FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Frederick, MD November 12, 2004 — Qovia, Inc., the technology and marketshare leader in enterprise voice over IP (VoIP) monitoring and management products, announced today that the Qovia® 5000 management appliance has been named a “Best of Show” winner at Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC)’s INTERNET TELEPHONY^® Conference and EXPO Fall 2004.  The show, held last month at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, is widely considered the #1 global event focused on VoIP.

Qovia offers the only suite of products designed-from-the-ground-up for monitoring and managing the voice portion of IP networks to ensure call quality and network reliability. The Qovia 5000 is a Linux-based server appliance that works both as a data aggregator and management probe. Designed to complement Qovia’s VoIP Monitoring and Management (VMMS) software, the Qovia 5000 is typically deployed in high traffic areas of the network or near the IP PBX. The appliance plugs into the voice network and runs a series of Qovia software modules that help VoIP managers monitor and manage the operations of their networks. Modules include: notification; remote access; discovery; server resource manager; and operations manager. Each of these modules has the features needed to allow VoIP network managers to address issues before they affect call quality.

“The Qovia 5000 appliance and complementary software modules provide users with a core set of features and functionality to proactively monitor and manage their VoIP infrastructures while meeting the needs of their individual networks,” said Richard Tworek, CEO of Qovia. “We are proud to be named a ‘Best of Show’ winner at the INTERNET TELEPHONY^® Conference and EXPO Fall 2004. This honor validates our efforts to provide Qovia customers with the best solutions for keeping their voice networks running at peak performance.”

“Qovia and its innovative product, the Qovia 5000, is a standout indication of why so many enterprise and government buyers, service providers, developers, and resellers flock to INTERNET TELEPHONY^® Conference & Expo,” said TMC President and Conference Chairman, Rich Tehrani. “The company’s innovation and commitment to quality attract serious prospects to its booth. Attendees know they'll find solutions in the Qovia booth that can help them in their businesses today.”

The Best of Show awards emphasize technologic innovation and product feature sets. Forward-looking products that will aid in the development of the next generation of VoIP solutions were also awarded. Each winner submitted a thorough application and displayed and demonstrated their product on the INTERNET TELEPHONY^® Expo show floor.

“By all accounts, INTERNET TELEPHONY^® Conference & EXPO Fall 2004 was one of the most successful VoIP events ever staged. Attendees and exhibitors alike agreed the energy at the show was indicative of the amazing surge of excitement for the IP telephony industry. Qovia and their Qovia 5000 are positioned perfectly to lead a strong resurgence in sales and deployments of VoIP products and services,” added Michael Genaro, Vice President of Marketing for TMC.

A full list of the winners will appear in the December 2004 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY^® magazine.

The next INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO will be held February 22-25, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Miami, Florida. For information, visit www.itexpo.com

For information on any TMC shows or events, visit www.tmcnet.com.  Or call (203) 852-6800 ext. 146.

About Qovia, Inc.
Qovia’s Voice over IP Telephony monitoring and management technologies and products offer reliability, emergency services, quality, operations and security for enterprise Internet Telephony systems. The Qovia® VoIP Monitoring and Management System (VMMS), consists of a series of software tools that significantly ease management, monitoring and maintenance of Internet phone systems, protect data assets and increase the productivity of IT investments. Qovia was founded in June 2002 and has received $16.1M in venture funding from Canaan Partners, Nokia Venture Partners; Anthem Capital; and the State of Maryland. The company has earned several key industry awards, including Internet Telephony Magazine ‘Product of the Year’; a Maryland Tech Council ‘IT Product of the Year’; and Best of Show from among 450 companies exhibiting at the Federal Office Systems Exposition (FOSE). Qovia’s products fill a key void in VoIP. www.qovia.com

About TMC
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes two magazines: Customer Inter@ction Solutions, and Internet Telephony, and the online publications TMCnet.com, Planet PDA Magazine, WiFi Revolution, Alternative Power and BiometriTech. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs.  TMC also produces The VoIP Developer Conference, Speech-World, IP Contact Center Summit and The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit. TMCnet.com publishes more than 25 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit its Website at www.tmcnet.com.

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