CommuniGate Systems Takes Pronto! to the Desktop with Adobe AIR

Adobe AIR powers Pronto! expands familiar desktop client features including multi-pane windows and advanced drag-and-drop functionalities

Mill Valley, CA - October 1, 2007 - Unlocking the desktop capabilities of internet communications, CommuniGate Systems, the leader in scalable carrier-class Rich Media solutions, announced a public beta of its unified communications framework, Pronto! built on Adobe® AIR™ today in conjunction with Adobe MAX 2007 in Chicago. Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system application runtime for building and deploying Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) to the desktop.

Pronto! built on Adobe AIR supports features not possible before with your traditional webmail or Internet browser delivered RIAs. For example, Pronto! users can now open separate windows for IM, calendars and events, and e-mail. Pronto! will feature natural drag-and-drop operations allowing users to save and add attachments from e-mail, or upload content to "My Stuff" files.

"Adobe AIR ties together the best of the Web and the best of the desktop and expands a whole new realm of possibilities for developers," said Adrian Ludwig, group product marketing manager at Adobe. "CommuniGate Systems' Pronto! is a prime example of the next generation of rich internet applications working across operating systems, and both inside and outside the browser."

"From the start, our mission has been to unify all the new forms of Internet communications and rich media — as effortlessly and naturally as possible," said Jon R. Doyle, VP Business Development at CommuniGate Systems. "With Adobe AIR, Pronto! delivers a more powerful, intuitive experience that puts the Web 2.0 office in the user's hands today. We see Pronto! as a unique extensible framework where social networks and businesses can plug in applications leveraging the powerful unified communications applications in mash-ups."

Pronto! offers an unprecedented single point of access for all voice and data communications —from e-mail and IM, to chat, voice, music, photos, calendar, and groupware. It provides an extremely stable and secure platform to promote team collaboration and increase employee productivity. Whether they're in the office, at home, or on the road, users can access e-mail and saved files, schedule team meetings, and call colleagues from the unified Pronto! interface.

General availability of Pronto! built on Adobe AIR will be in early 2008. To participate in the public beta with a free trial of Pronto! built on Adobe AIR, visit http://www.TalktoIP.com and Sign In for an account with yourusername@talktoip.com.

An animated demo of Pronto! can also be viewed at http://www.communigate.com/pronto.

About CommuniGate Systems
Founded in 1991 and based in Mill Valley, California, CommuniGate Systems develops carrier-class Unified Communications and media delivery software for broadband and mobile operators to deliver value-added services and SaaS solutions. CommuniGate Systems delivers powerful mashups of Unified Communications technology mixed with media and entertainment applications for portals, social networks, enterprises and mobile communities. CommuniGate Systems is revolutionizing the Unified Communications industry with a unique Flash-based client framework Pronto! bringing together all forms of communication and breaking the leash to the desktop with Web 2.0 mobility.

CommuniGate Systems is the first choice in technology solutions for over 12,000 customers with over 130 million subscribers unifying e-mail, collaboration, IM, presence and VoIP with a single identity. The Unified Communications platform provides flexibility, performance, and scalability with benchmark proven architecture remaining unchallenged in the industry. Our technology powers OEM partner products ranging from embedded real time systems to powerful unified messaging platforms at top tier global network operators. The open development environment's simple APIs deliver extensible flexibility with a unique clustering technology for 99.999% uptime for the most demanding application environments.

The company is a trusted and financially stable vendor, maintaining the highest customer satisfaction levels in the Unified Communications industry with over 175 members in its partner network worldwide.