Vivox® Expands Partnership with GNi and IBM
SAN JOSE, Calif | 05.05.08 | Hosting Expansion Supports Suite of Voice Communication Tools Including Voice Mail and Voice Fonts

Global Netoptex, Inc. (GNi) announced today that Vivox, the market leader in voice services for online games and virtual worlds, has substantially increased its dedicated hosting commitment and capacity with GNi.  The GNI Dedicated Hosting Environment (DHI) will assist Vivox in delivering its suite of voice communication tools to an expanding customer base. Services supported include such advanced features as voice mail, voice fonts and the ability to receive external phone calls from within online games and virtual worlds.
“We are pleased not only that Vivox continues to experience growth as the leader of integrated voice chat, but that they have chosen to scale their business with GNi. It is by partnering with technology leaders like Vivox and IBM that drives and demonstrates our continued commitment to the online games industry” stated Philip Bouchard, CEO of GNi.
The expanded relationship with GNi allows Vivox greater capacity to serve voice chat-enabled gamers from GNi’s California hosting facility. GNi’s exclusive DHI environment comprised of IBM's high-performance and highly scalable Blade servers, Cisco routers and Juniper firewalls, provides Vivox with powerful, efficient, scalable hosting and management services designed specifically to meet the needs of online games.
"A flexible and scalable infrastructure is necessary to deliver the immersive and high quality communications experience that game developers and their players want,” said Jim Toga, chief operating officer and founder of Vivox. “By partnering with GNi and IBM to deliver the Vivox voice solution, we back our mission to deliver an uninterrupted, high quality player experience“.
"The continued growth of Vivox and GNI exemplify how gaming companies are embracing service providers to add specific value to their games and, as a result, increase player enjoyment," said Dave Laux, Global Executive for InterActive Media at IBM.

About GNi
GNi is the leading provider of complete, complex dedicated hosting environments for large-scale, online applications using discrete and replicable modular infrastructures.  GNi's success is based on rapid infrastructure scaling capabilities including bi-directional scalability of bandwidth and storage as well as highly trained, multi-skilled engineers specializing in complex infrastructure delivery.  GNI's Dedicated Hosting Infrastructure (DHI) environment is designed to maximize the potential of dense-computing solutions for an optimal client experience.   GNi is the leading provider to Digital Media and Entertainment publishers and application providers who demand maximum network up time and smart systems including rapid on-boarding and monitoring.  GNi is headquartered in San Jose, California with global infrastructure facilities.  For more information: www.gni.com

About Vivox, Inc.
Vivox provides high quality, massively scalable voice chat for online games and virtual worlds. Developers can enhance game play and foster community with Vivox’s advanced feature set and unparalleled service. Today, the Vivox Network supports millions of users in more than 180 countries. Customers include Sony Online Entertainment, CCP Games, Icarus Studios, K2 Network, Linden Lab, Pixel Mine Games, Wizards of the Coast and others. For more information: http://www.vivox.com.
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