and "Editors' Choice" by PC Magazine, Network Magazine, VARBusiness, CT Magazine, Communications Solutions Magazine and CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. Magazine among others. The company distributes its products worldwide. For more information, please call Artisoft at 800-914-9985 or visit http://www.artisoft.com. "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. " Statement under 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: This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are the impact of competitive products and pricing, product demand and market acceptance risks, the presence of competitors with greater financial resources, product development and commercialization risks, costs associated with integration and administration of acquired operations, capacity and supply constraints or difficulties, the results of financing efforts and other factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. Artisoft and TeleVantage are registered trademarks of Artisoft, Inc. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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