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iLinc Communications Selected by California Software Corporation for Its Web Conferencing Needs

iLinc Communications Replaces Existing Web Conferencing Vendor to Provide California Software with Superior Web Conferencing

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2004--

iLinc Communications, Inc. (AMEX:ILC), developers of one of the most feature-rich, secure and scalable Web conferencing software products available, announced that California Software Corporation (OTC:CSWP), a leader in Legacy Extension, Business Intelligence and loan production software for banks, credit unions and consumer lending institutions, has selected iLinc(TM) to fulfill its Web conferencing and collaboration needs with LearnLinc(TM) and MeetingLinc(TM).
As one of Software Magazine's 500 largest software companies, California Software provides software products and services to more than 100,000 users in 56 countries. California Software is using MeetingLinc to provide a more formal and professional delivery of software demonstrations to customer and prospective customers. Typical California Software demonstrations include sharing PowerPoint presentation slides and live product demonstrations from their salespeople's desktop computer. With the features available from iLinc--real-time application-sharing, file transferring and feedback tools--California Software has replaced their current provider with iLinc's superior Web conferencing experience.

For training sessions, California Software is implementing LearnLinc for both internal and external customer sessions. LearnLinc comes with the option for multiple training leaders, which California Software wanted during customer sessions.

"With very specific needs during our customer demonstrations, California Software was looking for a Web conferencing solution that would be robust enough to share files and applications, as well as provide a seamless product demonstration," said Carol Conway, president, California Software Corporation. "iLinc Communications presented the best solution for our company--a truly scalable, secure Web conferencing solution that is also easy to use and provides the best solution for our meeting and training needs."

"More and more great software companies like California Software are demanding a turn-key solution for Web conferencing and collaboration," said Dr. James Powers, president and chief executive officer of iLinc Communications, Inc. "iLinc provides organizations with the ability to train their customers and sales staff on products, support their customers and extend their sales reach by demonstrating their software in real-time over the Internet."

"We consistently receive praise from our customers about our application-sharing capability, which is mission critical for a company that is presenting software over the Internet," added Powers.

California Software Corporation joins such other high tech industry leaders as Xerox, ON Semiconductor and EDS in choosing iLinc Communications for its Web conferencing and collaboration solution. iLinc Communications focuses on industries that demand secure, consistent, scalable and manageable enterprise Web conferencing and collaboration including high tech organizations, as well as the financial services and professional services communities.

About California Software Corporation

California Software is a global provider of software and services for the legacy extension and financial services markets. The Company is headquartered in Orange County, CA, and has offices in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, Northern Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Argentina and Singapore. The Company's products are marketed under the brand names BABY, Unibol, INFINITE and LPS. California Software enjoys over 100,000 installations in 56 countries.

About iLinc Communications, Inc.

Phoenix-based iLinc Communications, Inc. is dedicated to helping corporations increase productivity through more efficient communications using Web conferencing and collaboration. From its roots in Web-based information systems and training, iLinc Communications developed a powerful, easy-to-use suite of services. As a fully scalable and secure solution with the highest AES data encryption guidelines in the industry, iLinc Communications Web conferencing services save a corporation time and money while improving the effectiveness of a corporation's communications. iLinc Communications' core suite of business conferencing and collaborative products, including MeetingLinc, LearnLinc, ConferenceLinc(TM), and SupportLinc(TM), deliver a Web collaboration platform suitable for enterprise or organization-wide deployment. For more information about iLinc Communications, please visit its Web site at www.ilinc.com.

This press release contains information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results described within the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include the rate of acceptance of our products and services by customers, changes in the e-Learning and Web conferencing and collaboration market in general, use of the Internet, the acceptance of new products, the Company's need for working capital, the result of pending litigation, the competition the Company faces from larger and more well-capitalized competitors and other matters more fully disclosed in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking information provided herein represents the Company's estimates and expectations as of the date of the press release, and subsequent events and developments may cause the Company's estimates and expectations to change. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking information in the future. Therefore, this forward-looking information should not be relied upon as representing the Company's estimates and expectations of its future financial performance as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

Contacts


iLinc Communications, Inc.
Mark R. Yeager, 602-952-1200
myeager@ilinc.com
or
California Software
Marketing/Communications, 949-498-9300
investorrelations@californiasoftware.com

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