It's been a sad refrain the last few years. Telecom on the ropes. Down for the count. Even out of the ring and on life support.

But one little, 9-month-old Denver company called IPtimize Inc. is back in the ring, led by management that's been through the telecom punches of the last few years and still, somehow, thinks there's a home for the industry.

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DENVER (March 29, 2004) _ IPtimize, Inc., a leading provider of IP Managed Services, today announced the completion of a $750,000 private equity placement with accredited investors. Terms were not disclosed.

DENVER, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- IPtimize, Inc., a leading provider of IP Managed Services, today announced a simple and cost-effective way for small and medium-sized businesses to defend against computer network vulnerabilities.

DENVER, February 9, 2004 - IPtimize, Inc., a leading provider of IP Managed Services, said today it has released its Internet Security Evaluation (ISE) managed service designed to help small - and medium-sized businesses determine their Internet security vulnerabilities.

“It is difficult to guard against the unknown,” said Clint Wilson, IPtimize Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Our ISE service provides business clients a simple, cost-effective solution for determining actual Internet security vulnerabilities, in real-time.”

“Our ISE service remotely tests the vulnerability of your network against more than 6,000 known Internet security threats from our IP Management Center (IPMC ) in Denver. Our trained security experts identify vulnerabilities in your network, assessing the risk of each threat and a current threat matrix report. The result is a detailed report that also provides repair information to repair the vulnerabilities,” Wilson stated.

San Mateo, Calif. and GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Sept. 23, 2003 - Converse Software, LLC, a premier provider of service level management solutions, and IPtimize, Inc., a fast-growing consulting and managed communications services company, today announced a joint technology agreement for remote network monitoring of small-to-medium-sized businesses. Under the terms of the agreement, IPtimize will leverage the Converse Software's NimBUS solution to provide a remote monitored firewall service for its burgeoning customer base, including future plans to provide overall monitoring of their entire networks.

IPtimize, a newly created service provider based in Greenwood Village, Colo., is making public its plan to provide IP-based voice and data services to small and medium businesses.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., July 29, 2003 - IPtimize, Inc., a fast-growing consulting and managed communications services company, announced today it has formally opened its corporate headquarters in Greenwood Village in the Tech Center.

"Our value proposition is relatively simple," said John R. Evans, chairman and CEO of IPtimize. "We help small-to-medium-sized businesses save money on their communications systems and services. We optimize their communications systems and services. And we help migrate them to Internet Protocol (IP)-based systems and services, which are extremely cost-effective."

Evans said the Company is a sales agency for top companies such as Qwest, ICG Communications, XO Communications, ViaWest and DTT (DigitalTelecom). "We feel this is a very constructive time to begin building a new communications company for Colorado, and eventually in the Western U.S., given the market drivers of excess capacity, fewer direct sales channels, exceptional available talent and the continuing need of providing single-source communications solutions to an underserved market.