IP Unity Chosen As Emerging Star At TiEcon 2005 World's Largest Conference For Entrepreneurs

Emerging Star Companies in Eight Categories To Offer Valuable Visibility and Feedback to Entrepreneurs During Presentations at 2005 Conference

Milpitas, Calif. And Santa Clara, Calif — May 14, 2005— IP Unity, a leader in carrier-grade media servers, application servers and real-time multimedia applications for IP and TDM networks, announced today that it has been selected as an "emerging starþ at TiEcon 2005, the world's largest and most successful conference for entrepreneurs.

"We have selected IP Unity as a 2005 emerging star for a variety of reasons, including its strong go-forward strategy, solid management team, and innovative technology that substantially improves how businesses and consumers communicate, said Ramneek Bhasin, marketing chairman for TiEcon 2005. "The company's commitment to delivering carrier-grade IP telephony and applications and impressive corporate success to date validate its growing leadership in the industry.þ

In accepting this award, Arun Sobti, IP Unity CEO and Chairman said, "We are pleased to be recognized for our business excellence and technology. The IP Unity team is the driving force behind the company's solid performance, continued success and the satisfaction of our customers. This recognition from TiEcon highlights the incredible value of our technology and staff, and their impact on the industry.þ

TiEcon 2005 will welcome more than 3,000 attendees to the heart of Silicon Valley on Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14 at the Westin Hotel and Conference Center in Santa Clara, California. The top five companies in each category will participate in a special Emerging Stars panel at this year's conference. IP Unity will join the Networking Emerging Stars Panel on Saturday, May 14th at 3:15pm,
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Emerging Stars Program Details:

• Nominated companies are judged and ranked by industry veterans, corporate executives and successful entrepreneurs from among TiE's 10,000+ worldwide membership.
• Nominated companies were chosen from the following categories software, emerging technologies, security, wireless, networking, Internet, semiconductor, healthcare and services.
• Emerging Stars are private companies with at least $1 million in funding or more than $10 million in revenues.
• Evaluation areas include management team, market and industry drivers, competitive advantage, market buzz, business model, corporate development and revenues.
• Management teams are examined for their capacity or proven ability, completeness of team, skills and leadership.
• A look at market and industry drivers includes an examination of industry growth, category consolidation and broader demand for products or services.
• Competitive advantage explores barriers to entry, intellectual property and key partnerships.
• A look at "market buzz identifies category momentum, industry recognition, and customer traction.
• Corporate development explores the success of their partnerships and channels. Finally, a review of revenues and business model demonstrates whether a company has attractive monetization, a high revenue stream and high growth rates.

Themed "Energizing the Global Entrepreneurial Spiritþ, it will bring together thought leaders, corporate executives, and successful veteran entrepreneurs for two days of learning, discussion, and networking. Keynotes by seven premiere speakers, including Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Adobe Systems' Bruce Chizen, The New York Times' Thomas L. Friedman, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' Vinod Khosla, Yahoo's Daniel Rosensweig and Google's Dr. Eric Schmidt.

About TiEcon 2005
TiEcon, TiE Silicon Valley's flagship annual event, is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to gain knowledge, inspiration and an invaluable network of contacts. Participants at the conference include successful venture capitalists, investment bankers, and policy makers, leading law firms, entrepreneurs and industry professionals from the information technology, software and communications industries across the U.S., South Asia and Europe. Last year, TiEcon attracted more than 100 expert speakers and panelists, 3000 delegates and 100 exhibiting companies.

Media Contact for TiE:
Patricia A. Roche'
Trainer Communications
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patricia@trainercomm.com

About Movius
Movius Interactive Corporation gives people the power to enrich their lives through viable innovations that transform the way they interact with information, media and each other. Formerly under the name IP Unity Glenayre, Movius is a recognized leader in messaging, collaboration and mobile media solutions for service providers worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.moviuscorp.com.

Media Contacts for Movius:

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For European Media
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BCS PR
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