Headline: Artisoft and Alliance Systems Announce Strategic Distribution
Agreement for TeleVantage
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LOS ANGELES, COMPUTER TELEPHONY EXPO, Mar. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Artisoft
(NASDAQ:ASFT) today announces that Alliance Systems, Inc., a leading
distributor and integrator of computer telephony products, will distribute
Artisoft's TeleVantage PC-based phone system.
Under the agreement, Alliance will make available to their customers a
complete computer telephony platform consisting of the TeleVantage software,
Dialogic BCP hardware, and an Alliant Industrial Grade Server.
Artisoft's new TeleVantage product will allow Alliance Systems to offer a
full-featured phone system targeted to small-to medium- sized businesses and
branch offices. Alliance President, Jon Shapiro states, "TeleVantage is one
of the most exciting products to hit the CT marketplace. Finally in the
industry there is a product that is feature-rich and reliable enough to
replace the traditional PBX. People can bet their company on TeleVantage.
And, VARs will love selling it!"
TeleVantage, a PC-based telephone system, delivers intelligent features
not found in proprietary PBXs. TeleVantage is a completely integrated phone
system that helps maximize productivity while controlling costs. The PC-based
system combines ease-of-use, simplified maintenance and unparalleled
flexibility. It allows intelligent call management of every telephone call
received or sent.
According to Steve Manson, General Manager of Artisoft's Computer
Telephony Product Group, "This agreement with Alliance will position
TeleVantage as a forerunner in PC-based phone systems. The distribution and
sales channels that Alliance can offer Artisoft in the computer telephony
market will be integral to the market acceptance and success of TeleVantage."
A single TeleVantage system can support from 1 to 32 trunk lines and up to
96 extensions. Pricing starts at $750 for the server software and $115 for
each trunk or station port. TeleVantage will be commercially available in
March and will be distributed through Artisoft's computer telephony and data
networking VAR's. Artisoft will provide training and certification to
TeleVantage resellers.
Alliance Systems, based in Dallas, Texas, sells computer telephony
hardware and software from a variety of vendors to systems integrators,
developers and other customers in 65 countries. Its technology division
designs, builds and tests turnkey computer telephony systems of any size,
including large industrial systems. Services include integration and staging,
system configuration and design, and custom application development. For more
information, contact Alliance Systems at 800-977-1010 or 972-633-3400, fax
972-633-3499, or visit the company's Web site at
alliancesystems.com.
Artisoft leads the industry in providing easy to use, affordable
communications and computer telephony solutions. Artisoft's computer
telephony solutions include Visual Voice, Visual Fax, InfoFast and
TeleVantage. In Dataquest's "1997 IVR System Market Share and Forecast
Report," Artisoft ranked first in number of IVR systems shipped in North
America. The company distributes its products in more than 100 countries
around the world. For more information call 800-914-9985 or visit our Web
site at www.artisoft.com/telephony.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995:
This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Among the important factors which could cause actual results
to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are the
impact of competitive products and pricing, product demand and market
acceptance risks, the presence of competitors with greater financial
resources, product development and commercialization risks, costs associated
with integration and administration of acquired operations, capacity and
supply constraints or difficulties, the results of financing efforts and other
factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission including its recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.
TeleVantage, Visual Voice, Visual Fax and InfoFast are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Artisoft, Inc. All other company and product names
mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective
companies with which they are associated.
SOURCE Artisoft, Inc.
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/CONTACT: Claire Meehan of Artisoft, Inc., 617-354-0600, ext. 181,
cmeehan@artisoft.com/
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