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Partnering for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server IM Ecosystem Escalates

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 15, 2003 — Today at Instant Messaging Planet Conference & Expo Fall 2003, Microsoft Corp. announced IM industry partner growth that demonstrates broad support for Microsoft® Office Live Communications Server 2003, which delivers an enterprise-grade instant messaging (IM) platform, extensible real-time collaboration functionality and presence capabilities.

Designed from the ground up on Session Initiation Protocol, Live Communications Server provides a solid foundation for building innovative and customized solutions for IM, voice, video and data collaboration, enabling corporations to take advantage of real-time communications as a business asset.

“We are thrilled to see partner momentum building to fulfill the demand for a variety of solutions built on the fundamental real-time capabilities provided by Live Communications Server 2003,” said Gurdeep Singh Pall, general manager of the Live Communications Group at Microsoft and keynote speaker at the Instant Messaging Planet Conference & Expo Fall 2003 on Oct. 16. “We’re excited about extending a more secure, extensible and manageable platform to our partners that can respond to market demand for innovative solutions that enhance information worker productivity.”

Live Communications Server, released to manufacturing in August, is an integral part of the 2003 edition of the Microsoft Office System, which is designed to better connect people with each other, information and business processes across an organization to transform knowledge and data into results.

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Industry Partners Support Live Communications Server - Vayusphere Inc.

Vayusphere Instant Response is a standards-based platform particularly suited for call centers and help desks in the financial services, healthcare and service provider markets, where the integration of presence awareness and IM with line-of-business applications can dramatically reduce the costs of delayed response.

“Compelling applications that result from Vayusphere’s relationship will connect Live Communications Server to line-of-business applications,” said Pushpendra Mohta, chief executive officer of Vayusphere. “By intelligently routing actionable messages from applications and instantly capturing responses from Live Communications Server users, Vayusphere Interactive Agents can drive down the costs of delayed response.”

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Gaurav Marwaha
+1-650-960-2900
pr@vayusphere.com

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