InterNoded Teams With AVT To Include CallXpress Unified Messaging in ASP Offering.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2001 InterNoded Inc. and AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. Corp. (Nasdaq: AVTC AVTC Antivirus Test Center (informatics, University of Hamburg) AVTC Automatic Vehicular Traffic Control ) Monday announced that InterNoded is the first application service provider (ASP) to offer AVT CallXpress unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. as a part of its hosted groupware offerings. InterNoded now will offer its clients the award-winning AVT software, providing the increased productivity of unified voice, email and fax communications for a monthly fee and eliminating the overhead expenses of internal administration and hardware investments. "InterNoded specializes in hosting Lotus Domino-based Web sites and applications for more than 100 clients ranging from Genzyme to American Public Television American Public Television (APT) is the largest of the television syndication distributors of programming for public television stations in the United States. It began in 1961 as the Eastern Educational Television Network , so CallXpress' seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with Lotus products is very important to us," said Julie Palen, president of InterNoded. "Our agreement with AVT will give more companies of all sizes the ability to access the cost-saving benefits of unified messaging, because our hosting and administration frees up time, money and resources that otherwise would have to be used for internal application management." "There is a trend of enterprises moving to ASP usage, with over 50 percent of small- and medium-sized companies outsourcing some portion of their IT applications and services," said Blair Pleasant, managing director and principal analyst at COMMfusion. "This market is expanding at the same time that customer premise equipment unified messaging is expecting a five-year compound annual growth rate of 112 percent. "It is only logical that unified messaging will see tremendous growth opportunities in the ASP market as well." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Palen, more large enterprise organizations are moving their mission-critical messaging, accounting, HR and even desktop productivity applications to an outsourced service to save money, reallocate Verb 1. reallocate - allocate, distribute, or apportion anew; "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data" reapportion allocate, apportion - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of their internal human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and provide improved access to an ever-expanding mobile workforce. Many small- and medium-sized businesses are choosing remote administration to gain access to industry-leading solutions that were once too costly to integrate into their business. Unified messaging is a solution that is gaining importance because of the mobility of today's workforce and the need for improved customer service. InterNoded will offer AVT CallXpress unified messaging as an extension of its successful hosted groupware services. The Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. servers hosted by InterNoded not only will store e-mail, calendaring and collaborative applications but also will retain voice and fax messages. CallXpress unified messaging allows users to access and manage all their voice, fax and email messages from virtually any communications device Typically refers to a terminal used to send voice, video or text. Mobile phones, wireless PDAs and personal computers equipped with microphones, speakers and cameras are all considered communications devices. See modem. including a telephone, wireless device, desktop computer or the Internet. CallXpress is a high capacity, fault-tolerant unified messaging system that allows users to manage all three message types from their familiar Lotus Notes or Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook email inbox. Users can also listen to all their messages via the telephone using text-to-speech technology. "We're gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to have an ASP company of InterNoded's stature and reputation as the first to offer remote administration of our CallXpress solution," said Timothy A. Wudi, president of AVT 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. Software Group. "We believe the ASP model will expand our market since it enables businesses without internal technical support resources to take advantage of unified messaging's productivity benefits, namely the ability to access all types of messages anywhere, anytime, from virtually any communications device." About InterNoded InterNoded Inc., founded in 1995, works to transform computing and Internet technologies into solutions that enhance business performance. InterNoded offers their clients complete, end-to-end Internet technologies for building solutions: Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , a full range of Internet Hosting and ASP solutions. InterNoded is a Lotus Premium Business Partner based in Cambridge, Mass., with offices in Charlotte, N.C. and Nashua, N.H. The company offers a wide variety of powerful Internet-based applications, solutions and services to a broad range of clients, from Fortune 100 companies to small businesses. For more information, visit www.internoded.com. About AVT AVT Corp. is the leading independent unified messaging provider and developer of CallXpress for Lotus Notes, winner of the 2000 Lotus Beacon Award for Best Messaging Solution. CallXpress allows the timely exchange of business information anytime, anywhere from virtually any communications device, helping organizations manage their communications workflow. AVT specializes in developing and marketing its CallXpress unified messaging solution, its RightFAX fax and communications servers, and its MediaLinq electronic document delivery services. AVT has more than 65,000 systems installed worldwide, with 80 percent of the Fortune 100 using the company's award-winning products and services. AVT is headquartered in Kirkland, Wash., and has main offices in Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; and San Francisco. In addition, AVT has sales and support offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong, Dubai, and Tokyo. Founded in 1982, AVT is publicly traded under the symbol "AVTC" on the Nasdaq National Market. Visit AVT online at www.avtc.com. InterNoded is a registered trademark of InterNoded Inc. AVT and CallXpress are registered trademarks of AVT Corp. 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