JFAX Helps Small Businesses Work More Effectively With Office '97 Small Business Edition and Microsoft Outlook '98.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1998-- There's a big boost for JFAX Communications, the true unified messaging service.

Software giant Microsoft is hailing JFAX as a "powerful resource" for users of its Office '97 Small Business Edition version 2.0.

At the same time, Microsoft is telling its customers that JFAX.COM "enhances the communication capabilities of Outlook '98, enabling customers to receive faxes and voice mail messages directly from the Internet." Users of the widely acclaimed programs are tipped to JFAX.COM service on the Microsoft Web site.

Office '97 Small Business Edition and Microsoft Outlook '98 online information recommend JFAX as a key, small business and Internet-related tool to help people work more effectively and use the Internet more efficiently. Customers of Microsoft Office `97 Small Business Edition version 2.0 will be directed to JFAX.COM via its "Doing Business on the Internet," an online reference guide that is part of the product.

Customers of Outlook '98 will be directed to JFAX.COM via the Outlook special offers site. Jaye Muller, president of JFAX.COM and a recording artist said, "Our customers are expanding their markets, taking control of their communications and opening revenue-boosting virtual offices around the world.

"It's great to see that Microsoft Office Small Business users will get to learn about JFAX. It's a big win both for JFAX and Microsoft customers."

JFAX is used by thousands of organizations and individuals that want the convenience of one source for all incoming and outgoing messages -- whether electronic, print or voice. Both faxes and voice messages are received in the user's e-mail.

Faxes can be viewed on screen, printed or forwarded to other fax machines or e-mail users. Voice messages are received as digital files, playable using the computer's audio capabilities.

"The JFAX.COM service enhances the communication capabilities of Outlook `98 enabling customers to receive faxes and voice mail messages directly from the Internet," said Doug Stumburger, senior product manager for Microsoft Outlook. "Using JFAX.COM to integrate voice and fax into the Outlook in-box provides many benefits."

"Our customers asked for tools that could help them turn the capabilities of the Internet into increased business opportunities," said Dennis Tevlin, director of marketing for Microsoft Office. "Office '97 Small Business Edition version 2.0 provides users with a powerful resource by integrating Internet-based tools, such as JFAX, into the product."

JFAX.COM was founded on the visionary idea of a "universal in-box" that would combine a reliable, low-cost means of getting faxes and voice-mail with the ability to maintain inexpensive call centers in multiple cities. The company was founded at the end of 1995. JFAX then expanded to 15 cities by the end of 1996. Now, it is available in more than 50 cities and area codes worldwide.

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