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To: SteveG who wrote (570)	5/19/1998 10:35:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3178

NetPhone Technology to Enhance IBM Telephony Solutions for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses Business/Technology Editors MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1998-- NetPhone VARs Now Have Access to High-Powered Distribution Channel NetPhone, Inc., a leading provider of communications servers and telephony solutions, today announced that IBM will offer NetPhone's PBX technology as part of its Small Business Computer Telephony Solution. The solution combines a telephony-switching adapter card with advanced call control and voicemail software, a three-year limited warranty, a single point of contact for support services, and SystemXtra packaged services and financing. IBM's products will support increased demand for standards-based communications servers. Resellers and their customers will benefit from IBM's trusted name, high-level service and insight into the high-technology marketplace. "We are very pleased to become an essential part of IBM's computer telephony solution set," said Maurice Rodrigue, vice president of sales at NetPhone, Inc. "Our experience in the field of small- and medium-sized business telephony solutions combined with IBM's powerful distribution and service capabilities will create increased efficiencies and new opportunities for customers." The Small Business Computer Telephony Solution from IBM includes the IBM CT-618 Adapter and IBM telephony software. The IBM CT-618 Adapter provides on-board switching capabilities between incoming phone lines and local extensions and supports up to six trunk lines with functionality for up to 18 users. The switching capability and voice services are based on technology from NetPhone and provide reliable uninterrupted phone service. IBM's computer telephony solution will initially be available for use with the IBM 7588 passive backplane server running Windows NT and will soon be available with selected IBM Netfinity servers. About NetPhone, Inc. NetPhone Inc., based in Marlborough, Mass., provides high-availability telecommunications products that combine telephony, computing, corporate networks and the Internet. This convergence enables new telephony applications while reducing operating and management costs. NetPhone's unique "Always Up" architecture provides users with dependable dial-tone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The "Always Up" architecture guarantees NetPhone users access to the Public Switched Telephone Network regardless of the state of the server or LAN network. NetPhone provides solutions that increase productivity while driving down the cost of communications. NetPhone is a registered trademark. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. --30--sb/bos CONTACT: Schwartz Communications, Inc. NetPhone, Inc. Laura Kempke or Caitlin Hunt Kathy Puccio 781/684-0770 508/787-1000 x229 caitlinh@schwartz-pr.com kpuccio@netphone.com KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS TELECOMMUNICATIONS