Emergency Notification Vendor Joins Pronexus VAR Program

OTTAWA, CANADA - Pronexus Inc., the provider of computer telephony and speech software solutions, 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 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' 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." "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."