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PMMI Selects Xert's Expo Booking Platform to Power PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2001 and PACK EXPO International 2002

03.61.2001 - Xert Communications, the leading provider of e-infrastructure applications and solutions, today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) to deploy Xert's Exposition Booking Platform for PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2001 and PACK EXPO International 2002. The deployment will enable PMMI's exhibitors to dynamically preview, reserve and book booth space for both expos, providing extensive effectiveness and efficiency to PMMI's presell process.

The Expo Booking Platform will also provide real-time updates of show floorplans and booth locations for PACK EXPO attendees and exhibitors. PACK EXPO LAS VEGAS 2001 will feature over 600 companies utilizing over 400,000 net square feet of contiguous exhibit space.

About PMMI
The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) is your direct link to the packaging supplier community. Since 1933, PMMI and its members have been committed to meeting the diverse needs of the packaging community. Today, PMMI represents more than 400 packaging and packaging related converting machinery manufacturers in the US and Canada. Our members bring you the products, services and expertise of thousands of leading packaging machinery professionals. Through our trade shows, PMMI provides end-users access to proven packaging applications and the people and companies behind them. PMMI connects you to solution-oriented suppliers.

About Xert Communications
Xert Communications is a leading provider of enterprise customer communications and marketing automation software and solutions. Xert’s solutions consist of interconnected modules for enterprise email marketing, enterprise contact management, events marketing and lead generation; enabling streamlined, workflow-based, real-time information management, analytics and reporting. Using Xert’s suite, our customers create significant leverage in their operations, drive new revenues, and reduce operating costs. Founded in 1999, Xert is based in Alexandria, Va., and provides applications and solutions to more than 100 customers including D.C United, PR Newswire The Smithsonian Institution, Sentara Hospitals, IEEE, Cort Furniture, Visioneer, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. For more information, visit the Xert website at www.xert.com.

Contact:
VP, PR, Xert Communications Corporation, 703-838-9847, pr@xert.com