PC Mall Becomes Distributor and Reseller of Antepo's OPN System Enterprise Instant Messaging Product

Antepo, Inc. (http://www.antepo.com), a pioneer of secure, scalable Enterprise Instant Messaging (EIM) and Presence technology, today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with PC Mall, Inc. (http://www.pcmall.com), a rapid- response supplier of technology solutions for business, government, and educational institutions. PC Mall, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively the "Company"), will promote and resell Antepo's OPN System via the Internet, catalogs, e-mail, and outbound telemarketers. This agreement further elevates Antepo's thriving direct and channel partner sales programs, which have generated more than 300% revenue growth over the past twelve months.
"The Antepo OPN System is an exciting new offering for us, especially as demand for enterprise-grade Instant Messaging is accelerating," says Gertrud Pillay, Senior Director, Category Marketing at the Company. "It combines industry-leading technology, with a low-cost, high performance solution that will help our customers achieve complete control and security over Instant Messaging."
The Antepo OPN System features built-in encrypted and federated connectivity to the global AOL(R) Messaging Network - the most widely used Instant Messaging service in the world. Offering the most advanced solution- set for Instant Messaging in a corporate world, OPN System is designed to meet the most stringent requirements for security, compliance, and reliability. Its open architecture guarantees a fast and easy deployment within any IT ecosystem, and is particularly optimized for the Microsoft environment. It also features interactive installation wizards and intuitive interfaces to further automate deployment on Windows 2000 and 2003 and configuration against Active Directory and SQL Server.
"We are excited by the breadth and market penetration that PC Mall's distribution network brings us," explained Maxime Seguineau, Chairman and CEO of Antepo. "Their customers will now have broad access to enterprise-grade Instant Messaging, allowing them to benefit from our commitment to open standards, ease-of-integration, system reliability, and an ever-improving feature-set."
About PC Mall
PC Mall, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a rapid response supplier of technology solutions for business, government and educational institutions as well as consumers. More than 100,000 different products from companies such as Apple, HP, IBM, and Microsoft are marketed to business customers using relationship based selling, direct marketing, catalogs and the Internet (http://www.pcmall.com, http://www.macmall.com, http://www.pcmallgov.com). Customer orders are rapidly filled by the Company's distribution center strategically located near FedEx's main hub or by its extensive network of distributors, one of the largest networks in the industry.
About Antepo
Antepo provides secure, scalable Enterprise Instant Messaging (EIM) and Presence capabilities to enterprises, carriers, developers, and SMBs through its innovative Open Presence Network (OPN) System(TM). OPN System enables real-time communication and collaboration between employees, customers, suppliers, and partners, while meeting critical requirements for control, security, integration, and compliance. As an official AOL Enterprise Federation Partner, Antepo also provides OPN System enterprises with seamless connectivity to business contacts on the AOL Instant Messenger(TM) (AIM(R)) network, in addition to supporting interoperability and server federation between EIM solutions based on XMPP or SIP/SIMPLE industry-standard protocols. OPN System is used by over 200 customers, including leading financial institutions such as Merrill Lynch, Calyon, Goldenberg, Hehmeyer & Co., Man Financial, and Rabobank. Antepo is a FIMA (Financial Services Instant Messaging Association) affiliated vendor, and the recipient of the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award in EIM software. For more information, visit http://www.antepo.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements include the statements regarding the PC Mall's expectations, hopes or intentions regarding the future, including but not limited to statements relating to statements regarding the expected demand for enterprise grade instant messaging Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ are discussed under the heading "Certain Factors Affecting Future Results" and in other sections of PC Mall's Form 10-K for the 2004 fiscal year, on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in its other periodic reports filed from time to time with the Commission. All forward-looking statements in this document are made as of the date hereof, based on information available to the PC Mall as of the date hereof, and PC Mall assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

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