Enterprise collaboration product provides powerful, persistent group messaging

Parlano, a leading provider of persistent group messaging solutions, announced its support for the 2007 Microsoft^® Office system. Parlano MindAlign™ provides 2007 Microsoft Office customers with ongoing topic-based communication among dispersed, cross-functional groups, offering the persistence of email and the immediacy of instant messaging.

“Our customers have experienced the tremendous business benefits of MindAlign combined with Microsoft Live Communication Server 2005,” said Nick Fera, Parlano chairman and CEO. “With the Office 2007 System, Microsoft provides a powerful platform for making Parlano’s persistent group chat a critical component of a unified communications environment for any organization that relies on continuous, productive, and cost-effective cross-functional team interaction. We are excited by the opportunities that working with Microsoft continues to offer our customers and our business.”

“We are thrilled with the tremendous support and excitement we are seeing from our partners around the world in support of the business availability launch of the 2007 Office system, Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Vista,” said Rob Bernard, general manager, Worldwide ISV Group, Microsoft. “Our partners play a vital role in the early adoption, development and delivery of Microsoft technologies. By working closely with partners like Parlano, we are helping to provide our mutual customers with a high-quality product, seamless technology integration, and improved user experiences.”

About Parlano, Inc.

Parlano is a leading provider of persistent group messaging solutions. Parlano's MindAlign solutions deliver instant, intelligent and persistent group and topic-based messaging to securely connect employees, customers and partners with the right people, information and context to execute business processes more efficiently. Companies including ABN AMRO, Bank of America, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cargill, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS and others rely on Parlano to utilize messaging as a strategic business tool. Backed by Longworth Venture Partners and Oak Investment Partners, Parlano supports its customers and partners from its worldwide headquarters in Chicago, Illinois and EMEA headquarters in London.

For additional information please visit www.parlano.com or contact us at our HQ in Chicago at +1 (866) 727-5266 or +1 (866) PARLANO or at our EMEA office on +44 (20) 7743 6480.