Sonic Foundry Partners With University Professional & Continuing Education Association to Webcast Annual Conference

MADISON, Wis., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFO), the trusted market leader for lecture capture, enterprise and event webcasting, today announced its partnership with the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) to webcast the UPCEA Annual Conference March 28-30 in Portland, Oregon.

UPCEA is the primary US organization for professional, continuing and online education, and helps institutions of higher learning and affiliated nonprofit organizations to increase access through programs and services. The Annual Conference offers five tracks aligned with areas of practice – online learning; program management; leadership and strategy; marketing and enrollment management; outreach, engagement and economic development – and includes a special issues track on sustainability. A Strategic Alliance Partner, Sonic Foundry will use its Mediasite webcasting platform to make the UPCEA Annual Conference a hybrid event, live streaming sessions to an online audience and making recorded sessions available for viewing on-demand.

Hundreds of remote attendees from campuses around the country will connect to the 589 in-person meeting attendees. Participants can register online for this hybrid event.

"Partnering with Sonic Foundry allows us to reach more members and help those unable to travel to the Annual Conference," said Bob Hansen, UPCEA CEO. "A major goal of UPCEA is to help universities by increasing access to educational programs and services. Opening up our conference to an online audience makes it easy for deans, directors and their staff to connect with the programs, and with each other, regardless of their location."

Trusted by more than 1000 colleges and universities, the patented Mediasite webcasting and video content management system quickly and cost-effectively automates the capture, management, delivery and search of live and on-demand streaming videos and rich media presentations that combine video with slides.

About UPCEA

Located in Washington, D.C., UPCEA is the leading association for universities engaged in professional, continuing and online learning. UPCEA serves more than 350 institutions, including most of the leading public and private universities in North America. The Association provides its members with educational programs, research and information, publications and other services for the advancement of professional, continuing and online education. UPCEA also promotes awareness of the needs of adult learners and recognizes best practices in the field. For more information, visit http://www.upcea.edu.

About Sonic Foundry®, Inc.

Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ: SOFO, www.sonicfoundry.com) is the trusted market leader for enterprise webcasting and lecture capture, providing video communication solutions for education, business and government. Powered by the patented Mediasite webcasting platform and Mediasite Events group, the company empowers people to transform the way they communicate online, using video webcasts to bridge time and distance, accelerate research and improve performance. Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of Sonic Foundry, Inc. or their respective owners.

Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties pertaining to continued market acceptance for Sonic Foundry's products, its ability to succeed in capturing significant revenues from media services and/or systems, the effect of new competitors in its market, integration of acquired business and other risk factors identified from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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