AVST to Enterprise: Unified Messaging Can Positively Impact End User Productivity

FOOTHILL RANCH, CA, Aug 05 (MARKET WIRE) --
Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST) today announced that it
has teamed with VoiceCon Events to deliver an educational Webinar titled,
"Unified Messaging: Productivity Payoff Today." The Webinar will take
place tomorrow, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. EDT / 11:00 a.m.
PDT.

The softening economy is challenging enterprise technology managers to
make investments with a rapid and assured return on investment, and
chances are such an investment is at their fingertips already: unified
messaging.

This educational Webinar from AVST will highlight how unified messaging
can provide a payoff in end user productivity, and will also share a
variety of additional administrative and compliance benefits. Webinar
speakers will help attendees to understand how to select a unified
messaging solution that provides the needed functionality within an
architecture that also meets the requirements of an enterprise's network
and budget. In addition, Webinar presenters will spotlight the top five
'gotchas' that enterprise IT management face when implementing unified
messaging.

"This educational Webinar touches on two very important topics for
businesses today -- return on investment and employee productivity," said
Denny Michael, AVST's Vice President of Marketing. "Our Webinars are
designed to help decision makers build a plan and map out a strategy to
achieve their ultimate goal, which is to roll-out Unified Communications
in a controlled manner with as few hiccups as possible."

The Webinar will be moderated by Eric Krapf, Co-Chair of VoiceCon Events
and Editor & Lead Blogger for the website No Jitter. The Webinar will also
feature Blair Pleasant, President & Principal Analyst, COMMfusion and
Hardy Myers, AVST's President & CEO. This panel of industry experts will
share best practices for deploying a UC solution.

The hour-long session will be interactive, with audience polls and ample
time allotted for Q&A from the audience. Attendees will leave the session
with an understanding of the challenges and benefits of unified messaging
and why they should consider, or reconsider, this productivity-enhancing
application.

To register for the "Unified Messaging: Productivity Payoff Today,"
Webinar please visit: www.avst.com/r/vc3.asp.

About AVST

Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST) is a leading developer
of communications solutions for businesses of all sizes. Through its
world-class unified communications platform, CallXpress(R), AVST offers
the industry's most powerful suite of second generation communications
solutions including advanced call processing, voice messaging, unified
messaging, fax, notification, and speech-enabled personal assistant
(including automated attendant and hands-free mobile worker access).

The CallXpress unified communications platform is designed to facilitate
the enterprise migration from legacy TDM call processing and voice mail
solutions to IP-enabled unified communications by delivering the
interoperability, scalability, feature depth and flexibility, and
administrative capabilities that enterprise IT and Telecom teams are
demanding.

Headquartered in Orange County, Calif., AVST maintains facilities in
Seattle, Wash. and the United Kingdom and has remote sales offices across
the United States. With more than 40,000 systems installed worldwide,
AVST's unified communications solutions are sold and supported
internationally by an extensive network of resellers and OEM partners. For
more information contact Denny Michael, Vice President of Marketing, at
949-699-2300 or access the company's website at www.avst.com.

Media Contact:
Kerry Fedro
Lages & Associates
(949) 453-8080
kerry@lages.com

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