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XPEDITE DELIVERS TWO MILLION e-MESSAGES IN ONE DAY VIA MESSAGEREACHsm
Ptek's E-mail Unit Doubles Message Volume in Less Than Four Months
EATONTOWN, N.J., December 14, 2000 - Xpedite (www.xpedite.com), a global leader in multimedia information distribution and business unit of Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK; www.ptek.com), today announced its messageREACHSM e-mail division delivered more than two million electronic messages on December 7, 2000, doubling its daily volume in less than four months. messageREACH is an outsourced e-mail service that provides control, tracking, security, personalization and automated administration for high volume e-mail applications. messageREACH revenue and volume increased by more than 134% in the third quarter of 2000 compared to the second quarter of 2000.
"We are gaining tremendous momentum in the outsourced managed e-mail market, particularly from our international locations in Europe and Asia," said Max Slifer, President of Xpedite. "We are thrilled to see such rapid growth for our messageREACH basic services, and we anticipate that our customer base will expand even more when we roll out upgrades to the service next year."
A recent study by the Radicati Group projects the market for managed messaging services will grow from $1.7 billion at year-end 2000 to approximately $6.6 billion by 2004. It also shows the hosted messaging services market growing from $379 million in 2000 to more than $1.5 billion by 2004.
About Xpedite
Xpedite (www.xpedite.com) is a global leader in multi-media information distribution and a business unit of Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK). The company offers a full range of electronic-, voice-, and fax-based information distribution and data messaging services using the company's dedicated IP network. Xpedite processes up to six million document pages every day to all types of electronic addresses, including Internet, e-mail, fax, telephone and telex. Xpedite's diverse client base includes such industry leaders as Boeing, BankOne, Merck, Xerox, Chase Manhattan, as well as 40% of all Fortune 500 companies. Xpedite has sales offices in 30 locations throughout the U.S. and 25 international offices, including Tokyo, London, Sydney, Seoul, Singapore, Brussels, Munich and Paris.
In early 2000, Xpedite announced that it had formed a new division, messageREACHSM (www.messagereach.com), which is an outsourced, Internet based e-mail service provider for Fortune 2000 companies, specializing in tracking, encryption and automated administration for high volume e-mail applications.
About Ptek Holdings, Inc.
Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK) is a network of leading Internet and business-to-business service providers. Ptek's business units include Xpedite, Voicecom and Premiere Conferencing. The company's PtekVentures investment unit has ownership interests in Healtheon/WebMD (NASDAQ: HLTH), S1 Corporation (NASDAQ: SONE), WebEx (NASDAQ: WEBX), USA.NET, Webforia, Derivion, i2Go, BuyTrek, ScienceWise.com, PlanetJam Media Group, Ntown Communications, clickandmove.com, iKimbo, WorldWideTesting and epipeline. Ptek leverages the technologies, management expertise, market channels and capital of its network to drive growth and promote market leadership throughout its operating and network 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.
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