Thursday, January 29, 2009

Getting it together: OmNovia Technologies Inc.

For Shawn Shadfar, making sure his Web conferencing platform really performed was more important than chasing investors By Mary Ann Azevedo in the Houston Business Journal

Advise clients to invest in Web conferencing rather than travel

When clients ask for tips on cost-cutting measures, tell them to skip the airplane and log on to the Internet to attend meetings. Web conferencing also has the potential to improve their response time and effectiveness with their own clients. By Susan Harkins on the TechRepublic blog

ON24 Appoints Ben Sullivan as VP, Channel Sales, to Expand Global Reseller Partnerships

ON24, Inc., the global leader in webcasting and virtual events solutions, today announced that Ben Sullivan has joined the company as Vice President of Channel Sales.

Citrix To Reduce Workforce By 10%

The trailing off of license revenue in the final quarter was a warning to Citrix that 2009 would be a difficult year, revenue-wise.
By Charles Babcock in InformationWeek

TalkPoint Releases Video Email Invitations for Webcasts

TalkPoint, the leader in audio and video Webcasting solutions, has announced the release of their Video Email Invitation feature.

Arkadin Offers Free Webinars to Help Businesses Maximize Productivity, Reduce Costs, and Improve Efficiency

Arkadin is offering a free webinar series that will provide valuable information from industry leaders to help companies of all sizes maximize productivity, cost-effectiveness and profitability.

iLinc Wraps Annual User Conference with Record Attendance

Awards for Customer Excellence Presented to Organizations Using iLinc Web Conferencing in Innovative Ways

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Citrix Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Financial Results

Achieves Annual Revenue Growth of 14%; Fourth Quarter GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.33; Fourth Quarter Non-GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.48; Announces Restructuring Program to Reduce Annualized Operating Expenses by Approximately $50 Million

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Tech Decision Makers Study: New Study Reveals Rising Influence of Consumer-Generated Online Media, Suggesting More Integrated Approach to Influencer M

Hill & Knowlton Tracks Technology Purchase Dynamics in a Down Economy, Prioritizes Most Influential Communications Channels

Webcasts Face Cuts Due to Lack of Funding

By Valerie Woolard in The Daily Californian

Rhub signs European deal with Siracom

By Stuart Wilson on ChannelEMEA.com

Keymail gets a Glance from MeetingZone

By Bhavana Navuluri on CBRonline.com

Monday, January 26, 2009

ConferenceSuite Selected As Conference Provider For Produce Traceability Initiative

Web conferencing firm ConferenceSuite, has been selected as the sole conference provider by The Next Version Software, developer of fresh produce traceability software, eProduce.

Premiere Global Services Upgrades Award-Winning Netspoke Web Conferencing Technology

New Features Significantly Improve Netspoke User Experience

Citrix Licenses Global IP Solutions for Enabling High Quality Voice Conferencing to the Desktop

Citrix GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar Use GIPS State of the Art Technology as Foundation for its Voice Communication

Friday, January 23, 2009

KRM Selects Stream57 as New Webcasting Partner

Stream57, the leading provider of fully customizable webcasting and streaming media communications, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as the preferred webcasting platform for KRM Information Services, Inc., a full service webinar and audio conference provider that has led their industry since 1994.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Communique Conferencing Announces New Online Account Management Tool

Communique Online provides access to easily manage conference call users, conference controls, download recordings, and view invoices online.

InterCall Unveils Click-To-Start Conferencing

New InterCall Unified Meeting Offers Integrated, Easy-to-Use Solutions

Sonic Foundry Positioned as a Market Leader in Wainhouse Research Study on the Distance Education and e-Learning Landscape

Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite ranks highest in depth of product offerings

London Business School Selects Mediasite to Meet Growing Student Demand for Online Lectures

After extensive international review, Mediasite chosen for speed, efficiency and comprehensiveness

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Altus Learning Introduces Altus Live(TM) Business Webcasting

Live Video and Audio Webcasting Offers On-Demand Access Searchable Down to the Spoken Word

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2009 Key Sessions Streamed Live With Mediasite

Live webcasting by Sonic Foundry’s Event Services supports the higher education conference’s ‘social learning for the 21st century’ focal point.

Examine the Collaboration Software Applications & Tools Market in Asia Pacific

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Software industry is available in its catalogue.

Zultys Announces MXmeeting – A Scalable Web Conferencing & Collaboration Solution

Zultys Inc. today announced MXmeeting, a next-generation collaboration solution that combines voice, desktop web interaction, instant messaging, virtual meeting rooms, online presentations, training and demo’s all with easy-to-use controls.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Web grief: Funeral webcasts gain in popularity

By Kantele Franko in AP News on TheUnion.com

Multiple 2008 Product of the Year Awards Recognize Innovation and Vision of Citrix Online Solutions

Internet Telephony Highlights GoToMeeting VoIP Capability; Customer Interaction Solutions Selects GoToAssist Express, GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar for Enhancing the User Experience

Monday, January 19, 2009

GoToMeeting Wins Best of Elearning! Award

Web Conferencing Service Praised by Real-world Users with Prestigious Readers’ Choice Award for "Innovation and Vitality"

Webinars misused as lead-gen tool

In BtoBonline.com

Virtual events yield real leads

Properly produced and managed, webinars make a powerful lead-gen tactic

By Christopher Hosford on BtoBonline.com

Friday, January 16, 2009

tyBit Introduces Web Conferencing & Video Service

If you have an Internet connection, you can hold a meeting, with anyone, at anytime, anywhere in the world.

Ex-Apple exec fights Adobe and Cisco with free web conferencing

By Christian Zibreg in tgdaily.com

iLinc Extends Senior Notes Until 2012

iLinc Communications, Inc., a leader in web conferencing, desktop video conferencing software and collaboration solutions, today announced an agreement to extend its $2.9 million in senior debt until January 15, 2012.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Leaders From Salesforce.com, Obama Transition Team, Training Magazine, Duct Tape Marketing to Keynote iLinc Annual User Conference

SaaS, Distance Learning, Marketing Thought Leaders Set to Speak at iConnect 2009, the Annual Gathering of iLinc Web Conferencing, Video Conferencing Users

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

ON24 Survey Shows Explosive Growth for Virtual Events in 2009

Trade Shows, Conventions, Sales and Training Events Projected to Decline over 40%

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Copper Conferencing Announces Connect To Copper - A New Online Customer Portal

Copper Conferencing, provider of audio conferencing and web conferencing to small and medium-sized businesses, announced the launch of Connect To Copper, a new online customer portal.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Temple University’s Fox School of Business Selects Mediasite for Groundbreaking Lecture Capture Initiative

Mediasite installed in every learning environment, including 30 state-of-the-art classrooms, within Alter Hall

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Persony Previews Free iPhone Web Conferencing at Macworld Expo

Persony Previews Touch Meeting - a free mobile web conferencing service for iPhone users, at the annual Macworld Conference & Expo starting on January 6, 2009, the Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA

Yugma Introduces New Packaging and Pricing for Web Conferencing Services

Yugma introduces new packaging and pricing for Web conferencing services. Yugma Free, Yugma Pro 20 and Pro 50 services make it easier and more affordable to host and join online meetings and webinars. Yugma Free Web conferencing service is now enhanced to support up to 20 attendees per meeting. Yugma Pro 20 service price reduced by 25% to only $14.95 per month.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

PennWell Publishing Names Stream57 as Preferred Webcasting Vendor

Stream57, the leading provider of fully customizable webcasting and streaming rich media communications, has been selected as the preferred provider of all webcasting and streaming media services by diversified global media and information publishing company PennWell Corporation.

Marratech Recommends Customers Migrate to Elluminate Solutions

Selects Alternative Tool for Online Learning and Collaboration After Google Acquisition

ConferencePlus to Host TeleSpan’s Annual Teleconferencing Industry Predictions

Prior Predictions Accuracy of 70% for Thirteen Years Running

Review: 3 videoconferencing services pick up where your travel budget leaves off

Business trips no longer on the agenda? These three services can help you stay on a face-to-face basis with your colleagues.

By Brian Nadel in Computerworld

Cisco Enhances the Mobile Collaboration Experience with the iPhone

Cisco Brings Business Collaboration to the AppStore with Cisco WebEx Meeting Center and Cisco Unified Communications

Unisfair Sees Growth For Smaller Events and Training

Posted in Virtual Worlds News

Universities increasingly offer courses, resources online

By Anna Andersen in the Daily Bruin

Monday, January 5, 2009

iLinc Web Conferencing Adds Director of Customer Experience

Mechelle Childs to Lead Customer Care for Growing Online Collaboration Provider

Small Business: Using Web seminars to cut costs

By Jamie Herzlich on Newsday.com

Friday, January 2, 2009

Copper Conferencing Announces One-Minute Skill Builder Webinar Series and Online Learning Center

Copper Conferencing is proud to announce its new Online Learning Center and One-Minute Skill Builder Webinar Series.