Unimax Partners With AVST to Deliver Enterprise-Wide Single Point of Administration

ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - March 31, 2009) - Unimax Systems Corporation today announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST). AVST will leverage Unimax's flagship product, 2nd Nature®, to provide administrators with an interface for single point of administration to manage CallXpress®, their PBXs and other critical business systems. This enhances AVST's CallXpress Unified Communications platform with centralized administration functionality, which is a growing requirement for users in the enterprise communications marketplace.

AVST customers can leverage the 2nd Nature product to unify the management of important administrative functions such as moves, adds and changes, password resets (assisted and self-service), automated provisioning, automated voicemail list management, transaction auditing, reporting and many others. 2nd Nature also enables integration between leading PBX systems and critical business systems such as Active Directory, HR, call accounting, E-911, and more.

"We are excited to partner with AVST, an established leader in the enterprise marketplace for Unified Communications. We have many common goals and joint customers who have been asking for this combination," said Phil Moen, Unimax President and CEO.

A leading provider of unified voice administration applications, Unimax offers single-point of administration software that enables organizations to substantially reduce operational costs, strengthen security, increase visibility and control, and improve internal customer service. The results are immediate and measurable. Unimax has been delivering these product offerings since 1991.

Hardy Myers, AVST's President & CEO added, "Unimax's 2nd Nature product strengthens our ability to provide enterprise-wide single point of administration, which works perfectly with our goal to provide our customers with solutions that reduce costs and improve productivity. We are looking forward to introducing this combination to our resellers and end-users."

With over 40,000 systems deployed worldwide, AVST's flagship product, CallXpress, delivers world-class call processing, voicemail, unified messaging, personal assistant, fax, speech and notification capabilities to help organizations become more productive.

About Unimax

Unimax is a leading provider of telecommunications configuration management software and unified voice administration applications. Our flagship product, 2nd Nature, unifies the management of important administrative functions such as MACs, password resets (assisted and self-service), automated provisioning, automated voice mail list management, transaction auditing, reporting, and many others. 2nd Nature also enables integration between voice networks and critical business systems such as Microsoft Active Directory, HR, call accounting, E-911, and others. Our single-point administration software enables organizations to substantially reduce operational costs, strengthen security, increase visibility and control, and improve internal customer service. Our technology is compatible with systems from Avaya, AVST, Cisco, Nortel, Microsoft, and others. Unimax Systems Corporation is a privately held corporation based in Minneapolis, MN.

For more information, please call (800) 886-0390 or visit www.unimax.com.

About AVST

Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST) is a leading developer of communications solutions with over 10 million users that rely on its products and services to maximize their productivity. With nearly 30 years of innovation excellence, AVST is focused on delivering solutions that increase user and business productivity. Its flagship Unified Communications platform, CallXpress®, offers unprecedented interoperability and delivers advanced call processing, voicemail, unified messaging, personal assistant, fax, speech and notification capabilities. With CallXpress, an organization can protect and extend its existing data and telephony infrastructure investment -- now and into the future.

Headquartered in Orange County, Calif., AVST maintains facilities in Seattle, Wash. and the United Kingdom and has remote sales offices across the United States. 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.

Contact Information: Media Contact: Todd Remely Unimax Systems Corporation (612) 341-0946