Intermedia Provides First Hosted Enterprise Instant Messaging Service for BlackBerry Smartphones

Fastest Growing Segment of Instant Messaging Market Now Cost Effective for Small
and Medium Businesses
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Intermedia, the leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider specializing in
messaging and collaboration solutions has unveiled Microsoft Office
Communications Server 2007 (OCS) for BlackBerry, an instant messaging and
presence solution that allows business users to engage in secure instant message
conversations from their BlackBerry smartphones to colleagues working at their
desks. This solution goes beyond basic wireless email synchronization to better
connect mobile and remote employees with their offices for increased
collaboration and productivity. Intermedia`s offering is the first hosted
version of OCS for the BlackBerry platform.

"Having instant messaging and presence through OCS 2007 on our BlackBerry
devices makes it easier for our staff to be in constant contact and able to
share information," said Rachi Messing, Vice President of Technology Services
for DiscoverReady LLC, an Integrated Discovery Management solutions provider and
Intermedia customer. "Intermedia`s services have greatly improved communications
and productivity for our company and this new offering is an excellent extension
of that."

This offering is an extension of Intermedia`s existing hosted OCS 2007 service,
which Intermedia was also first to launch in February 2008. OCS 2007 is a
business instant messaging platform that integrates with Microsoft Exchange and
Outlook to provide secure communication and integrated presence. Presence
capabilities allow users to immediately determine at-a-glance their colleague`s
status - available, busy, away and offline - enabling them to quickly connect
with available colleagues. The OCS for BlackBerry solutions extends these
capabilities to mobile users when they are out of the office. Combined, the two
solutions provide small business customers with enterprise-grade unified
communications tools that greatly increase collaboration and productivity at a
price they can afford.

A recent Osterman Research study on instant messaging shows that mobile IM grew
18% in 2008, the fastest growing segment of the IM market. Osterman identifies
"traveling employees" and "senior technical managers" as the biggest users of
mobile IM. 52% of the study`s participants responded that enabling users to use
IM on mobile devices is either important or extremely important to them.

Business users already heavily rely on their BlackBerry smartphones for
telephone and wireless email communications. The OCS for Blackberry solution
adds secure instant messaging and presence, to fill in the missing gap, and
provide true remote connectivity and productivity capabilities to mobile
workers.

"Host OCS 2007 on the BlackBerry is another first to market achievement for
Intermedia," said Serguei Sofinski, CEO of Intermedia. "We continuously strive
to help our small and medium business customers compete more effective."

About Intermedia:

Founded in 1995, Intermedia is the leading provider of business email including
Microsoft Exchange hosting to the small and medium business market. Intermedia
specializes in providing enterprise-grade solutions through its world class
infrastructure and service to small and medium businesses at a price they can
afford. Businesses looking for a more cost-effective and manageable solution for
enterprise-class email and collaboration solutions through Microsoft Exchange,
should visit Intermedia`s Web site at http://www.Intermedia.net/Exchange.

Gutenberg Communications
Nazli Ekim, 646-775-6309
intermedia@gutenbergpr.com

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