Pronexus expands VAR Program for burgeoning telephony and speech market

Emergency Notification vendor Voice Technologies signs on as newest member

Ottawa, Canada (PRWEB) May 5, 2003 -- Pronexus Inc., the leading provider of computer telephony and speech software solutions, today announced that Voice Technologies Inc. of Richmond, VA has joined the Pronexus VAR program.

Against the current backdrop of a challenging economic climate, the market for speech and telephony solutions continues to show solid growth. According to Datamonitor, the Voice Business marketplace is forecast to grow from an estimated US $632m in 2001 to $4.3bn in 2007, representing a healthy compound annual growth rate of 38%. Accordingly, the Pronexus VAR program is designed to provide Value Added Resellers with a way to maximize their market opportunity and to promote, market and sell communication solutions based on the award-winning Pronexus product family. Among other benefits, program members receive technical and marketing assistance, exclusive technology previews, and preferred pricing.

As the newest member of the Pronexus Value Added Reseller (VAR) program, Voice Technologies serves customers with emergency notification and customer self-service applications that combine telephony, fax, web, and speech technologies. The company is the developer and marketer of Command Caller, an automated emergency notification solution that is powered by Pronexus award winning rapid application development environment, VBVoice. It also provides professional services for custom voice and speech applications for customers such as The Department of Homeland Security, the United States Air Force, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Alaska Department of Epidemiology, the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons and many other public and private sector organizations.

This strong partnership with a well known leader in the Computer Telephony marketplace allows us to take full advantage of the fast growing CT and speech market," commented Matthew Scipione, President of Voice Technologies. We have been using VBVoice extensively in our application and product development and this agreement further strengthens our ability to respond to the customer requirements of this dynamic market."

VBVoice is at the heart of communications solutions and products at thousands of sites around the world. It leverages the power of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, and features extensive support for Voice-over-IP, voice recognition, speech synthesis, and a highly scalable modular architecture. Today, VBVoice is the most comprehensive and flexible development environment for business critical Computer Telephony (CT) and speech solutions.

We are pleased to welcome Voice Technologies to our expanding VAR program," commented Dan Burke, Channel Sales Manager at Pronexus. They are an excellent example of how our partners are a driving force in our ongoing growth and we are committed to maximize the joint opportunities present in what continues to be an expanding market."

About Voice Technologies
Voice Technologies, Inc. is a privately held corporation that has been providing technically oriented professional services and products for over 12 years. The company serves customers with emergency notification and automated contact center solutions. Voice Technologies possess superior applications development skills using advanced technologies such as speech recognition, text-to-speech and voice verification. The companys customers include the VA Department of Motor Vehicles, GE Financial Assurance, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Defense Logistics Agency, State Corporation Commission, First Health Services Corp, United States Air Force and Department of Homeland Security. For more information, please visit www.voicetech.com or call 800-396-2111.

About Pronexus Inc.
With nearly a decade of experience and more than 3000 clients and partners in over 110 countries around the world, Pronexus Inc. has established itself as a leader in Computer Telephony Integration for wired and wireless environments. The company is the developer of the award-winning VBVoice, a Rapid Application Development tool for building business-critical CT solutions. It also provides professional services for businesses requiring custom applications and develops OnCall, a line of turnkey CT business solutions for a variety of industries and applications. Comprehensive support services and acclaimed training complete the firms offerings.

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For more information, contact:

Sonia Tercler
Marketing Communications
Pronexus, Inc.
Tel: (613) 271-8989, ext. 541
Fax: (613) 271-8388
Email: sonia.tercler@pronexus.com