Interwise Signs Partnership with Stranix to Deliver Hosted and Onsite Converged Conferencing

Business Wire, Oct 23, 2007

Stranix PerformanceCenter Integrates SumTotal's TotalLMS with Enterprise-class Voice, Web and Video Conferencing

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Interwise, the leader in unlimited voice, web and video conferencing for the enterprise announced today that it has signed a new partner agreement with Stranix Corporation, a global provider of workforce performance solutions, to resell hosted and on-premise installations of Interwise Connect[TM] to businesses throughout North America. A key benefit of the partnership is the availability of a fully-hosted and managed solution that combines Interwise's award-winning, enterprise-class conferencing technology pre-integrated with SumTotal's TotalLMS[TM] software. TotalLMS is a premier enterprise learning management system used for managing classroom-based training and online learning.

For small and medium businesses, Interwise Connect will be offered as part of PerformanceCenter, Stranix's hosted workforce performance solution that combines the benefits of TotalLMS with the ease of a fully managed hosted solution from Stranix. PerformanceCenter provides these businesses with an economical, scaleable software solution that can be set up quickly and meet their requirements for outsourced IT implementation and support services.

The integration of Interwise Connect with TotalLMS adds new levels of communication and collaboration to eLearning environments by leveraging VoIP- and TDM-enabled voice, web and video conferencing that can be easily launched and managed from a single application.

"Our relationship with Stranix demonstrates our commitment to building new channels for converged conferencing and unified communications opportunities," said Doug Collins, vice president of vice president of worldwide alliances and channel sales. "By communication-enabling a solution like PerformanceCenter, we are helping all sized businesses gain access to enterprise-class conferencing, regardless of their size or deployment requirements."

"We are excited to bring this exceptional technology to our customers. Interwise offers outstanding, proven technology that accelerates business processes through improved relationships, shortened decision cycles and less costly long distance communications," said Thomas Payne, President and CEO of Stranix Corporation. "This solution is also designed for growth. Our flexible pricing options will ensure comfortable growth in online communications for companies anticipating expansions in their knowledge workers' online collaboration, virtual classrooms and larger events such as company and user group meetings."

The addition of Interwise Connect to PerformanceCenter provides customers with:

* Award-winning converged VoIP- and telephone-enabled web conferencing (see http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2005024,00.asp

* Economical and feature-rich virtual classroom capabilities, web meetings, seminars, webcasts, audioconferencing and more from a single solution

* "Always on" ad-hoc personal meeting rooms

* Broad features that allow moderators and teachers to minimize and control participant behavior

* Easy incorporation of multi-media content and recorded speakers into live sessions

* Unlimited events and classroom sizes

* Investment protection with options for enterprise-wide licensing

* Integration with email, calendaring, IM and softphone capabilities

Interwise Connect provides voice, Web and video conferencing within a single application for unlimited audio conferences, Web meetings, virtual classes, Web seminars, 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 existing enterprise IT and PBX systems, email and calendaring applications. It allows customers to achieve the cost benefits of VoIP conferencing securely, without having to engage in PBX and telephone handset 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 Stranix Corporation

Stranix is a global business consulting, technology solutions and managed services company with a specific focus on improving workforce performance. With deep expertise in SumTotal and Interwise products, industry-specific knowledge, and a broad range of capabilities in learning, collaboration, performance support and knowledge management, Stranix helps clients increase business performance through improved workforce performance. For more information please visit www.stranix.com

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.