Artisoft's TeleVantage 3.0 Awarded Product of the Year by Network Magazine; Editors Impressed by TeleVantage Voice-Over-IP Capabilities.Business/Technology Editors NetWorld Interop 2000 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 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 ) announced today that its TeleVantage(R) 3.0 software-based phone system was selected as a Product of the Year award winner by Network Magazine, a monthly magazine known for its comprehensive and expert coverage of networking solutions and strategies and end user needs. TeleVantage was chosen for its Voice-over-IP (VOIP (Voice Over IP) A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet as well as private backbones instead of the traditional telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, 8x8 and AT&T (CallVantage), typically offer calling within the country for a ) capabilities, and its advanced features including its Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. client, Call Center Reporter(TM) and increased scalability. "Artisoft's TeleVantage 3.0 provides companies with an open, standards-based phone system that will stay current and not become obsolete over time," said Steve Steinke, Network Magazine's editor-in-chief. "After a thorough investigation of TeleVantage, and its variety of valuable features and impressive IP Telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. system, our editorial staff determined that this phone system clearly stood out in its marketplace." TeleVantage 3.0 provides intelligent call management, ACD (Automatic Call Distributor) A computerized phone system that responds to the caller with a voice menu and connects the call to the appropriate agent. It can also distribute calls equally to agents. functionality, IP Telephony, Web browser capability and messaging features for up to 96 trunk lines and 264 extensions. It is a flexible, upgradable software solution that operates on Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. systems and uses off-the-shelf computer, wiring and telephony hardware. When synchronized with networked desktop PCs, TeleVantage enables PC users to see and hear voice messages, graphically manage their own calls and integrate phone and e-mail messaging. "TeleVantage's ability to provide both IP-PBX and traditional 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). capabilities continues to receive recognition from the industry and our customers, especially this latest award from an established publication like Network Magazine," said Steve Manson, senior vice president and general manager for Artisoft. "With TeleVantage, customers have the flexibility of adopting IP telephony at their own pace without throwing away their initial investment, providing a better value than hardware-based systems." Network Magazine Product of the Year Awards are one of the longest running independent product awards in the networking/IT field. The selection process is done internally with no solicited or unsolicited input from vendors. The editors of the magazine were asked to look within their realms of expertise and come up with their choices for best products. The product winners had to have shipped in 1999 to qualify. The awards will be given out on Wednesday, May 10th at Networld+Interop at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Artisoft will be demonstrating TeleVantage at Networld+Interop at the Microsoft Partner Pavilion. About Artisoft Artisoft, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASFT) of Cambridge, Mass., is a recognized leader in providing easy-to-use, affordable computer telephony and communications software solutions for small-to medium-size businesses. 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, VARBusiness, Computer Telephony 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 in more than 100 countries around the world. 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, TeleVantage and Visual Voice 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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