George Q. Stevens Named to Ezenia Board of Directors

For over thirty-five years, Mr. Stevens has been extensively involved in mergers and acquisitions and the turn-around of many businesses, including start-ups. From 1971 to 1986, Mr. Stevens was with American Standard and rose to the rank of President of one of their divisions, with thirteen specialized manufacturing plants. When the division was sold to facilitate the purchase of Trane in 1985, Mr. Stevens led the acquisition of two plants, energized the operations, and sold them for a substantial profit. In 1986, Mr. Stevens formed Stevens Information Systems (SIS), which developed the technology used by major investment houses to manage complex retirement plan assets of Fortune 500 companies across the United States and Europe. In 2004, Mr. Stevens sold SIS and remained as Chairman until early 2005.

In 2005, Mr. Stevens founded Stevens Resource Group (SRG), which specializes in assessments and due diligence of large investment opportunities for multiple investment banking houses, provides business consulting for investment banking and private placement fields, and maintains an extensive finder network throughout the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Recently, Mr. Stevens served and has served as Officer, Director and/or Advisor for various companies including Nanonize Technologies, HotWeb, TeknoCreations, ICCW, Accesskey IP, Adamas Equity Fund, Stealth Equity Fund, etc. Mr. Stevens has been a guest lecturer for various corporations and universities with an emphasis on the rigor of starting a company, finance and management, and investment banking.

"As a member of Ezenia Board of Directors, George's rich background of mergers and acquisitions and financial experience will be of great value and insight as the company expands its business opportunities into new areas with new partners," said Khoa Nguyen, Ezenia Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "I am excited about the prospect of George providing Ezenia with the guidance, wisdom, active participation, quick reaction, and decisiveness in assessing new ways and means to help the company grow, organically or otherwise."

Further information about Ezenia! Inc., is available by visiting the company website at www.ezenia.com.

About Ezenia! Inc.

Ezenia! Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EZEN.OB), founded in 1991, is a leading provider of real-time communication, conferencing, and collaboration solutions, bringing new and valuable levels of interaction and information sharing to corporate, government and commercial networks. By integrating voice, video and data collaboration, the Company's award-winning products enable groups to interact through a natural meeting experience regardless of geographic distance. Ezenia! products allow dispersed groups to work together in real-time using powerful capabilities such as instant messaging, white boarding, screen sharing and text chat. The ability to discuss projects, share information, and modify documents allows users to significantly improve team communication and accelerate the decision-making process. More information about Ezenia! Inc. and its product and service offerings can be found at the Company's Web site, http://www.ezenia.com.

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Ezenia! is a registered trademark of Ezenia! Inc., and the Ezenia! Logo and InfoWorkSpace are trademarks of Ezenia! Inc. Additional information on Ezenia! and its products is available at our website http://www.ezenia.com.

Ezenia! Inc.
Kevin M. Hackett, 603-589-7600
Investor Relations
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