Motive, Inc. Joins Sun Microsystems, Lucent Technologies and ETI Software to Discuss Successful Rollout of Advanced Video Services at Supercomm.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Motive, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOTV), a leading provider of management software, today announced that Jim Kitchen, head of Motive's IPTV product group, will participate in a panel on how to simplify the delivery of next-generation video services at the USTA IP Video Conference on Tuesday, June 7. The panel is part of the USTA's conference held in conjunction with Supercomm 2005 in Chicago.

The panel, titled "The Impact of Back Office Operations on a Successful Rollout of Video & Broadband Services," will focus on the techniques telcos have used for streamlining operations to create successful deployments of video and other broadband services, including the importance of automated subscriber provisioning, integrated customer relationship management and billing systems.

 WHAT: Industry Panel    "The Impact of Back Office Operations on a Successful Rollout of    Video & Broadband Services"     PANELISTS:    --  Jim Kitchen, head of Motive's IPTV product group, Motive, Inc.    --  Bill Correll, Corporate Development; Strategic Investments        Broadband & Digital Media Technologies, Sun Microsystems    --  Pete Pifer, President, ETI Software    --  Michael Riley, Consultant, Lucent Technologies     WHERE: USTA IP Video Conference at Supercomm    McCormick Place, S102    Chicago, IL    For more information, visit    http://www.usta.org/events.php?urh=home.events.supercomm05_IPVideo     WHEN: Tuesday, June 7, 2005    9:55 - 10:55 a.m. CDT 

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