Exhibit 99.1

eGain Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2011 Financial Results

Increases revenue guidance for fiscal year 2011

Third Fiscal Quarter Highlights

Mountain View, Calif. (May 11, 2011) – eGain Communications (OTC BB: EGAN.OB), a leading provider of cloud and on-premise customer interaction hub software, today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 third quarter ended March 31, 2011.

Total revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 was $8.9 million, an increase of 28% from the comparable year-ago quarter. License revenue for the fiscal third quarter was $1.7 million, an increase of 21% from the comparable year-ago quarter. Recurring revenue for the fiscal third quarter was $5.2 million, an increase of 22% from the comparable year-ago quarter. Professional services revenue for the fiscal third quarter was $2.1 million, an increase of 59% from the comparable year-ago quarter.

Gross profit for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 was $6.1 million, an increase of 33% from the comparable year-ago quarter. Gross margin for the fiscal third quarter increased to 69%, from 66% in the comparable year-ago quarter.

Net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 was $567,000, or $0.03 per share on a basic and $0.02 on a diluted basis, compared to a net loss of $318,000, or a loss of $0.01 per share for the comparable year-ago quarter. Net income for the fiscal third quarter included stock-based compensation expense of $54,000 and interest and tax expense of $302,000, compared to stock-based compensation expense of $59,000 and interest and tax expense of $308,000 in the comparable year-ago quarter.

Total revenue for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 was $31.5 million, an increase of 36% from the same period last year. License revenue for the nine months was $11.7 million, an increase of 100% from the same period last year. Recurring revenue for the nine months was $14.8 million, an increase of 19% from the same period last year. Professional services revenue for the nine months was $4.9 million, an increase of 1% from the same period last year.

Gross profit for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 was $23.4 million, an increase of 48% from the same period last year. Gross margin for the nine months increased to 75%, from 68% in the same period last year.

Net income for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 was $6.4 million, or $0.29 per share on a basic and $0.27 on a diluted basis, compared to net income of $1.5 million, or $0.07 per share on a basic and diluted basis for the same period last year. Net income for the nine months included stock-based compensation expense of $158,000 and interest and tax expense of $948,000, compared to stock-based compensation expense of $191,000 and interest and tax expense of $957,000 in the same period last year.

Total cash and cash equivalents were $13.3 million at March 31, 2011, compared to $5.7 million at June 30, 2010. Cash provided by operations was $7.4 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2011, compared to cash provided by operations of $4.1 million for the same period last year. Days sales outstanding in receivables for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 was 42 days, compared to 35 days for the comparable year-ago quarter. Deferred revenues totaled $6.6 million at March 31, 2011, compared to $5.1 million at June 30, 2010.

“We are raising our revenue guidance for the full fiscal year based on growing traction for our market-leading customer interaction hub suite as enterprises increasingly move away from single point solutions,” said Ashu Roy, eGain CEO. “We are increasing our direct sales capacity and we plan to introduce new products in the fourth quarter to expand our served markets.”

Business Highlights

New Hosting and License Bookings¹

Recent milestones, products and industry recognition

Customer Momentum

eGain continued to build new and expand existing relationships with a wide range of enterprise customers during the third quarter of fiscal 2011. Notable new or expanded customer relationships include:

Guidance

eGain is increasing its revenue guidance for its fiscal 2011 full year, and currently expects a year-over-year increase in total fiscal 2011 revenue between 30% and 35%, up from the previously provided range of between 25% and 30%. In addition, eGain expects to be profitable and generate positive cash flows from operations in fiscal year 2011 and plans to invest a significant portion of anticipated top-line growth back into growing its distribution capability.

Quarterly Conference Call

eGain will discuss its quarterly results today via teleconference at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. To access the call, please dial (866) 871-4879, or outside the U.S. (703) 639-1472, at least five minutes prior to the start time. A live webcast of the call will also be available on the investor relations section of eGain’s Web site. An audio replay will be offered until May 18, 2011 by dialing (888) 266-2081 (U.S. toll-free) or (703) 925-2533 (international) and entering the access code #1528292. An archive of the webcast will also be available on the investor relations section of eGain’s Web site.

About eGain Communications Corporation

eGain (EGAN.OB) is the leading provider of cloud and on-site customer interaction hub software. For over a decade, eGain solutions have helped improve customer experience, grow sales, and optimize service process—across the web, social, and phone channels. Hundreds of global enterprises rely on eGain to transform their fragmented sales engagement and customer service operations into unified Customer Interaction Hubs (CIHs).

Headquartered in Mountain View, California, eGain has operating presence in North America, EMEA, and APAC. To learn more about us, visit www.eGain.com or call our offices: +1-800-821-4358 (US), +44-(0)-1753-464646 (EMEA), or +91-(0)-20-6608-9200 (APAC). Also, follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/egain) and Facebook (http://facebook.com/egain).

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

All statements in this release that involve eGain’s forecasts (including the above stated guidance), beliefs, projections, expectations, including but not limited to our financial performance and guidance, plans to invest in our business and expectations regarding our ability to introduce new products, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements, which are based on information available to eGain at the time of this release, are not guarantees of future results; rather, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in this release. These risks include, but are not limited to, the uncertainty of demand for eGain products, including our guidance regarding bookings and revenue; our expectations related to our operations; our ability to invest resources to improve our products and continue to innovate; our partnerships; our future markets; and other risks detailed from time to time in eGain’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including eGain’s annual report on Form 10-K filed on September 23, 2010, and eGain’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. eGain assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Note: eGain is a registered trademark, and the other eGain product and service names appearing in this release are trademarks or service marks, of eGain Communications Corp. All other company names and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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