Interwise Appoints Douglas Collins to Worldwide Alliances and Channels Sales

Business Wire, June 11, 2007

Collins to Further Relationships in Converged Conferencing and Emerging Unified Communications Markets

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Interwise[R], the global leader in unlimited voice, web and video conferencing for the enterprise, today announced the appointment of Douglas Collins as its vice president for worldwide alliances and channel sales. Through this newly created position, Collins will develop and drive the company's growth via indirect sales and strategic alliances. Collins is a 20-year veteran of the enterprise information technology industry; his relationships and experience in the enterprise software, VoIP and unified communications arenas will be of key benefit to Interwise. He reports directly to James Fieger, executive vice president, worldwide field operations.

"Interwise has significant potential to grow its business through channels as a result of its leadership in innovating enterprise-wide converged IP conferencing. Its market is also set to widen as enterprise demands for unified communications unfold," said Collins. "On both fronts, I look forward to expanding the company's global channel relationships and its opportunities for joint technology and solution development."

Collins has a diverse background that includes twelve years at Oracle Corporation, where he built the high-performing Oracle Application Dealer Network, Oracle's first major indirect sales channel for Oracle application products. He also owned bThere Communications, a channel consulting group serving emerging IP network and business communications companies such as Verb Exchange, a pioneer in unified communications applications and Objectworld Communications, an innovator of SIP-based, VoIP and unified communications applications. He developed and grew the indirect distribution strategies for Into Networks, which sells a network-based multimedia delivery platform and Softricity, an application visualization provider that was acquired by Microsoft. At both Softricity and Into Networks, he spearheaded the companies' transformation into SaaS.

"Doug brings great capabilities, energy and leadership for furthering Interwise's next stage of growth. His success in developing high-performing alliance organizations and relationships for Oracle and other emerging IP communications companies testify to his strong capabilities," said James Fieger, executive vice president, worldwide field operations for Interwise. "I am pleased to have him aboard our team."

Interwise Connect provides voice, Web and video conferencing within a single application for unlimited audio conferences, Web meetings, virtual classes, Webcasts, broadcasts and on-demand recordings. Deployed as a core business application to all employees, it improves the frequency, speed and quality of both internal and external business activities. Interwise Connect integrates with enterprise IT and PBX systems, IM, softphone, email and calendaring applications. Interwise Connect allows customers to achieve the cost benefits of VoIP conferencing securely, without having to engage in PBX and phone overhauls. Interwise Connect is a leading choice of Global 2,000 companies, with more worldwide deployments of 5,000-plus seats than any other enterprise conferencing solution on the market.

About Interwise

Interwise is the leader in delivering unlimited voice, Web, and video conferencing for the enterprise. Interwise' fixed price / unlimited usage business model and enterprise-class technology combine to make it easy for companies to deliver conferencing and collaboration as a core business application, replacing multiple products with a single, integrated solution that can reduce overall conferencing expenses by 50 per cent or more. For more information, visit www.interwise.com. Interwise Connect, Interwise Expressway and the Interwise logo are trademarks and Interwise is a registered trademark of Interwise, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.