Click to Meet Now Provides Integrated Videoconferencing and Rich Media Collaboration to the Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Environment

Business Wire, Oct 15, 2001

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2001

First Unified Product Offering Delivers Unprecedented

Ease of Use, Scalability and Centralized Management for

Enterprise-Wide Rich Media Deployment

First Virtual Communications (NASDAQ: FVCX), a leading provider of integrated rich media communications solutions for IP and other networks, today announced a new version of Click to Meet(TM) for use within the Microsoft Exchange and Outlook environment. Click to Meet is a complete end-to-end rich media solution that makes communicating easy. It enables live interactive voice, video, and data collaboration as well as streaming media through a simple, integrated interface, hiding network and media complexities to provide an intuitive communications experience. Click to Meet is easily deployed to the desktop, while transparently integrating with traditional conferencing systems already within an organization, all managed within a familiar Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) environment.

Click to Meet for Exchange 2.1 is the first joint product release following the merger of First Virtual Communications and CUseeMe Networks. It combines CUseeMe Videoware technology with the easy-to-use Click to Meet platform for a more comprehensive solution to videoconferencing and rich media collaboration. Click to Meet encompasses the widespread deployment of both desktop and room-based conferencing systems with support for a variety of networks types, including IP, ISDN and ATM.

Click to Meet for Exchange is specifically designed for corporate environments that have standardized on Microsoft Exchange and Outlook for enterprise-wide messaging and collaboration. By integrating tightly with the existing Exchange environment, Click to Meet extends value to communications without requiring users to go outside of their everyday workflow. End users can intuitively schedule and attend online meetings through the familiar calendar, email and web interfaces they use everyday.

"As the industry's pioneer for IP-based videoconferencing and rich media solutions, we are pleased to extend Click to Meet to the Microsoft Exchange and Outlook environment," stated Robert Scott, chief marketing officer at First Virtual Communications. "Our experience in traditional and IP videoconferencing combined with our first to market advantage with Exchange integration almost one year ago enables us to minimize back-end complexity while providing an exceptional end-user experience."

The functionality that makes Click to Meet for Exchange 2.1 unique includes the following:

- Enhanced management capabilities for multiple MCUs allows easy and affordable scalability

- Enterprise-wide Video Instant Messaging provides familiar directory scheme for real-time video collaboration

- Streaming Simulcast extends rich media experience to broader audience

- Unprecedented Ease of Use for Room-based Conferencing Systems leverages existing ISDN videoconferencing investment

Pricing and Availability

Click to Meet for Exchange 2.1 is available immediately. Pricing for a fully integrated group conferencing solution for the enterprise starts as low as $30,000.

About First Virtual Communications

First Virtual Communications is a world leader in providing easy-to-use, integrated rich media communications solutions to enterprises, service providers and portals. By enabling interactive voice, video and data collaboration over IP-based networks, First Virtual provides cost-effective, integrated end-to-end solutions for large-scale deployments to enterprise desktops. It also enables best of breed videoconferencing solutions to be extended through ISDN and ATM networks. The company's flagship product, Click to MeetTM, provides a complete framework for delivering a new generation of video-enabled web collaboration applications that address the real-time communications needs of companies worldwide. Click to Meet can be integrated seamlessly into popular enterprise messaging and collaboration environments such as Microsoft Exchange/Outlook and instant messaging. First Virtual serves its customers through a worldwide network of resellers and partners. Additional information about First Virtual Communications can be found on the web at www.fvc.com.

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First Virtual Cautionary Statement

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements containing the words, "believes," "anticipates," "expects" and words of similar import. Such forward-looking statements have known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of First Virtual Communications, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others: the ability of First Virtual Communications and PictureTel to successfully carry out the collaboration, First Virtual Communications' limited operating history as a combined company with CUseeMe Networks, its variability of operating results, First Virtual Communications' broadband video services offering, market acceptance of video technology, First Virtual Communications' dependence on ATM backbone technology, potential inability to maintain business relationships with telecommunications carriers, distributors and suppliers, rapid technological changes, competition and consolidation in the video networking industry, the importance of attracting and retaining personnel, management of First Virtual Communications' growth, and other risk factors referenced in First Virtual Communications' public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's report on Form-10 K for the year ended December 31, 2000 and registration statement on Form S-4, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2001, as amended.