Latitude's MeetingPlace to Provide Native Support for Microsoft Exchange 2000

Business Wire, June 6, 2000

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ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000

MeetingPlace's real-time

e-conferencing capabilities extend the value of Microsoft Exchange

2000 Conferencing Server

Latitude Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LATD), the e-conferencing company, today announced that it will provide native support for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server with its MeetingPlace e-conferencing solution. The announcement marks the latest milestone in a strategic relationship between the two companies, expanding the functionality and effectiveness of e-conferencing and supporting Latitude's vision of making real-time collaboration as universal and effortless as e-mail on every desktop. With MeetingPlace, users can easily schedule and attend meetings, share and edit documents, and record content through familiar applications such as Web browsers or groupware applications such as Microsoft Outlook.

Latitude is one of the first companies to provide native support for Microsoft Exchange 2000, a comprehensive messaging and collaboration platform that enables voice and data integration and includes all the tools necessary to create rich collaboration applications. Designed to meet the needs of customers who require quick decisions and a collaborative environment, Latitude's enhanced e-conferencing solution will ship in the third quarter.

"Latitude's MeetingPlace e-Conferencing solutions extend the capabilities that we provide to our mutual customers, enabling users to collaborate effortlessly through the power of e-conferencing," said Stan Sorensen, group product manager, Server Applications at Microsoft." Now, business users will be able to quickly initiate or attend an e-conference from a familiar, intuitive interface like Outlook.

MeetingPlace is a server-based e-conferencing platform that enables real-time collaboration for all kinds of applications, including: sales team coordination, multi-vendor customer support, marketing Webinars, press and analyst briefings, training for employees and channel partners, disaster recovery, IT escalation, and staff and project meetings.

"This extension of our strategic relationship with Microsoft demonstrates Latitude's leadership and commitment to deliver real-time voice and data e-conferencing as a standard part of Microsoft enterprise computing environments," said Steve Pao, vice president of product management for Latitude. "Our support for Microsoft Exchange 2000 demonstrates our ability to provide scalable, secure, and integrated solutions for serious enterprise deployments."

About Latitude Communications

Latitude Communications, Inc. is the leading provider of enterprise e-conferencing solutions. Latitude's award-winning MeetingPlace system is designed for enterprise-wide deployment to improve the ability of employees, partners, and customers to meet and work. Latitude customers include companies such as Aetna, AOL, Charles Schwab, Cisco, Deloitte & Touche, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and Oracle. Based in Santa Clara, California, Latitude has direct sales and support offices or distribution partners in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. MeetingPlace is also available from leading application service providers. Latitude can be contacted at 408-988-7200 or www.latitude.com.

MeetingPlace is a registered trademark of Latitude Communications, Inc.