Interstar's XMediusFAX Fax over IP (FoIP) Fax Server Software Enables Cisco VoIP Users to Send and Receive Faxes without the Added Expense of Fax Boards for Significant Cost Savings and Streamlined Workflow

Interstar Technologies (www.faxserver.com), a leading developer of IP telephony technologies, will be demonstrating its award-winning XMediusFAX T.38 Fax over IP (FoIP) server technology for enterprises and service providers at next week's CIPTUG 2005 Annual Conference (Booth 14), held November 28 to December 1 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Interstar's President and CEO, Martin Demers, will also be available to meet with CIPTUG visitors at the booth and at a special guest night event on November 30.

The CIPTUG (Cisco IP Telecommunications Users Group) conference is an annual event that focuses solely on Cisco IP Communication products and targets CIPTUG members and guests. The event features educational presentations, workshops, roundtable discussions and exhibits aimed at a worldwide Cisco user community.

Interstar is a Cisco Technology Developer Partner. Its XMediusFAX fax server software is Cisco Compatible and certified to interoperate with all major Cisco VoIP gateways. This enables IP fax functionality in a VoIP network equipped with Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes email messaging platforms. XMediusFAX acts as an essential component to unified messaging, allowing faxes to share a common inbox along with voicemail and email.

Interstar's boardless FoIP technology has been popular on the Cisco front, since the XMediusFAX fax server solution further leverages existing Cisco VoIP investments through:

• Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), selling for 25% the price of leading fax server solutions requiring extra hardware
• Software-only fax server technology that eliminates the hassle of hardware configuration and upgrades, and facilitates compliance to regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act and HIPAA, by routing faxes to intended recipients securely and confidentially, creating an audit trail
• Integrating seamlessly with Cisco VoIP gateways and unified messaging platforms to further deliver on the VoIP promise of improved mobility, so faxes can be sent fast and efficiently from anywhere and anytime
• VoIP-readiness, enabling an easy and transparent migration path from PSTN- to VoIP-based fax communications. Also operates with legacy fax boards in PSTN environments, facilitating VoIP migration.

"Interstar is proud to have such close ties with Cisco as a proven Cisco Technology Developer Partner. XMediusFAX is sure to continue to evolve as a Cisco Compatible fax server, in complete synchronization with Cisco VoIP networking requirements." said Martin Demers, President and CEO of Interstar Technologies Inc. "Being a Cisco partner not only extends enormous value to our current customer base, but it is instrumental in generating new business. We have recently signed a number of reseller agreements with highly-productive and prestigious Cisco Gold Certified Partners such as Force 3 Inc., APPTIS, World Wide Technologies, and NexusIS, as well as with eNETsolutions, a Cisco Premier Certified Partner."

For a sampling of case studies relating to Cisco customers having experienced significant cost savings, increased productivity and ROI after deploying Interstar's XMediusFAX fax server software, consult: http://www.faxserver.com/fax-server-software/casestudies/index_e.htm.