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Pixion, Inc. Forms Strategic Alliance with Hotel Interactive

First Portal Web Site for the Hospitality Industry will now use Pixion's Award-winning PictureTalk Software to deliver Real-Time Web Seminars.

PLEASANTON, CA, October 6, 1999 – Pixion, Inc. (formerly PictureTalk), the leading supplier of Internet communication solutions for software companies, announced today that it has formed a strategic alliance with Hotel Interactive, a Web-based trade resource for hospitality professionals. Through this new alliance, Hotel Interactive will now use Pixion's award-winning PictureTalk software to deliver an assort-ment of real-time Web seminars.

"We are indeed gratified to be working with Hotel Interactive as their site is clearly the premier Internet destination for the hospitality industry," said Steve Graham, Director of Strategic Alliances for Pixion, Inc. "This alliance with Hotel Interactive demonstrates the value that PictureTalk software provides to organizations interested in conducting live seminars on the Web to large groups of prospects, customers, and employees."

"We selected Pixion's PictureTalk software to facilitate our Web-based seminars, because it uniquely combines state-of-the-art technology with exceptional ease-of-use," said Rich Viola, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Hotel Interactive. "Since our intent is to provide the highest quality portal available for the hospitality industry, it only makes sense for us to use the industry's finest web presentation solution to deliver our seminars."

Pixion's critically acclaimed PictureTalk software enables organizations to deliver live presentations effectively and profitably over the Internet. With PictureTalk, companies can present software demonstrations, slide shows, text files and spreadsheets live over the Web to prospects, customers, partners, and internal staff at remote locations. A powerful and versatile solution, PictureTalk can be used to generate sales leads, shorten sales cycles, train customers and employees, improve customer support, increase productivity, and reduce travel expenses.