Interwise Delivers First Unlimited Conferencing Product for the Enterprise; Interwise Connect Performs Behind the Firewall on Customers' Networks to Accelerate New Deployments of Conferencing as a Core Business Application.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and LAS VEGAS -- Interwise(R) Inc., a global leader in unlimited voice, Web and video conferencing solutions for the enterprise, today announced the availability of Interwise Connect(TM) version 7, a complete IP-based conferencing application that is designed to accelerate new corporate-wide deployments of conferencing as a core business application. Interwise Connect is designed to help solve the growing operational challenges faced by enterprises with distributed and mobile workforces by providing the scalability, manageability and security needed to deploy unlimited conferencing as a desktop utility in environments with 1,000 to 100,000 or more users. Interwise Connect's superior architecture, flexible deployment, fixed price / unlimited usage license model and ability to integrate with IT infrastructures, PBX systems and applications allows customers to provide conferencing affordably and reliably to thousands of employees at a time. The product is being showcased this week at Interop Las Vegas 2006, at Interwise's booth #2351.

Interwise Connect integrates voice, Web and video conferencing within a single application for unlimited audio conferences, Web meetings, virtual classes, Webcasts, broadcasts and on-demand recordings. Deployed as a core business application to all employees, it improves the frequency, speed and quality of both internal and external business activities. It delivers strong cost and business ROI to companies with distributed and mobile workforces, customers and supply chains. Furthermore, its ability to make use of customers' own networks lets companies securely reap the economic benefits of VoIP for conferencing, without having to engage in PBX and phone overhauls.

"Enterprises should look hard at their deployments before continuing their old practices of evaluating and buying conferencing products in silos," said Robert Mahowald, program director, collaborative computing for IDC. "Interwise has invigorated the conferencing market with integrated telephony and Web conferencing, a fixed-price license model and architectural capabilities that encourage companies to begin the process of moving conferencing on premise as a corporate-wide desktop utility."

Interwise customers leading the trend in deploying conferencing as a core business application include companies such as Intergraph, Swiss Re, QAD, Nestle and Metso. Once integrated with their standard desktop tools, employees increase their usage dramatically to achieve shorter project cycles and improved time-to-market, stronger customer and partner relationships, better aligned and streamlined work processes, and significantly lower travel and conferencing costs.

According to Scott Lawson, IT business systems architect for global software maker QAD, "Interwise has both the right vision and the right product to make conferencing a core business application for all employees. Interwise Connect is well designed and performs inherently better in the network than other solutions which aren't designed for handling rich collaboration with large numbers of events and users. The value goes beyond cost savings. By equipping QAD employees throughout 25 countries with Interwise, we become a more innovative, agile and well-aligned company."

Market's First Unlimited IP Conferencing Architecture Includes Many Enhancements

With Interwise Connect version 7, customers benefit from the market's richest and most advanced, enterprise-scale conferencing architecture. It enables, for the first time, more secure, reliable and affordable implementation of conferencing as a core business application with:

Superior End-User Experience

--Unified client application for all types of meetings, that automatically adapts to a user's role;

--Enhanced Microsoft Outlook(R) Add-in, with full support for recurring events, delegation of scheduling authority, one-click event entry and integrated dial-in information;

--Enhanced Lotus Notes Connector with one-click event entry, integrated event materials upload and automatic support for non-Notes participants;

--Enhanced audio quality, already judged the best in the conferencing industry by NetworkWorld labs and other experts;

--Fully interactive breakout sessions, with integrated telephony and VoIP audio support;

--Flexible, built-in interactive voice response (IVR) system for users dialing into events; and

--Advanced materials and recording editor provides the most precise and powerful tool available for managing and editing multimedia event materials and rich on-demand recordings.

Unmatched Scalability, Performance and Reliability

--A unique blended deployment option that combines the cost and security benefits of on-site software with the rapid startup, broad coverage and overflow / failover protection of the Interwise Expressway(TM), a global hosted conferencing service;

--Support for prioritizing Interwise traffic in QoS and MPLS environments; and

--Best conferencing bandwidth efficiency on the market: highly efficient, single stream transmission of participant traffic between servers.

Enterprise-Class Security

--New reverse proxy support for secure authentication of external meeting participants--all Interwise components include native support for reverse proxy challenge / response dialogs and maintaining session credentials; and

--New highly secure "closed" meetings ensures only invited participants can access confidential meetings with individual IDs and passwords.

Expanded Integration

--New and enhanced integration services for Lotus Notes, LDAP / Active Directory, reverse proxy, single sign-on, SAP Portal, EMC Documentum eRoom, Citrix Terminal Server;

--Certified integration with Nortel CS1000 IP PBX; and

--Enhanced API toolkit.

Centralized, Remote Management and Administration

--New user tools for deployment and configuration;

--Support for standards-based (SNMP) monitoring that allows enterprises to manage meetings and conferences within their existing systems management and monitoring framework; and

--Increased administrative controls over event settings and user policies.

"Users need better, more collaborative tools that can empower innovation and success. When our customers integrate Interwise Connect with their email, calendaring and LDAP systems, it literally sets conferencing free into the business, with dramatic results," said Frank Zvi, president and chief executive officer of Interwise. "Because making conferencing a core business application erases metered usage, users freely apply the application to nearly all types of interactions, often opting out of traditional meetings in favor of a Web meeting that they can also record. Usage skyrockets. Many customers see employees doubling their time on the system every few weeks with dramatic benefits to the business."

Pricing and Availability

Interwise Connect version 7 is available immediately. Enterprise licenses are priced as low as $100 per user. Interwise customers with active maintenance agreements are upgraded to version 7 at no charge.

About Interwise

Interwise is the leader in complete Enterprise Conferencing -- unlimited voice, Web, and video conferencing in one integrated platform for a fixed price. Interwise's fixed price/unlimited usage business model and enterprise-class technology combine to make it easy for companies to replace multiple conferencing and collaboration products with a single, integrated solution that can reduce overall conferencing expenses by up to 50 per cent. Leading IT industry publications and analyst firms have recognized Interwise for changing the way conferencing is done by replacing unpredictable per-minute and overage charges with a complete solution that can be deployed as broadly and economically as e-mail. Interwise is a privately held company, backed by investors that include Lazard Technology Partners, UBS Capital, GE Capital, JP Morgan, Leeds Equity Partners LLC and NTT. The company sells to and supports customers globally through a direct sales force, distributors, value-added resellers, communications service providers, and network-oriented systems integrators.

Trademarks

Interwise Connect, Interwise Expressway and the Interwise logo are trademarks and Interwise is a registered trademark of Interwise, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.