Century Computer Selects First Virtual Communications' Click to Meet Express Web Conferencing for Hawaii-based Customers.

Business Editors

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2003

Hawaii's largest IT provider expands its first-class technology

solutions offering to include Click to Meet(TM) Express web

conferencing

First Virtual Communications (Nasdaq: FVCX), a premier provider of rich media web conferencing and communications solutions, announced today that Century Computer, Inc., Hawaii's largest source for IT services, has selected their Click to Meet(TM) Express web conferencing solution for internal use, as well as distribution to its customer base.

"The geographic dispersion and high cost of travel among the Hawaiian Islands have become a business concern for us and our customers. We are looking to improve communication and reduce travel with web conferencing," commented Rick Marine, founder and CEO of Century Computer. "We've been using Click to Meet Express within our own sales organization, and it has proved to be a very successful means for us to communicate and sell. We are currently seeing a rapid return on the investment through reduced travel and increased productivity of our sales force. We look forward to deploying this highly reliable communications and collaboration tool to our customers."

Marine further commented, "We chose First Virtual's Click to Meet Express for its ease of use and deployment, its flexibility and scalability, as well as its multi-feature set. We believe Click to Meet offers benefits that tie in perfectly to our customers' requirements and will allow us to meet the increasing demand in Hawaii for meeting and collaboration tools. We are certain that our customers will be pleased with Click to Meet Express."

Century Computer currently has over 200 clients, including some of the largest firms in Hawaii, 40 full-time employees and has grown over 40% each year for the last three years.

"We are happy that Century Computers has selected our Click to Meet solutions, and we are looking forward to them becoming one of our key resellers," stated Bob Romano, vice president of marketing at First Virtual Communications. "Their large customer base in Hawaii and their technological expertise make this partnership a great opportunity to deploy Click to Meet Express to their impressive customer base."

Century Computer, Inc.

Founded in 1982, Century Computer is a Honolulu-based technology company specializing in end-to-end networking solutions, applications, data center for email/web hosting and disaster recovery, as well as broadband and security services. Outsourcing services - whether in full or partial - have been provided to numerous state and Government customers, as well as financial and education institutions over the past two decades. The company has serviced numerous organizations including, First Hawaiian Bank, Hawaiian Humane Society, Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties, Premiere Insurance, Blood Bank of Hawaii and Dreyers of Hawaii, among others. Additional information about Century Computer can be found on the Web at http://www.centuryc.com.

About First Virtual Communications

First Virtual Communications is a premier provider of rich media web conferencing and communications solutions. The Company's award-winning Click to Meet(TM) product line is enterprise-class software that enables corporate, education, healthcare and government customers worldwide to present, share, sell, train and collaborate. Click to Meet integrates the user's choice of data, audio and multipoint interactive video into existing work environments and into everyday communication tools such as instant messaging, web browsing and e-mail. Click to Meet software solutions are widely deployed in over 1,500 customer locations and excel in challenging environments such as military intelligence, emergency response, disaster recovery, corporate training and geographically dispersed tele-working locations, among others. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, First Virtual Communications has operations in France, United Kingdom, Japan and China. More information about First Virtual Communications can be found at www.fvc.com or by calling 1-800-728-6337 or [phone] outside of North America.

Cautionary Statement

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements containing the words, "believes,'' "anticipates,'' "expects'' and words of similar import. Such forward-looking statements have known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of First Virtual Communications, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others: the success of and timely release of Click to Meet products, the continued increase in sales of the Company's Click to Meet(TM) and Conference Server products, First Virtual Communications' variability of operating results, market acceptance of web conferencing technology, potential inability to maintain business relationships with integrators, distributors and suppliers, rapid technological changes, competition and consolidation in the web conferencing industry, the importance of attracting and retaining personnel, and other risk factors referenced in First Virtual Communications' public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March 31, 2003.

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