AVST Showcases CallXpress® and NotifyXpress™ at Campus Technology 2007

Unified Communications Provider Demonstrates Solutions for the Higher Education Market

Campus Technology 2007
Booth #411

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week at Campus Technology 2007, Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST) is showcasing its flagship unified communications platform, CallXpress, and its new broadcast notification application, NotifyXpress. CallXpress and NotifyXpress are available for demonstration at booth #411 on the show floor at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, DC from July 31-August 1. In addition, AVST’s Vice President of Product Management, Tom Minifie, will conduct a classroom session on how colleges and universities can benefit from a unified communications solution on August 1 at 2:30 p.m. in the Presentation Theatre on the exhibition floor.

Campus Technology 2007 is tailored to the needs of administrators, IT professionals, and faculty in higher education. The focus is on technologies of strategic interest to the mission of higher education, whether in the classroom or campus-wide. The 14th annual Campus Technology Higher Education Technology Conference gives participants an opportunity to discover the latest in technology products, services and applications.

Attendees to Campus Technology 2007 can view demonstrations of AVST’s CallXpress, the industry’s most flexible unified communications platform on the market. In addition, AVST’s recently announced NotifyXpress will be available for demonstration for the first time. NotifyXpress enables the recording and delivery of messages to audiences small and large, simply and effectively. Now, campus administrators can deliver tens, hundreds or thousands of personalized outbound phone messages per day to alert and notify staff or students of timely, valuable information. NotifyXpress was designed specifically for the education industry and is ideal for issuing appointment reminders, emergency message notification, closure announcements and status of services notifications.

“This conference is an important opportunity for campus administrators to get in touch and discover the latest and greatest technologies to upgrade their campus’ aging communications platforms,” said Denny Michael, Vice President of Marketing for AVST. “CallXpress is a time-tested solution that helps educational institutions improve the productivity of faculty and staff enabling them to be more responsive to the needs of the student population and their families. We’re looking forward to sharing the benefits of both CallXpress and NotifyXpress with conference attendees.”

CallXpress is a unified communication solution that delivers world-class call processing, voice messaging, unified messaging, fax, notification and speech-based personal assistance capability. Users can manage voice, fax and e-mail messages from any location at any time—via laptop, telephone, cell phone or internet. The platform is the ideal solution to replace legacy voice mail systems as well as integrate with the latest IP systems. CallXpress was developed to offer quick and painless conversions to next generation technology through speedy implementation, simple administration and maintenance, and telephone user interface emulations that are already familiar to users resulting in minimal training.

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®, AVST offers the industry's most powerful suite of second generation communications solutions including voice messaging, unified messaging, fax, notification, and speech-enabled applications (including automated attendant and hands-free mobile worker access), and call processing (including embedded IVR).

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 38,000 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.