Accela Communications Expands AccelaCastTM Certified Partner Program to International Markets Signs New Multimedia Communications Reseller in Germany

Southborough, MA – March 07, 2005. Accela Communications announces the expansion of its international Certified Partner Program to the German market with IAVC. Accela Communications’ partnership with IAVC combines the power of the AccelaCast on-demand rich media platform with the market-leading multimedia consulting and production services of IAVC to create a new and unique value.

"We are very excited to partner with IAVC in order to couple their multimedia consulting and production expertise with the power of the AccelaCast on-demand rich media platform. We look forward to bringing our unique platform to their customers in Germany." commented Bill Reinstein, President/CEO of Accela Communications.

“At IAVC, our goal is to develop, support, and optimize long-term work and communication strategies to unify enterprises. Our alliance with Accela Communications allows us to provide our clients, their employees, partners, and vendors with a multitude of real time streaming video and audio data, independent of time zones or time constraints.” remarked Gerhard Voss, Managing Partner of IAVC.

AccelaCast is a next generation on-demand rich media platform designed expressly for companies wanting to convey complex information across geographic boundaries in a dynamic, high-impact medium — twenty-four hours a day, on-demand. Unlike other platforms, the AccelaCast navigation and context features are built to behave like a well-designed web site, encouraging exploration and interaction with program content to reinforce communications.

About Accela Communications
Accela Communications provides Web-based services that accelerate sales and business growth for customers and partners across a wide range of industries. We generate actionable results through the AccelaCast™ on-demand rich media platform and suite of services, the AccelaWorks™ web response management system and the ITworld.com® Site Network. Visit us at http://www.accelacommunications.com.

About IAVC
IAVC provides market-leading multimedia consulting and production services to their clients to improve the information exchange and knowledge transfer between coworkers, enterprises, partners, and customers. Dependent on your needs, we will help you determine and plan which conferencing and/or collaboration technologies are best for you to ensure a smooth technical realization. Visit us at http://www.iavc.de./

For More Information Contact:

Jeff Bodenmann
VP Partner Development
646-486-9870
jeff_bodenmann@accelacommunications.com

Ann Roskey
VP, Marketing
Accela Communications, Inc.
(508) 303 – 9704
ann_roskey@accelacommunications.com