GlobalWise Teams Up With MWA Intelligence to Participate in Two Imaging Channel Conferences

COLUMBUS, OH--(Marketwire - Oct 23, 2012) - GlobalWise Investments, Inc. (OTCBB: GWIV) (OTCQB: GWIV) (www.GlobalWiseInvestments.com) and its wholly owned subsidiary Intellinetics, Inc., a leading-edge technology company focused on the design, implementation and management of cloud-based Enterprise Content Management ("ECM") systems in both the public and private sectors, today announce the sponsorship and participation in two conferences hosted by the national managed print industry leading publication The Imaging Channel (www.TheImagingChannel.com).

Both conferences are free events titled "Streamline Your Workflow with Content Management" and are co-sponsored exclusively by GlobalWise's wholly owned subsidiary, Intellinetics, and their recently announced channel partner MWA Intelligence, Inc. (MWAi) (www.mwaintelligence.com). MWAi is one of the largest IT infrastructure providers for copier dealer Managed Print Service companies in the United States. MWAi CEO Mike Stramaglio handpicked GlobalWise to participate in the conference as the only ECM provider in attendance. Participants at the two conferences will learn new and exciting ways Content Management applications can reduce operating costs, increase productivity and streamline processes for greater efficiency.

The first Imaging Channel Conference will be held on October 31st in Chicago with the second conference held the following week on November 7th in Santa Monica. Leaders in software, IT and managed services will share how unified systems increase advanced collaboration and communications to help organizations realize impressive cost savings and build a more sustainable IT infrastructure. The attendance of approximately 50 executives at each show is expected to be a split mix of managed print dealers and end-users interested in implementing content management into their organization. With each dealer representing on average 3,500 end-user clients, GlobalWise will be able to showcase their industry leading ECM software to a large new audience of potential channel partners and end-user clients.

"The relationship with MWAi is opening many doors for GlobalWise to showcase our cloud-based ECM software," stated William "BJ" Santiago, CEO of GlobalWise. "By co-sponsoring these two Imaging Channel conferences, GlobalWise is on stage with one of the largest and most respected IT infrastructure organizations in the world, which provides increased credibility in the managed print space. This venue is a fantastic marketing and sales outreach program to show IT professionals how cloud-based managed print services create significant efficiency, flexibility and time savings for organizations while enabling more productive and profitable business."

About GlobalWise Investments, Inc.

GlobalWise Investments, Inc., via its wholly owned subsidiary Intellinetics, Inc., is a Columbus, Ohio based Enterprise Content Management (ECM) pioneer with industry-leading software that delivers cloud ECM based solutions on-demand. The Company's flagship platform, Intellivue™, represents a new industry benchmark and game-changing solution by enabling clients to access and manage the content of every scanned document, file, spreadsheet, email, photo, audio file or video tape -- virtually anything that can be digitized -- in their enterprise from any PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone from anywhere in the world.

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