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WebEx Connect Unlocks Software Suite and Enables New Generation of Distributed Innovation with On-Demand Integration, Distribution and Monetization Platform SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. and SAN FRANCISCO, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Web 2.0 Expo Informz and WebEx (NASDAQ:WEBX), the leading provider of on-demand applications for collaborative business, today announced that Informz has joined the WebEx Connect Developer Network to make Informz Marketing Center available via WebEx Connect. WebEx Connect, the first collaborative on-demand platform, will enable developers and customers to integrate multiple applications to create powerful collaborative business "mashup" solutions from best-of-breed web-based, on-premises and desktop applications. Informz Marketing Center extends the power of WebEx Event Center to get more registrants, more attendees and more detailed reporting for online events. Informz Marketing Center is an easy to use advanced email marketing solution integrated with WebEx Events Center. Informz email marketing ensures online event invitation emails are delivered and provides advanced reporting to improve online event marketing by increasing event attendance. "Informz is excited to become a WebEx Connect Developer Program member. This provides a huge opportunity for Informz in the Online Events industry, Informz will help to significantly change the way online events are administered with the use of advanced email marketing," says Joe Tyler, CEO Informz. "We look forward to our future with WebEx." Informz is one of the many applications users will be able to access through the WebEx Connect Marketplace of applications. WebEx Connect will enable users to integrate data from multiple applications into collaborative workspaces, custom designed for their particular workflows and business processes. Unlike traditional transactional applications, WebEx Connect is designed to improve productivity by enhancing collaboration and interaction between individuals. By leveraging open Web 2.0 protocols and collaborative WebEx applications programming interfaces (APIs), WebEx Connect will make it easy to adapt on-demand, desktop, and enterprise applications to create composite, "mashup" applications. "We are pleased to welcome Informz to our WebEx Connect Developer Program and offer their advanced email marketing integrated via the marketplace," said Shankar Iyer, vice president, WebEx Connect ecosystem. "Informz Marketing Center will help WebEx Connect users increase the number of attendees at their online events." The WebEx Connect Developer Network provides the tools, training, resources and community that developers need to build and market applications for WebEx Connect. Developers can access WebEx Connect documentation, APIs, a "sandbox" development platform and join the partner program to access a beta WebEx Connect client. WebEx Connect partner marketing services can help developers generate go-to-market strategies and leads for the applications on the WebEx Connect Marketplace. To learn more about the WebEx Connect Developer Network program, go to, http://community.webex.com/connect About Informz Informz is an online marketing communications company that enables personalized and targeted communication. The Informz solution provides customers with the tools to easily and cost-effectively promote their brands, stay in touch, generate and analyze data about their markets, manage information about their customers and partners, and receive valuable feedback to refine future action. Advanced features in the Informz product include Delivery Guaranteed, online survey tools, online fundraising and payment, online event registration, and sales prospecting. Visit http://www.informz.com/. About WebEx With 2.2 million registered users, WebEx is the global leader in on-demand applications for collaborative business on the web. These applications enhance high-touch business processes, such as sales and training, with efficient web-touch interactions. As an on-demand provider, WebEx is able to facilitate both internal and external collaboration. WebEx delivers its range of applications over the WebEx MediaTone Network, a global network specifically designed for the secure delivery of on-demand applications. WebEx applications support multipoint videoconferencing, web conferencing and application remote control. WebEx is based in Santa Clara, California and has regional headquarters in Europe, Asia and Australia. Please call toll free 877-509-3239 or visit http://www.webex.com/ for more information. WebEx and MediaTone are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of WebEx Communications, Inc. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements may be identified by use of the terms anticipates, believes, continue, could, estimates, expects, intends, may, plans, potential, predicts, should or will, or the negative of those terms or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those described in such statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties. In particular, these forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the features and availability of unreleased products or platform tools. Factors which could contribute to risks and uncertainties include the failure to deliver the offerings as described, on schedule, or at all. A fuller discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could affect WebEx Communications, Inc. are more fully set forth in WebEx Communications, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including WebEx's Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2007. WebEx Communications, Inc. assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information contained in this press release. Contact: Tanya Petroff, Informz Colin Smith, WebEx 408-566-5694 or DATASOURCE: WebEx Communications, Inc. CONTACT: Tanya Petroff of Informz, ; or Colin Smith of WebEx, +1-408-566-5694, Web site: http://www.webex.com/ http://www.informz.com/

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