Education Solutions Company, CCV Software, Goes to the Head of the Class Using MeetingPlace Web Conferencing

Business Wire, August 15, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2002

Sales Team Reduces Travel, Boosts Efficiency, Expands

Reach to All U.S. Schools

CCV Software, a premier provider of educational software to primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, has selected MeetingPlace services for real-time collaboration. MeetingPlace is provided by Latitude Communications (Nasdaq:LATD), the leading provider of integrated voice and web conferencing solutions.

CCV Software needed to improve sales efficiency by making presentations via integrated voice and web conferencing. Dr. Catherine Chandler, founder, explained that CCV chose MeetingPlace because the staff could begin using it the same day, and it was available on an affordable cents-per-minute basis. Latitude also offers the services by the month and as on-premises equipment.

"In MeetingPlace, we have the ability to see who is speaking and for security, meeting `locks,' personal identification numbers and passwords and meeting identification numbers. So, we have `big business' conferencing technology on a pay-as-you-go basis," said Dr. Chandler. "Now, our sales people spend less time traveling and more time selling. And we discuss sales forecasts, account issues and strategy more efficiently, in real time. The results have been immediate."

Agilent, HP and Church & Dwight are among the 400-plus companies that use MeetingPlace. Participants can view, edit and discuss documents or sites in real time. Also, MeetingPlace users can control speaking privileges, see who is attending a meeting on voice and web interfaces; "step out" for private talks, chat and conduct polls.

"Dispersed workers increasingly conduct presentations, project updates, forecasts and other meetings virtually," said Dr. Janet Asteroff, senior research advisor for the Conference Board and author of the web conferencing report, "Coping with the Coming Wave of Web Communication." "With feature-rich, secure web conferencing solutions, people work together better and complete tasks faster, resulting in reduced travel costs, faster decision-making and enhanced customer service. Products with diverse deployment options, like MeetingPlace, are especially attractive."

About CCV Software

CCV Software has provided award-winning educational software to schools for more than 20 years. Starting in 1982 with an office in West Virginia, CCV Software has since expanded nationwide, now with offices in West Virginia, North Dakota and Florida and 13 salespeople selling products to every K-12 school, college and university in the United States. Dedicated to offering superior educational software at competitive prices, CCV provides an organized, easy-to-use software resource, conveniently available through outside and inside sales representatives, catalogs, web site and an email newsletter. Visit www.ccvsoftware.com.

About Latitude Communications

Latitude Communications (Nasdaq:LATD) provides MeetingPlace, the leading secure, integrated voice and web conferencing solution. Companies such as HP, Agilent, Cisco and Deloitte & Touche use the solution to work better and speed decision-making through real-time collaboration. Available as an outsourced service or on-premises platform, MeetingPlace integrates with traditional and IP communications infrastructures enabling people to share and edit live documents from any location. The technology integrates with standard groupware applications such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes to simplify scheduling. Based in Santa Clara, Calif., Latitude has offices and distribution partners in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and India. Visit www.meetingplace.net or call 408/988-7200 (800/999-7440, U.S.).

MeetingPlace is a registered trademark of Latitude Communications Inc. All other product and company names are trademarks of their respective holders.