Avistar Communications Corporation (www.avistar.com), a leader in unified visual communications solutions, announced today that in order to meet the increasing demands for both its technology licensed solutions and channel product offerings, its sales and marketing functions will be combined under the leadership of Stephen Epstein, Avistar’s CMO. Additionally, Darren Innes has resigned from the position of General Manager, Global Sales. This change is effective immediately.

In making this announcement, Bob Kirk, CEO of Avistar, said, “As we focus on aligning our business and go-to-market strategy in order to capture the ever-growing demand for visual communications, it was evident that a closer alignment between sales and marketing would allow Avistar to better leverage the teams’ collective capacity while building an account management structure that is able to respond to the growing demands of both our upcoming and current partners.”

Stephen Epstein, Avistar’s CMO said, “There has always been a strong partnership between sales and marketing at Avistar, but as our business expands, it has become clear that both sales and marketing need to be much closer aligned in order to respond to increasing opportunities within the unified visual communications market. Our portfolio of technologies, products and solutions has now expanded well beyond our traditional desktop solution, which makes the sales process more demanding. Having a closer link between sales, marketing and product management will allow Avistar to respond more efficiently and effectively to these emerging opportunities, while providing a strong account management discipline. This will help Avistar as we increase our sales, while providing the level of account support that our partners have come to expect.”

In closing Kirk added, “This alignment will not only benefit Avistar, but more importantly will benefit our clients and partners alike. This is a fundamental step in our plan to expand revenue, grow our business and increase value to our clients, partners and shareholders.”

About Avistar Communications Corporation

Avistar (AVSR.PK) is an innovation leader in the unified visual communications industry, providing proven business-class desktop videoconferencing technology. Avistar's installations include more than 100,000 committed desktop seats worldwide, bringing together business users anytime and anyplace. Companies such as IBM, LifeSize, Logitech, Polycom and Sony use Avistar technology to power their unified communications solutions. Avistar also works with leading channel partners and resellers including AVI-SPL, CityIS, ESCO, Fontel, Datamart and Jenne in more than 40 countries. For more information, please visit www.avistar.com.

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