MCK Communications Captures Prestigious Award for the IP Extender 4000.Business/Technology EditorsCTI (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. Expo Fall 99 NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 1999 MCK's Latest Product Takes Home CTI(TM) EXPO's "Best of Show" Award MCK MCK McKinsey & Company (consulting firm) MCK Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (Quebec) MCK Mon Colle Knights (children's TV show) MCK Mirror Classes Kit MCK Maintenance Check Communications, 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 :MCKC McKC McKinsey Knowledge Center, India MCKC Maury County Kennel Club (Tennessee) MCKC Metropolitan Canoe and Kayak Club (New York) MCKC Michigan Council of Korean Churches ), a leading provider of remote access products that enable corporations to extend their voice systems and applications to branch offices and telecommuters over voice and data networks, today announced that its EXTender 4000 has been awarded a CTI EXPO (soon to be known as COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS EXPO) Fall 1999 "Best of Show" award. "Our editors selected MCK Communications for their innovation and vision, as well as the outstanding impression they made on our exhibit floor," said Rich Tehrani, president and group publisher of Technology Marketing Corporation and co-chairman of COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS EXPO. "MCK's IP EXTender has made COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS EXPO the leading forum for the datacom/telecom industry. The continued success and growth of the IP EXTender will make our next show an even bigger success." Ideally suited to teleworkers and remote call center agents, the MCK EXTender 4000 is a compact plug-and-play device that attaches to the remote worker's digital business telephone and desktop PC. It can be plugged directly into a 10BaseT Ethernet port on a LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. or an IP network device, such as a router, DSL modem or cable modem, for remote access applications. "Network and telecom managers face an accelerated move toward a converged voice and data network," said Woody Benson, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of MCK Communications. "It's imperative to offer cost-effective deployment options that also maintain investments made in the existing 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). infrastructure. Our goal has always been to work closely with corporations, managed network providers and next-generation service providers to deliver voice applications that will run over converged networks. It's gratifying 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 see that customer acceptance of our IP product line is being reaffirmed by leading organizations such as TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center ." To sum up the process for the CTI EXPO Fall '99 Best of Show Awards, editors from Communications Solutions(TM) (formerly CTI), Internet Telephony(R), and C@ll Center CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. Solutions(TM) magazines met with vendors and tried out new products, noting the very best of CTI EXPO'99. Judging was based on overall contributions to the CTI, call center, and Internet telephony industries, with an emphasis on technologic innovation and product feature sets. Forward-looking products that will aid in the development of the next generation of communication solutions were also awarded. A full list of the winners will appear in the February issues of Communications Solutions(TM), Internet Telephony(R), and C@ll Center CRM Solutions(TM). About MCK Communications MCK Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCKC) develops and markets a comprehensive family of solutions that provide remote voice solutions for branch offices and telecommuters. The company, which is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001-certified, has earned a reputation for excellence and innovation by building leading-edge communications products that enhance customers' networked voice systems. Headquartered in Newton, Mass., the Company has an R&D facility in Calgary, Alberta. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.mck.com. For Investor Relations information, call our toll free number at 888-454-7979 or contact us via e-mail at IR@mck.com. Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. We wish to caution you that there are some factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: quarterly fluctuations in operating results attributable to the timing and amount of orders for our products, market acceptance of our products including the MCK Branch product and our new IP products, our ability to keep pace with rapidly changing product requirements and factors affecting the demand for remote voice technologies, and those factors contained in the section titled Risk Factors starting on page 5 of our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-73153) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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