Gary Dobel Joins EasyLink to Lead Transaction Management Services Sale

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    PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2005--EasyLink Services Corporation, (NASDAQ: EASY), a leading global provider of services that power the exchange of information between enterprises, their trading communities and their customers, today announced that Gary Dobel has joined EasyLink as its Vice President of Sales, reporting to Gary MacPhee, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Transaction Management Services. Dobel is the senior-most sales executive for EasyLink's United States and Canada business, and is responsible for driving revenue growth in transaction management, EasyLink's portfolio of services that help customers better manage business processes in addition to delivering transactions or messages.
    Gary Dobel is a seasoned sales and general management executive with a track record of maximizing profitability and revenue growth for network services and solutions companies. He joins EasyLink from MCI, where he was Vice President and General Manager for their mid-Atlantic region. In this role he lead the teams responsible for sales, service, technical support and customer implementation. During the course of his 14-year career at MCI he also held the positions of National Vice President, MCI Solutions, Regional Vice President Global Accounts, and Regional Vice President National Accounts. Dobel started his career at MCI as an account executive, and was promoted to sales manager and regional branch manager before leaving MCI for sales and general management positions at AT&T and then MFS Communications. He returned to MCI in 1996 by way of its multi-billion Dollar acquisition of MFS.
    In the new position, Gary leads the EasyLink sales team responsible for the company's growth engine - Transaction Management Services. Regarding his new position, Gary Dobel said: "EasyLink has great potential for growth. It has an impressive portfolio of services, great quality, blue chip customers, and a team with the will to win in the marketplace. I look forward to contributing my skills and experience toward building a great company."
    Gary MacPhee, Executive Vice President and General Manager of EasyLink Transaction Management Services commented: "Gary Dobel brings a wealth of sales and management talent to our company, and a clear record of success building growing, profitable businesses. He's exactly the person we need to drive the growth of our Transaction Management Services business - EasyLink's future."

    About EasyLink Services Corporation:

    EasyLink Services Corporation (NASDAQ: EASY), headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, is a leading global provider of services that power the exchange of information between enterprises, their trading communities, and their customers. EasyLink's global network handles over 1 million transactions every business day on behalf of over 60 of the Fortune 100 and thousands of other companies worldwide. We facilitate transactions that are integral to the movement of money, materials, products, and people in the global economy, such as insurance claims, trade and travel confirmations, purchase orders, invoices, shipping notices and funds transfers, among many others. EasyLink helps companies become more competitive by providing the most secure, efficient, reliable, and flexible means of conducting business electronically. For more information, please visit www.EasyLink.com

    This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to the future events or the future financial results of EasyLink. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider the various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in the Company's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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