Friday, August 29, 2008

Copper Conferencing Extends Free Web and Phone Conferencing to Businesses in the Twin Cities During the Republican National Convention

Copper Conferencing, a leading national provider of teleconferencing services, announced today it is offering free web conferencing and phone conferencing accounts to businesses in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area during the Republican National Convention.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Roads less congested as business travellers turn to lower carbon options

Web conferencing and rail increase in popularity due environmental concerns and rising fuel prices
By Tom Young in BusinessGreen

Webinars can be cost-effective meeting option

By Jim Kendall in the (Chicago) Daily Herald

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

AT&T Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing

AT&T Inc. today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned AT&T in the Leaders Quadrant of its 2008 "Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing."

Telestream Acquires Live Production and Streaming Specialist Vara Software

Award-Winning, Real-Time Video Production Products Position Telestream for Explosive Growth in Internet-Based Content Delivery

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Green Meter Quantifies Web Conference Savings

By Elaine Rundle in Government Technology

The Event Webcasting Toolkit: A Pain-Free Guide to Taking Your Conference Online

You may have pondered taking your event online in the past, but when you are deep in the planning process, the last thing you want to do is create more headaches by introducing new technology or conference partners into the mix.

IT Escapes Cuts to Business Travel -- For Now

Thanks to skyrocketing gas and airfare costs, a growing number of companies are limiting -- or completely banning -- "non-essential" business travel

By Stephen Swoyer in Enterprise Systems

2008 WebMetrics Survey Indicates Rising Energy Costs Are Fueling a Surge in Use of Conferencing & Collaboration Technologies

Survey Reveals 2/3 of Panel Organizations Are Responding to Recent Rise in Energy/Gas Prices Through Green/Telework Programs and Expanded or New Conferencing & Collaboration Technologies

Onstream Media Announces New Reseller - Copper Conferencing

Onstream Media Corporation, a leading online service provider of live and on-demand digital media communications and applications, today announced that Infinite Conferencing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, has signed a reseller agreement with Copper Conferencing.

Web Conferencing: Preventing My Annoyance, Er, I Mean Saving the Earth

By D.F. Krause in American Chronicle

Monday, August 25, 2008

More Options to Maximize Video Conferencing Investment with BrightCom

New video and data integrated conferencing technology reduces travel and enhances ease of collaboration for data sharing and video conferencing.

Friday, August 22, 2008

Onstream Media Announces New Microsoft Silverlight Webcasting Service

Onstream Media Corporation, a leading online service provider of live and on-demand digital media communications and applications, today announced that its Visual Webcaster platform will support Microsoft® Silverlight effective with the next version of Visual Webcaster scheduled for release in October, 2008.

Copper Conferencing Announces Free Web and Audio Conferencing During the DNC for Denver Metro Area Businesses

Copper Conferencing, a leading national provider of teleconferencing services, announced today it is offering free web and audio conferencing accounts to Denver Metro-area businesses during the Democratic National Convention.

Review: ADOBE ACROBAT CONNECT PRO

By Jan Cornelssen in Training Media Review

Thursday, August 21, 2008

iLinc Awarded 2008 Frost & Sullivan Green Excellence Award

Web Conferencing Provider Recognized for Green Meter, Unique Patent-Pending Tool That Measures Carbon Emissions, Fuel Cost Savings of Meeting Online

Web Meetings from Genesys Conferencing Help Drive Green Initiatives

By Susan J. Campbell on TMCnet.com

Brainshark Achieves Key Business Milestones For First Half Of 2008

SaaS Market Leadership and Rapid Customer Expansion Fuel Revenue Growth

Use collaboration as a tool to grow your small business

By Jennifer Deaumud on mlive.com

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Can We Talk?

New services let you hold instant web conferences—anytime, anywhere

By Heather Clancy in US News & World Report

RHUB Communications Unveils TurboMeeting 3.4 Web Conferencing Solution

New features include integrated audio and enhanced Mac support

School heads organisation cuts travel costs with web conferencing

Saves £54,000 on transport costs and 57 tonnes of emissions

By Leo King in ComputerWorld UK

Etelos Marketplace partner MTP adds VoIP and Web conferencing offerings

New additions create a full-featured suite for businesses looking to centralize teleconferencing and Web conferencing solutions.

CEOs claim recession does not affect job cuts

From SiliconIndia

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Cisco WebEx Shines as Travel Costs Skyrocket

Cisco Systems Inc. notched one of its more unusual acquisitions last year when it picked up WebEx, a provider of Web and video conferencing software.

By Stephen Swoyer on CertCities.com

New Audio and Web Conferencing Services Announced by IVCi

This new suite of services provides customers a one-stop shop for all of their conferencing needs.

InstantPresenter Video Conferencing Service Adds Mac Screen Sharing, PayPal Integration and More

InstantPresenter Video Conferencing releases new features including Screen Sharing Support for Mac, which allows any Mac user to easily share their screen with their audience. In addition, PayPal Integration, Registration Services and Personalized Content Library have all been added to improve the quality of webinars and help customers monetize their content.

Workplace2go Offers Hosted Web Conferencing Service

GoMeetNow allows attendees to join meetings without downloading software or applets

Monday, August 18, 2008

Leading Web Conferencing and Visual Collaboration Platform Vyew Releases VyewMyPC for Free Desktop Sharing

VyewMyPC Instantly Provides Desktop Sharing and Web Conferencing for Windows, Macintosh and Linux With No Software to Install

WebEx reduces staff, rejigs top management

By Jessica Mehroin Irani in the India Times

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Onstream Media Corporation Reports Fiscal 2008 Third Quarter Financial Results

Quarterly Revenue Up 18.7% Year-Over-Year Web Communications Services Revenue Increases 20.3% Year-Over-Year

iLinc Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results

First Quarter Highlights and Recent Events

Something borrowed, something blue, something webcast

By John Henderson in the Charlottesville Daily Progress

A Technological Tool You Can’t Afford to Ignore

By John D. Bowers in The Legal Intelligencer

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Party On! Citrix Online Makes Bipartisan Offer to Beat Convention City Congestion

Denver and Minneapolis-Saint Paul Area Commuters Can Exercise Their Freedom to Work Remotely – Using Free Online Services

Cisco Announces WebEx Online Meetings Promotional Package for Small Businesses

With gas prices so high today, commuting to the office and traveling to customer sites by car or air has become very expensive.

HyperOffice Introduces HyperMeeting, Makes Online Meetings Easy for Small and Mid-sized Businesses

It's time to hold more meetings on the Web - especially now that gas prices are insane. HyperOffice today introduced HyperMeeting, an easy-to-use web conferencing tool for small and mid-sized businesses.

High gas prices drive businesses to Web conferencing

Traveling to every meeting used to be viewed as part of doing business. But with travel becoming more expensive, and workers more time-strapped, Web conferencing products are taking off.

By C.G. Lynch in IT Business Canada

Hyperwave Selects OpSource for Web Delivery of Innovative On- Demand Conferencing and Collaboration Service

Web Operations Key to Meeting Mid-Market Requirements for Scalable, Collaborative Information Management Solution

Premiere Global Services Positioned in the Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Sonic Foundry Event Services to Webcast the Noble Financial Equity Conference

Sonic Foundry, Inc., the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, today announced the company's Event Services group will record all speaker sessions at Noble Financial's fourth annual equity conference using the patented Mediasite webcasting platform.

Copper Conferencing Announces New Additions to Leadership Team

Copper Conferencing, a leading provider of teleconferencing services, announced today the addition of three new executives to its management team.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Vcall Webinars and Collaborative Tools Continue to Redefine Video and Accuracy

Vcall from PrecisionIR Group, a worldwide provider of webinar and webcasting services, announces three new features for their current Webinar and Quick Meeting clients.

SMBs Reduce Unified Communications Spending

By Susan J. Campbell on TMCnet.com

Friday, August 8, 2008

How Virtual Conferencing Can Boost Your Small Business

You can park the car, and still meet clients halfway
By Matthew Bandyk in U.S. News & World Report

Writing an RFP for Maximum ROI

Things to consider and questions to ask when writing a request for proposal for a corporate webcasting system

by Ysette Witteveen on StreamingMedia.com

The Week The Cloud Went Down? First GMail, Then Citrix's GoToMeeting

By David Berlind in The InformationWeek Blog

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Onstream Media Awarded Three New Public Sector Contracts

Onstream Media Corporation , an online service provider of live and on-demand Internet video, today announced that it has been awarded three new multi-year public sector webcasting services contracts.

Webcast Group, Inc. Introduces New Registration System

Webcast Group's new registration system allows for larger customization and enables in-depth reporting capabilities.

Saba Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant in Latest Web Conferencing Magic Quadrant

Saba Delivers Comprehensive Web Conferencing and Collaboration to Accelerate Informal Learning Effectiveness and Improve Organizational Productivity

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

IVT and Siris Media Introduce "Video Webcast Production Studio in a Box"

Joint offering is the only comprehensive portable desktop solution for creating, editing and distributing professional studio-quality video webcasts.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Author Avoids Travel Cost and Hassle using Mediasite to Webcast Virtual Book Tour

Colleen Gleason to unveil her latest release via webcast to a global audience

Frost and Sullivan Releases White Paper on Webcasting in the Virtual Workplace

Report discusses webcasting and its role in the enterprise communications spectrum relative to Web conferencing and other communications technologies.

RHUB Web Conferencing Appliance Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award for Best in Communications and Collaboration

TurboMeeting Selected as the 2008 Best Products and Services Winner for Web Conferencing Hardware and Software

What Stinks About Webinars?

By Allison Rossett, Ed.D. in Chief Learning Officer

Monday, August 4, 2008

YUGMA OUTPACES MICROSOFT, IBM, ADOBE IN INDEPENDENT WEB-CONFERENCING REVIEW

Yugma, the leading Web-collaboration service that lets people connect instantly over the Internet to share content and ideas using any application or software, announced today that a vendor-independent review of 21 Web conferencing solutions rates Yugma Professional at No. 3 in the world, ahead of providers such as Microsoft, IBM, Adobe and NetMeeting.

Digital presentation: the next new skill for business leaders

By Natalie Butler and Karen Moyse in onrec.com

iLinc to Present at the Noble Financial Conference

iLinc, a leader in Web conferencing, desktop video conferencing software and collaboration solutions, will present at the Fourth Annual Noble Financial Equity Conference at 11:00 a.m. (Pacific) on Monday, August 19, 2008 at the Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort, Nevada.

Mikogo Strengthens its Footing in the Online Meeting Market

With an increase of over fifty percent in less than four months, such rapid success for Mikogo's screen sharing tool could suggest a heavy lean towards quality Web collaboration at no cost, as opposed to the fee-based solutions.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Better Business Meetings over the Web

By Stefania Viscusi on TMCnet.com

Friday, August 1, 2008

Sonic Foundry Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results

Sonic Foundry, Inc., the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, today announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 third quarter.

Xceed FCU plans to integrate digital signage, Web conferencing

Captive Indoor Media announced that Los Angeles-based Exceed Financial FCU, formerly Xerox FCU, has selected its Web conferencing product, Captive Meetings, as its corporate Web conferencing tool. Xceed Financial was previously a customer of Webex.

Gullapalli and Associates and Stream57 Announce Collaboration to Provide Education to Healthcare Learners Through Online Channels

Gullapalli and Associates, LLC, an educational firm specializing in the development of collaborative educational strategies and Stream57, a leading provider of fully customizable webcasting and rich media solutions, today announced a joint collaboration to identify, develop and integrate unique new media learning formats and methodologies into comprehensive continuing medical education strategies aimed at healthcare providers.