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INGRAM MICRO'S FRENCH AND GERMAN SUBSIDIARIES SELECT XPEDITE FOR OUTSOURCED E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS
Xpedite's messageREACHSM Service to Improve Channel Communications
EATONTOWN, N.J. (April 3, 2001) - Xpedite (www.xpedite.com), a global leader in multimedia messaging and a business unit of Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK; www.ptek.com), today announced that the French and German subsidiaries of Ingram Micro Europe, the European division of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the largest global wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services, have selected Xpedite for their outsourced e-mail communications. Ingram Micro France and Ingram Macrotron AG, will use Xpedite's messageREACHSM e-mail service to communicate with their resellers.
"messageREACH allows us to effectively communicate with hundreds of resellers to give them immediate access to market information such as price changes, promotions and special offers," said Christian Bittebierre, Managing Director of Ingram Micro France. "Through messageREACH, we can include links to Ingram Micro's Web pages within each message, which enables our resellers to instantly place orders and provides us with detailed tracking and delivery reports."
"Europe has led our messageREACH services international growth, increasing 250% in the fourth quarter over the third quarter of 2000," said Matthew McGill, Xpedite's Director of Business Development for messageREACH. "Adding Ingram Micro's European divisions as messageREACH customers clearly demonstrates our capabilities as a global company. With offices and support staff in 18 European and Asian countries, we can provide the type of electronic messaging services that a company such as Ingram Micro requires. We look forward to continuing to capture a significant share of the European outsourced e-mail market."
About Xpedite
Xpedite (www.xpedite.com) is a global leader in multimedia messaging and a business unit of Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK). Xpedite offers a full range of value-added multimedia messaging services worldwide that manage and facilitate the electronic distribution of information to all types of electronic addresses including fax, e-mail, wireless and voice. Xpedite processed approximately 1.6 billion messages in 2000, and was named by IDC as the worldwide leader in fax-based messaging. The company's messageREACHSM (www.messagereach.com) service offers the most robust outsourced e-mail applications available, providing control, tracking, security, personalization and automated administration for high volume e-mail distribution. Xpedite's diverse client base includes almost half of the Fortune 500 companies, including such industry leaders as Boeing, Bank One, Marriott, Merck, Xerox and Chase Manhattan. Xpedite has sales offices in 30 locations throughout the United States and 25 international offices, including Tokyo, London, Sydney, Seoul, Singapore, Brussels, Munich, Paris, Milan, Hong Kong Taipai and Kuala Lumpur.
About Ptek Holdings, Inc.
Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK) is a leading provider of communications and data services, including conference calling and Web-based collaboration; high-volume fax, e-mail and voice message delivery; and personal communications management systems that handle voice mail, e-mail and personal content. Ptek's business units include Premiere Conferencing, Xpedite and Voicecom. The company's PtekVentures investment unit has ownership interests in various new technology companies.
Ptek Holdings corporate headquarters is located at 3399 Peachtree Road NE, The Lenox Building, Atlanta, GA 30326. Additional information can be found at www.ptek.com.
Editor’s Note: For investor relations inquiries, please contact Eric Martin, (404) 504-2461 or [email protected]
About Ingram Micro Inc.
Ingram Micro Inc. is the largest global wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services. The company operates in 36 countries with sales of $30.7 billion for the fiscal year 2000. Ingram Micro's global regions provide the distribution of technology products and services, marketing development and supply chain management services to more than 175,000 technology solution providers and 1,700 manufacturers. The company is focused on maximising shareowner value and achieving customer satisfaction through innovation in the information technology supply chain. Visit www.ingrammicro.com / www.ingrammicro-europress.com
Statements made in this press release, other than those concerning historical information, should be considered forward-looking and subject to various risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the 'safe harbor' provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are made based on management's current expectations or beliefs as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. A variety of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in PTEK's forward-looking statements, including the following factors: PTEK's ability to manage its growth and to respond to rapid technological change, the development of alternatives to PTEK's products and services and risk of obsolescence of its products, services and technology; new products and services must gain acceptance in the marketplace; PTEK's strategic investments in early stage companies, which have limited operating histories and are subject to significant risks, may not be successful and returns on such strategic investments, if any, may not match historical levels; the value of PTEK's business may fluctuate because the value of some of PTEK's strategic equity investments fluctuates; PTEK's strategic investments in companies that are subject to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 reporting requirements are subject to the risks disclosed by those companies in their public filings; PTEK may incur significant costs and be forced to make disadvantageous business decisions to avoid investment company status, and PTEK may suffer adverse consequences if it is deemed to be an investment company; PTEK's ability to develop effective marketing, pricing and distribution strategies for new products and services; competitive pressures among communications services providers, including pricing pressures, may increase significantly; costs or difficulties related to the integration of businesses and technologies, if any, acquired or that may be acquired by PTEK may be greater than expected; expected cost savings from past or future mergers and acquisitions may not be fully realized or realized within the expected time frame; revenues following past or future mergers and acquisitions may be lower than expected; operating costs or customer loss and business disruption following past or future mergers and acquisitions may be greater than expected; the success of PTEK's strategic and other distribution relationships, including the amount of business generated and the viability of the strategic relationships, may not meet expectations; PTEK may experience adverse results of pending or future litigation or adverse results of current or future infringement claims; failure of the platforms and network infrastructure utilized in providing its services could cause an interruption in PTEK's services due to the; risks associated with expansion of PTEK's international operations; general economic or business conditions, internationally, nationally or in the local jurisdiction in which PTEK is doing business, may be less favorable than expected; legislative or regulatory changes may adversely affect the business in which PTEK is engaged; and changes in the securities markets may negatively impact PTEK.
For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements and factors that could cause actual results to differ from the Company's forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, especially in the "Factors Affecting Future Performance" included in the Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 and in subsequent filings filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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