California, June 16, 2007 – NetModular and Coversant announced today a partnership to bridge the gap between instant messaging and social networking. By sharing their technologies, NetModular and Coversant will address these growing modes of communication and collaboration by improving both the individual and group experience. The solution will address rich media sharing, mobility and ad-hoc communities. "The creation of micro-communities or 'flocking' has always been a goal of the social networking community, we believe with the combination of NetModular's social networking solution along with Coversant's SoapBox platform allows us to deliver this capability to the marketplace," says Jesse Tayler, CEO of NetModular. Tayler adds, "In technology, the great inventions, including the web itself are often simply combining two or three existing technologies into something that really solves fundamental problems. Instant messaging and social networking combine to provide both the network and the communications needed today. Combining the relevance of a social or business network with the immediacy of online chat lowers the barriers to connecting with people online to the point where new collaborations are possible for the first time." "The gap that exists between social networking and current messaging solutions is huge. People want to find and engage with others who can share in a common experience in a social networking environment. And they want to share more than just text, but also pictures, videos, or really any type of digital information. Finally, they can't be tied to their desktop, if a social network solution doesn't have a mobility component it's doomed to failure. By partnering with NetModular we are positioned to bring this type of solution to the market." says Mark Carrington, CEO of Coversant. About NetModular NetModular Blogworking sites are the most widely used, and most popular social networking sites for business. The NetModular platform is the oldest, most trusted social networking platform. NetModular remains the innovation leader in Social Networking, Online Community and Interactive Publishing. NetModular is recognized as the most sought after group of subject experts as well as providers of the most reliable and agile technology platform. www.NetModular.com About Coversant Coversant is the emerging leader in XMPP-based collaboration software. Coversant’s SoapBox is the first complete Collaborative Messaging software platform, comprised of the company’s flagship SoapBox Server, Soapbox Studio and SoapBox Communicator. The platform is deployed at numerous commercial and government entities. SoapBox Studio suite of open source software development kits, is currently in use by many leading developers. SoapBox Communicator is available as a free download to consumers at www.SoapBox.net