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September 21, 2005

Posted by - TelephonyWorld @ 7:50 pm PST

INFO DIRECTIONS ANNOUNCES JOINT MARKETING PARTNERSHIP WITH HOSTED SOFTWARE SERVICES PROVIDER ENSIM CORPORATION

Partnership makes it faster and more cost-effective for integrated communications providers to deploy and manage next-generation and traditional services

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BOSTON (Sept. 21, 2005) Voice on the Net (VON) Fall 2005 - Info Directions (booth #841), leading provider of net-centric billing, rating, order management, workflow and selling solutions for integrated communications providers, today announced a joint marketing agreement with Ensim Corporation, the leading provider of software solutions that enable service providers to profitably create, control, and deliver converged hosted services. The agreement offers service providers an integrated approach to creating and managing services from development and deployment through operations and billing.

Info Directions' CostGuardr.NET OSS/BSS offers convergent service providers a comprehensive operations, billing, tax and regulatory compliance platform that incorporates diverse lines of business and bundled products, enhances sales capabilities and streamlines the back office. CostGuard.NET users can leverage the system's open architecture and robust product management capabilities to integrate to Ensim's hosted service enablement solutions.

Ensim solutions allow service providers to leverage a must-have combination of user self-management and real-time automation to provide seamless service fulfillment to their customers. Rapid time to market and cost savings are achieved through pre-integration with key infrastructure components, working into service providers' existing mixed environments. Service providers are able to extend their business model by using the solution's support for multiple distribution channels. The two companies already share a client, offering new opportunities for creating, selling and managing traditional and next-generation communications services.

"Info Directions and Ensim recognize the value of a hosted solution in helping service providers remain competitive in today's evolving communications market," said Donald Culeton, president of Info Directions. "Service providers need to continue to find new ways to enhance service, build end user loyalty and create new revenue opportunities. CostGuard.NET's back-office solution and Ensim's solutions for hosted service enablement provide an essential foundation for helping service providers achieve those goals."

"We're excited to be working with Info Directions to help service providers maximize their ability to serve the end user and address the changes occurring in their business operations," said Shay Mowlem, Ensim's Vice President, Marketing & Alliances. "Service providers today have many options for developing and deploying communications services, but the key to their long-term success rests on the ability to continue securing and offering best-of-breed products and services. With Ensim and Info Directions, service providers are able to quickly capitalize on new revenue opportunities and establish more efficient operations."

About Ensim Corporation
Ensim is the leading provider of software solutions for delivery of converged hosted services. The company delivers award-winning products that accelerate the creation, control and delivery of VoIP, web hosting, messaging and other high-value applications as hosted services. More than 200 leading ISPs and Carriers worldwide, including Telus, Belgacom, EV1, Interland, SunRocket and Siemens Communications, rely on Ensim products to deliver leading edge services to their customers. Ensim has formed key partnerships with world renowned companies including Microsoft, Sylantro, BroadSoft and HP. For more information, please visit the Ensim web site at www.ensim.com or call toll free at 1.877.693.6746 in the U.S. or 1.408.745.3300 outside the United States.

About Info Directions, Inc.
Info Directions is a software engineering company that designs, hosts and installs net-centric billing, rating, order management, workflow and selling solutions for progressive communications service providers. Info Directions' benchmark CostGuardr line of installed and ASP OSS/BSS products deliver convergent, web-enabled solutions to ICPs, wireless operators, ASPs, CLECs and ISPs offering local, long distance, wireless, VoIP, broadband, content, data, IP, ASP usage, utility, frame relay and xDSL services. The company also provides the Lexys Point of SaleT product to wireless retailers throughout the U.S. and around the world. Info Directions is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a member of the MSDN ISV Program. To learn more about Info Directions, please call 1.888.924.4110 or visit www.infodirections.com.