Magic Quadrant on Unified Communications Positions Interwise in ''Visionary'' Quadrant

Business Wire, Feb 15, 2005

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Interwise, the leader in true enterprise conferencing, today announced that it has been positioned in the "visionary" quadrant of Gartner Inc.'s just-released "Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, 2005"* report. Interwise's ECP Connect(TM) software is an Internet Protocol (IP)-based, enterprise conferencing solution that delivers unlimited web, voice and video conferencing to the extended enterprise for a fixed price.

Gartner defines "unified communications" as the convergence of five key communication markets: voice messaging and unified messaging; the live voice market, such as PBXs (call handling); the e-mail market; the voice, web, and video conferencing and collaboration market; and the IM and live presence indicator market. "Visionaries" have a clear vision of market direction and are focused on preparing for that, but they can still improve in terms of optimizing service delivery.

"We believe Interwise is increasingly being recognized as the de facto solution for companies that want to bring the benefits of IP-based enterprise conferencing and collaboration to tens of thousands of employees, as well as their customers and partners," said Interwise CEO Frank Zvi. "Increasingly, we are being recognized for the combination of our uniquely scalable Multimedia Softbridge (TM) architecture and fixed price, unlimited usage business model that has made us the first choice for companies looking to put integrated voice, video, and web conferencing on the desktops of 50,000 or 100,000 employees worldwide. By bringing together both the technology and the business model, Interwise is enabling its customers to make conferencing a core communications and collaboration utility for the extended enterprise, as broadly deployed within a company as email and voicemail."

About ECP Connect

Interwise's ECP Connect software integrates the worlds of Web conferencing, voice conferencing, eLearning and Web seminars in a single, integrated, all-IP platform. Available as both a hosted service and on-site software, this platform integrates with a company's existing VoIP infrastructure to accelerate massive cost-saving opportunities without requiring expensive upgrades of existing telephone handsets. Interwise's technical strength is complemented by a business model that offers unlimited internal and external conferencing for a single, fixed price.

About Interwise

Customers come to Interwise for true enterprise conferencing when they are looking for more than simple web meetings. Interwise's award-winning ECP Connect is an integrated data, video, and voice conferencing solution for delivering real-time multimedia eLearning, collaboration, and communications across the extended enterprise. A leading choice of Global 2000 companies, Interwise maintains a presence in more than 20 countries through a direct sales force, distributors, value-added resellers and systems integrators.

Interwise Enterprise Communications Platform and the Interwise logo are trademarks and Interwise is a registered trademark of Interwise. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Magic Quadrant Disclaimer

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted February 14, 2005 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

* "Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, 2005 by Bern Elliott, Steve Blood and Drew Kraus, February 14, 2005