AVST Showcases CallXpress(R) 8 at NEC's User Group Conference in Chicago

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Mon May 18, 2009 9:03am EDT

  CHICAGO, IL, May 18 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST), a leading provider of
communications solutions, is demonstrating the benefits of advanced call
processing,  voicemail, unified messaging, personal assistant, fax, 
speech and notification capabilities to increase user and business
productivity at the 25th Anniversary NEC User Group Conference, which
will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago at Booth 112. AVST is
showcasing its next generation Unified Communications solution,
CallXpress 8, which delivers centralization, high availability and
enhanced mobility while protecting and extending NEC customers' existing
communications infrastructure.

    CallXpress is tightly integrated into the NEC product portfolio,
supporting NEC TDM and IP telephony switches with the ability to support
up to 10 integrations on a CallXpress system. NEC has also integrated
their MA 4000 with CallXpress to provide system administrators with one
application to manage user information across multiple communication
applications.

    Delivering on its commitment to educating the market on the benefits of
Unified Communications, AVST is participating in a breakout session during
the conference:


--  "Ten Steps to Securing a Strong ROI on Your Legacy Voicemail Migration
    to Unified Communications," presented by Hardy Myers, AVST President & CEO.
    This session is scheduled for Monday, May 18, at 2:45 p.m. CDT in the
    Malpensa Room of the Hyatt Regency O'Hare.
    

    
The annual NEC Users Group Conference gives all active member
companies of the NEC Users Group the opportunity to come together in an
organized forum for sharing ideas and expertise with other users while
making valuable professional contacts. Attendees to the annual event
include NEC executives, systems integrators and end users.

    "We have a strong relationship with NEC and will continue to ensure that
our products integrate easily with their products," said AVST's Vice
President of Marketing, Denny Michael. "Our goal is to make our
world-class Unified Communications solution available to businesses of all
sizes and to provide our customers with easy to deploy and reliable
communications solutions."

    AVST is a member of NEC's UNIVERGE Solutions Partner Program, to deliver
products with tighter integration to NEC communication products. This
expands a relationship between AVST and NEC that spans more than 8 years,
offering more choices, ease of use and return on investment for companies
looking to upgrade their communications systems. The UNIVERGE Solutions
Partner Program is a collaborative technical and marketing program
established by NEC to create new solutions through integrating partner
products (hardware and/or software) with NEC communications products.

    About AVST

    Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST) is a leading developer of
communications solutions with over 10 million users that rely on its
products and services to maximize their productivity. With nearly 30 years
of innovation excellence, AVST is focused on delivering solutions that
increase user and business productivity. Its flagship Unified
Communications platform, CallXpress(R), offers unprecedented
interoperability and delivers advanced call processing, voicemail, unified
messaging, personal assistant, fax, speech and notification capabilities.
With CallXpress, an organization can protect and extend its existing data
and telephony infrastructure investment -- now and into the future.

    Headquartered in Orange County, Calif., AVST maintains facilities in
Seattle, Wash. and the United Kingdom and has remote sales offices across
the United States. 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.

    

Contact:
Denny Michael
Vice President of Marketing
949-699-2300
www.avst.com

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