First Virtual Communications Appoints Former PictureTel Chief Executive Officer Dr. Norman E. Gaut to Board of Directors.Business/Technology Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2001 First Virtual Communications (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 :FVCX), a leading provider of integrated rich media communications solutions for IP and other networks, today announced the appointment of Dr. Norman E. Gaut, former chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board of PictureTel Corporation, to its board of directors. "With Norman's extensive experience in rich media communications and as one of the pioneers in videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems , he is an excellent addition to the board," said Ralph Ungermann, chairman of the board at First Virtual Communications. "We believe his knowledge of the market and his proven leadership ability will be critical in guiding us to strong growth in the rich media communications market." Dr. Gaut assumed the position of chief executive officer and president of PictureTel in January of 1986, and served on PictureTel's board of directors since its inception in 1984. He became chairman of the board in April 1987. Under Dr. Gaut's leadership, PictureTel became one of the world's leaders in video collaboration technology. PictureTel was recently acquired by Polycom (NASDAQ: PLCM PLCM Product Life-Cycle Management PLCM public long code mask PLCM Public Land Code Mask ) for $362 million. "I see rich media communications as the inevitable future of our communications, an evolution from the most primitive form to what now enables us to experience intuitive, face-to-face collaboration from any distance," said Dr. Gaut. "First Virtual Communications is, in my estimation, the leader in this growing market. It is my hope that I can bring to them some of the experience and knowledge of my 16 years of work in the industry to aid in that growth." Dr. Gaut is a member of the Massachusetts High Tech Council and Massachusetts Software Council, a trustee of Boston University Boston University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. and a Member of the Corporation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, . He also serves on the board of directors of Teloquent Corporation. Dr. Gaut holds a doctorate in planetary physics and a master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in meteorology meteorology, branch of science that deals with the atmosphere of a planet, particularly that of the earth, the most important application of which is the analysis and prediction of weather. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . About First Virtual Communications First Virtual Communications is a world leader in providing easy-to-use, integrated rich media communications solutions to enterprises, service providers and portals. By enabling interactive voice, video and data collaboration See data conferencing. over IP-based networks, First Virtual provides cost-effective, integrated end-to-end solutions for large-scale deployments to enterprise desktops. It also enables best of breed videoconferencing solutions to be extended through ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. and ATM networks. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Click to Meet(TM), provides a complete framework for delivering a new generation of video-enabled web collaboration applications that address the real-time communications needs of companies worldwide. Click to Meet can be integrated seamlessly into popular enterprise messaging and collaboration environments such as Microsoft Exchange/Outlook and instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or . First Virtual serves its customers through a worldwide network of resellers and partners. Additional information about First Virtual Communications can be found on the web at www.fvc.com. 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 ability of First Virtual Communications and PictureTel to successfully carry out their collaboration, First Virtual Communications' limited operating history as a combined company with CUseeMe Networks, its variability of operating results, First Virtual Communications' broadband video services offering, market acceptance of video technology, First Virtual Communications' dependence on ATM backbone technology, potential inability to maintain business relationships with telecommunications carriers, distributors and suppliers, rapid technological changes, competition and consolidation in the video networking industry, the importance of attracting and retaining personnel, management of First Virtual Communications' growth, 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 K for the year ended December 31, 2000 and registration statement on Form S-4, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2001, as amended. 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