Kent Datacomm to offer interaction management software by Interactive
Intelligence
INDIANAPOLIS (March 19, 2001) - Interactive Intelligence Inc. (NASDAQ: ININ)
signed a national reseller agreement with Kent Datacomm, a division of Kent
Electronics Corporation (NYSE: KNT), which allows Kent Datacomm to market,
sell and support interaction management software by Interactive
Intelligence.
Kent Electronics, with revenues of approximately $1 billion in the fiscal
year ended April 1, 2000, is among the largest publicly traded specialty
electronics distributors and network integrators in the U.S. Kent Datacomm
specializes in IP telephony integration and is also a national Cisco
partner.
Interactive Intelligence develops software that automates business
communications via the phone, fax, e-mail and the Web. The company recently
announced an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Cisco that
combines Cisco`s IP-based communications platform with Interactive
Intelligence applications, including unified messaging, contact management
and voice over IP.
Mark Zerbe, President of Kent Datacomm, said of the new agreement, "As part
of our ongoing pursuit to enhance the value of our solutions offering to our
customers, we are excited about the opportunity to become a reseller for
Interactive Intelligence. We believe that their suite of products enhances
the already strong capabilities of the Cisco IP phone system with additional
solutions that the marketplace is requesting."
"We believe that Kent Datacomm`s Cisco-certified team of engineers will do a
tremendous job of supporting our combined Interactive Intelligence/Cisco
communications solution and our complete line of interaction management
products," Dr. Donald E. Brown, president and CEO of Interactive
Intelligence said.
About Interactive Intelligence Inc.
Interactive Intelligence Inc. (NASDAQ: ININ) is a global developer of
interaction management software designed to automate virtually every aspect
of business communications. The company was founded in 1994 and, today, has
a worldwide customer base of more than 650 companies. Based on an open,
unified platform, the Interactive Intelligence product line offers a
flexible and affordable solution to contact centers, e-businesses,
enterprises and service providers. The Interactive Intelligence product line
is subject to numerous United States and international patents pending. The
company is headquartered in Indianapolis with European headquarters in
France and Asia Pacific headquarters in Japan. Interactive Intelligence can
be reached at +1 317.872.3000 or www.ININ.com.
This release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve a
number of risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially are the following: rapid technological
changes in the industry, volatility in the market price of the company`s
common stock; the company`s ability to achieve profitability, to manage
successfully its growth and increasingly complex third party relationships,
to maintain successful relationships with its current and any new resellers,
to maintain and improve its current products and to develop new products and
to protect its proprietary rights adequately; and other factors described in
the company`s SEC filings, including the company`s latest annual report on
Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
Copyright(c) 1994 - 2001 Interactive Intelligence Incorporated. All rights
reserved. Interactive Intelligence(r), Enterprise Interaction Center(r),
EIC(tm), Interaction Center(tm), Interaction Center Platform(tm), Customer
Interaction Center(tm), CIC(tm), Service Interaction Center(tm), SIC(tm),
Interaction Recorder(tm), Interaction Dialer(tm), Interaction Director(tm),
e-FAQ(tm), Wireless Interaction Client(tm) and Mobilite(tm) are all
trademarks or registered trademarks of Interactive Intelligence, Inc. All
other products and company names should be considered servicemarks or
trademarks of their respective companies.
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