Press Release

Permessa Email Control! Wins Best Tool and Utility Solution Category
Permessa IM Control! Named Finalist
As Best Unified Communications and Collaboration Solution

Waltham, MA, January 19, 2009 -- Permessa Corporation today announced that it was awarded the 2009 IBM Lotus Award in the Best Tool and Utility Solution category for the 15th annual IBM Lotus Awards. Permessa was also named a finalist for the 2009 Lotus Award in the Best Unified Communications and Collaboration Solution category.

The IBM Lotus Awards recognize exceptional IBM PartnerWorld members that specialize in Lotus software solutions and have excelled at providing quality products, innovative solutions and superior services to customers.

For the 2009 Lotus Awards, hundreds of applications were received from more than 30 countries around the world. Permessa Email Control!, winner of the Best Tool and Utility Solution category, goes significantly beyond reporting and re-defines the IT tool for the messaging category by answering the question, “what should I do?”

IBM Lotus Domino IT managers and email administrators no longer need to pour over countless logs and traffic reports to fix problems, lower costs and improve service. The net result is that IT managers and Lotus Domino administrators typically reduce IT analysis time by 95% and can reduce overall messaging costs by hundreds of thousands of dollars, while improving service levels and reducing information overload.

Permessa IM Control!, finalist in the Best Unified Communications and Collaboration Solution category, enhances IBM Lotus Sametime with critical tools that global enterprises need to ensure enterprise-wide reliability and compliance. It continually tests and monitors all instant messaging, unified communications and collaboration services, including chat, electronic meetings, whiteboard sharing and buddy lists.

“The recognition from the 2009 Lotus Award committee illustrates how Permessa adds significant value to IBM Lotus Domino and IBM Lotus Sametime solutions in order to meet the needs of our joint customers,” said Stefan Mehlhorn, president and CEO of Permessa Corporation.