Sonic Foundry Launches Awards Program to Honor Innovative Mediasite Rich Media Design Solutions

ORLANDO, FL —

Systems Integration Expo 2005, Booth # 1651 - Sonic Foundry[R] Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), a leading rich media solutions company, today announced the creation of a new annual awards program to honor professional AV designers and consultants involved in the development of innovative rich media rooms and facilities. Launched at the National Systems Contractor Association (NSCA) Systems Integration Expo 2005, the Mediasite Rich Media Design Awards will recognize outstanding rich media system designs and communication environments that incorporate the company's line of Mediasite[TM] rich media recorders. The designs must reflect the three tenets of rich media innovation and functionality achieved through high-quality visualization, collaboration and publishing.

Mediasite is a complete rich media recording and publishing system that automates the capture, management and delivery of multimedia presentations for live or on-demand viewing over the Web or burned to a CD. Mediasite's powerful multi-channel capture station easily integrates into all types of meeting and lecture rooms to transparently record everything presented or projected, thereby maximizing infrastructure investments and enabling the use of any presentation device.

Room designs that incorporate rich media systems provide users with an invaluable communications vehicle that extends beyond the room. The designs maximize the convergence of AV/IT visualization, collaboration and publishing technologies, such as high-end projectors, high-definition screens, video conferencing systems, and rich media recorders and servers, to provide an optimal communications experience for in-person and remote audiences.

"More and more organizations are seeking the advantages of rich media communications environments that allow them to effectively keep pace with employee and customer expectations for convenient, high quality and timely information," said James Dias, vice president of marketing and sales, Sonic Foundry.