Global IP, IBM Team

SAN FRANCISCO -- Global IP Sound (GIPS), a leading provider of embedded voice-processing solutions for the Voice over IP (VoIP) market, today announced that version 7.5 of IBM(R) Lotus(R) Sametime(R) will utilize the voice processing capabilities of GIPS VoiceEngine.

"We are excited to be working with such a recognized market leader as IBM to provide Lotus Sametime users with the highest voice quality available today for enterprise VoIP," said Gary P. Hermansen, President and CEO of Global IP Sound. "This application will utilize our VoiceEngine technology in a unique enterprise communications environment that will serve the needs of a diverse set of customers, and proves that our software can power any VoIP solution."

Lotus Sametime combines a broad array of capabilities that include presence awareness, instant messaging and Web conferencing in a feature-rich enterprise application. The market-leading solution is already in the hands of more than 15 million users worldwide.

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