ININ Interactive Intelligence Grp., Inc.

INDIANAPOLIS and NEW YORK, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interactive Intelligence Inc. (NASDAQ:ININ), a global developer of business communications software, is participating in Merriman Curhan Ford & Co.'s Telecommunications Round Robin-style investor presentation on Tuesday, Nov. 1 in New York. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990914/IILOGO ) Representing Interactive Intelligence will be its chief financial officer, Steve Head, who will share with investors the company's business strategy, market drivers, and growth plans. Interactive Intelligence develops enterprise software that enables companies to automate and more efficiently process phone calls, e-mails, faxes, voice mail messages and Internet chat sessions. With the initial release of its software in 1997, Interactive Intelligence became the first vendor to offer an "all-in-one" Windows-based multimedia contact center automation system. Following other technology innovations, including the release of the first pure session initiation protocol (SIP)- based VoIP communications system in 2002, and the first all-software IP PBX in 2003, Interactive Intelligence is now leading the way in the fast-growing enterprise IP telephony market. "We developed our software to help businesses more rapidly respond to customer needs, while reducing the cost and complexity associated with managing interactions," said Interactive Intelligence chief financial officer, Steve Head. "We look forward to sharing how our innovation and more than a decade of experience uniquely position us to maximize investor value." The Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. Round Robin enables investors to meet privately with participating vendors during one-hour sessions scheduled throughout the day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The one-day event will take place at the Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. offices at 520 Madison Ave., 9th floor, New York, N.Y. To register for this event, contact Karen E. Payne, conference coordinator, Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., at , or register online at http://www.merrimanco.com/home/conferences/index.php . About Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. and MCF Corporation Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. is a securities broker-dealer and investment bank focused on fast-growing companies and growth-oriented institutional investors. It provides investment research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutions, as well as advisory and investment banking services to corporate clients. Its mission is to become a leader in the researching, advising, financing and trading of fast-growing companies. Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer and is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and SIPC. MCF Corporation (AMEX:MEM) is a financial services holding company that provides investment research, capital markets services, asset management, wealth management, corporate and venture services, and investment banking through its operating subsidiaries, Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., MCF Asset Management, LLC, and MCF Wealth Management, LLC. MCF Asset Management, LLC and MCF Wealth Management, LLC are two recently formed businesses that are predicated on fee-based, recurring revenue models. About Interactive Intelligence Interactive Intelligence Inc. (NASDAQ:ININ) offers business communications innovation, experience and value with software solutions for IP contact centers, enterprise IP telephony, self-service automation, and unified communications and messaging. The company was founded in 1994 and has more than 1,500 customers worldwide. Recent awards include Software Magazine's 2005 Top 500 Global Software and Services Companies, Miercom's 2005 Best Integrated Multimedia IP Contact Center product award, and Frost & Sullivan's 2005 Excellence in Technology of the Year Award. Interactive Intelligence employs approximately 350 people and is headquartered in Indianapolis. The company has 12 offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Interactive Intelligence can be reached at +1 317.872.3000 or ; on the Web: http://www.inin.com/ . This release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: rapid technological changes in the industry; volatility in the market price of the company's common stock; the company's ability to achieve profitability, to manage successfully its growth and increasingly complex third party relationships, to maintain successful relationships with its current and any new resellers, to maintain and improve its current products and to develop new products and to protect its proprietary rights adequately; and other factors described in the company's SEC filings, including the company's latest annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Interactive Intelligence Inc. is the owner of the marks INTERACTIVE INTELLIGENCE, its associated LOGO and numerous other marks. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. Interactive Intelligence Contacts: Stephen R. Head Chief Financial Officer +1 317.715.8412 Christine Holley Director, Market Communications +1 317.715.8220 Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. Contacts: Michael Mandelbaum Mandelbaum Partners +1 310.785.0810 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990914/IILOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Interactive Intelligence Inc. CONTACT: Interactive Intelligence Contacts: Stephen R. Head, Chief Financial Officer, +1-317-715-8412, , or Christine Holley, Director, Market Communications, +1-317-715-8220, , both of Interactive Intelligence Inc.; Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. Contacts: Michael Mandelbaum of Mandelbaum Partners, +1-310-785-0810, Web site: http://www.inin.com/ http://www.merrimanco.com/home/conferences/index.php

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