Brooktrout Software's Show N Tel Wins Internet Telephony Magazine's Product of the Year Award

Business Wire, Jan 11, 2001

Business/Technology Editors

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2001

Brooktrout Software, a leading provider of integrated communication solutions for the Enterprise and e-Business, today announced that Show N Tel(R), the company's rapid application development environment, has received Internet Telephony(R) Magazine's Product of the Year Award in the development tools category.

Internet Telephony's Product of the Year award is presented to companies whose products exemplify innovation and a commitment to quality and have a significant impact in moving the IP-based telecommunications industry forward. Established in 1998, Internet Telephony covers the trends and business opportunities in emerging telephony markets.

"The Internet Telephony Product of the Year award allows us to honor innovative products across a broad spectrum of the marketplace," said TMC president and group publisher Rich Tehrani. "The awards, selected by the editors of Internet Telephony Magazine and the engineers of TMC Labs, focus on the industry's leading companies and their `best-in-class' products and services. Brooktrout Software's Show N Tel is an outstanding example of a product that is currently being used to create a wide range of next-generation communication solutions."

Brooktrout Software's Show N Tel is a leading Windows NT(R) rapid application development environment for communication solutions that integrate phones, PCs and the Internet, including voice-enabled Web, contact management and unified messaging. An open development environment, Show N Tel leverages and tightly integrates with existing computer, telephony and data infrastructure while embracing industry standards -- ensuring compatibility with an array of products from multiple voice, database, speech recognition and switch vendors.

"It is a great honor to receive this award from Internet Telephony - the leading source of information on next-generation, IP-based telecommunications," said Mark D. Flanagan, president and CEO of Brooktrout Software. "It recognizes Show N Tel as an outstanding product that can be used to quickly and efficiently develop cost-effective, standards-based solutions that blend PCs, phones and the Internet to streamline their organization's customer interactions; and, it also reinforces our company's commitment to quality and innovation."

About Brooktrout Software, Inc.

Brooktrout Software, Inc., (http://www.brooksoft.com) headquartered in Southborough, Mass., is a leading provider of communication solutions and services for the Enterprise and e-Business. Its products reduce the cost, time-to-market and complexity of developing real-time and interactive communication solutions, as well as contact management and unified messaging applications. Additionally, Brooktrout Software's Solution Services Group offers a range of services including CTI consulting, project management, custom voice application design and development, and systems integration, as well as customer education and training. Brooktrout Software is a subsidiary of Brooktrout, Inc., which is traded publicly on the NASDAQ under the symbol BRKT. For more information, visit http://www.brooktrout.com/investor.> Show N Tel is a registered trademark of Brooktrout Software.

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