Wednesday, August 1, 2007

WebAssist to Partner with Envisiontel to Extend Adobe Connect Professional

Envisiontel joins WebAssist as an Enterprise Reseller to offer Nutshell, which features enhanced reporting for Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional. Nutshell is the first of a line of enterprise solutions to be provided by WebAssist and Envisiontel.

Citrix GoToMeeting Cited as Offering Best Overall Customer Experience in Wainhouse Research Worldwide User Survey

Scored #1 for Ease of Use, Instant Meetings and Value – and Faster Growth than Other Web Conferencing Services in Billion-Dollar Category

$199 Live Audio Webcast Service

Webcast Group announces new low cost, fully managed live audio webcast service for $199. Ideal for earnings calls and conferences, the $199 service is fully managed yet affordable.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

BRAINSHARK SPONSORS SALES 2.0 CONFERENCE, SHOWCASING PROVEN PRACTICES FOR APPLYING WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES TO INCREASE SALES

Geoffrey Moore, Michael Bosworth, Joe Galvin, David Berman, and other industry luminaries headline agenda for San Francisco event

Verizon Business Introduces New Tool to Help Organizations Improve Collaboration, Enhance Performance

First-Of-Its-Kind 'Collaboration Calculator' Helps Measure Use of Technology and Culture of Group Work

iLinc Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results

Earned record revenue of $4.1 million, an increase of 14% over same period prior year

Broadcast yourself!

Slap up a webcam in front of your face and broadcast to the world with just one click! From T3

Monday, July 30, 2007

Virtual group meetings soon to be a reality

By Zach Langdon in The Exponent Online

Group Technologies Inc. Releases Powerful, Cost-effective Web Conferencing Service

Group Technologies Inc, today announced the launch of a fully hosted version of its powerful GroupWorld.net conferencing software package today.

Sonic Foundry Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results

GAAP revenue increased to $4.7 million, 31 percent year-over-year growth

Friday, July 27, 2007

MedConference LLC Releases MCL 3.0

Cutting Edge Technology Designed For Life Sciences Industry

Thursday, July 26, 2007

ConferTel Redefines Operator-Assisted Conferencing with its Proprietary Virtual Attendant @ Your Service

ConferTel, a leading provider of teleconferencing solutions, today announced the introduction of Virtual Attendant @ Your Service,SM a robust, full-featured conferencing service offering operator-assisted functions at ‘reservation-less’ pricing.

Corvent Reports Accelerated Growth and Expansion of Web Seminar Event Services Team

Steady growth over the last year and key new hires contribute to record-breaking Q2.

Webcast: the next-gen communication tool

In the Hindustan Times

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

LiteScape Integrates Cisco and WebEx to Make Collaboration More Productive

LiteScape to demonstrate UC Applications at Cisco Networkers

Insight24 and ITtoolbox Form Strategic Partnership to Deliver B2B Rich Media Content to Millions of IT Professionals

Partnership Extends Insight24's Reach Directly to the ITtoolbox Community

Monday, July 23, 2007

Confer$ave, Inc. Launches Affordable Automated Conference Call Service

Confer$ave understands your needs and their impact upon the success of your business. Our audio and web conferencing programs will help reduce travel and meeting costs and increase overall employee productivity.

ON24 Powers Live Corporate Communications Video Webcast for MRM Worldwide

Leading Direct and Interactive Marketing Solutions Agency Uses Live Streaming Video to Connect with 2,000 Employees with 64 Offices in 37 countries

Mtg. Buyers Reconsider Remote Conferencing's Role

By Elissa Hunter in Business Travel News Online

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Marketers coming up short on Web 2.0

The tools are there - Webcasts, podcasts - but they're not put to the best use, say experts in the community. Find out what you're missing and why sometimes all it takes is a phone call to the client.

By Nestor Arellano in IT Business.ca

iLinc Communications to Announce First Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results

iLinc Communications, Inc., a leading developer of Web conferencing software and audio conferencing solutions, will release its first quarter fiscal 2008 results on Tuesday, July 31, 2007, before the market opens.

Sonic Foundry Named to Baseline Magazine’s Top Ten Fastest Growing Small Software Companies

Publication cites introduction of enterprise class server software as key source of growth

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Embry-Riddle Worldwide Launches EagleVision, An Interactive, Collaborative, Virtual Classroom, Using Saba Centra

Saba Quick Start Meets Deployment Schedule

Create Your Own Live TV Channel With Selfcast

RawFlow, a leading provider of live peer-to-peer streaming technologies, has announced the public launch of a beta version of Selfcast - a p2p based live broadcasting portal.

Citrix Reports Record Second Quarter Revenue of $334 Million

Year-over-year Quarterly Revenue Growth of 21%
Year-over-year Product License Growth of 16%

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Giving investors picture perfect feel of goings-on

By Bibhu Ranjan in the Business Standard (Bangalore, India)

Premiere Global Services Furthers Its Online Initiative with Acquisition of Web-based Conferencing Services Provider

Acquisition Strengthens Growing Web Sales Channel for the PGi Communications Operating System

E-LEARNING GOES LIVE WITH KNOWLEDGEPORTAL360’S NEW WEB CONFERENCING FEATURE

TFactor, Inc. has added web conferencing to its popular learning management system, KnowledgePortal360. Now organizations can blend personalized instructor-led training with e-Learning flexibility, for up to 200 students per session, in different locations.

CapStone Investments Selects Sonic Foundry's Event Services to Webcast Upcoming Investor Conference

Sonic Foundry Inc., a leader in automated rich media communications technology, today announced the company’s Mediasite Event Services group will webcast CapStone Investments’ 2007 Small-Cap Institutional Investor Conference.

Danish-Based Debitel Increases Sales, Productivity with Implementation of Medianet Innovations' Online Service Software

Medianet Innovations, a global provider of collaborative communications technology, today announced that Albertslund, Denmark-based Debitel implemented Medianet Secure Communicator (MSC).

Monday, July 16, 2007

smart technologies releases latest version of bridgit conferencing software with improved voip and chat features

Version 3.2 offers superior audio quality and enhanced support for the Mac operating system

E-Learning Goes Live With KnowledgePortal360’s New Web Conferencing Feature

TFactor, Inc. has added web conferencing to its popular learning management system, KnowledgePortal360.

Genesys Brings Multi-Media Virtual Meetings to the iPhone

Genesys, a global multimedia collaboration service leader, today announced that it is the first company to bring full virtual meeting capabilities to participants with Apple’s revolutionary iPhone.

ON24 Publishes Complimentary Report on Key Webcasting Trends for Lead Generation

ON24 Insider on Lead Generation Provides Insights on the Value and ROI of Online Seminar Programs for B2B Sales Lead Generation Campaigns

iLinc Online Training Application LearnLinc Earns Prestigious e-Learning Guild Gold Award

Report Shows iLinc as Leader in Customer Satisfaction, ROI, Features

Big guns target the unified communications market

However, one Kiwi company is claiming poll position after nearly ten years in the game

By Rob O'Neill in ComputerWorld New Zealand

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Zoho Meeting, free web conferencing application

By Benedict Herold in the Tech Corner blog

Friday, July 13, 2007

Open-source apps released by Zoho

Open-source firm makes online meetings and apps creation simpler
By David Neal, IT Week

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Drive Webinar Registrations Via E-mail

By Karen Gedney on ClickZ.com

Level 3 Acquires Servecast

Company Expands Portfolio with Video Management and Streaming Services to Enable Formatting and Delivery of Content to the Internet

Elluminate and CCC Confer Partner to Deliver Web Conferencing to California Community College System

Real-time Web Collaboration Environment Will Facilitate Teaching, Learning and Meeting for 109 Campuses

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Smoothstone Unveils AJAX-Based "Webinar" Platform

Businesses can now increase their productivity and avoid unnecessary travel through a powerful Webinar platform

Ring 9 Launches Web Meeting

Offering includes unique Web Meeting/Hosted PBX bundle

Elluminate wins Platinum and Gold eLearning Guild Member’s Choice Awards for Synchronous Learning Systems

Live eLearning and Web Collaboration Solution Recognized in Market Share and Satisfaction Categories

Elluminate Selected by Harvard University as One of Two Solutions for Year-long, Enterprise-wide Pilot Programs

Live eLearning and Web Conferencing Environment Will Support Online Learning, Research, Outreach and Student Collaboration

Monday, July 9, 2007

Citrix Systems to Announce Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results on Wednesday, July 18

Citrix Systems, Inc., the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced that it plans to report financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007 on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 after the close of the market.

Saturday, July 7, 2007

Conferencing Company Marks 07/07/07 With Lucky Day Deal

CorporateConferenceCalls.com’s deal provides $7 per month unlimited conference calls for any 7 participants -- permanently.

Friday, July 6, 2007

Cisco Releases A Slew Of Products For SMBs

The new products allow organisations to use their network as a platform for more effective and more personalised business collaboration.

From EFYtimes.com

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

The Videoconference: Friend to the Travel-Weary

By Annika Mengisen on TheStreet.com

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

ON24 Inc. Launches "Lead Generation: The Closed-Loop Approach"

Webcasting and Rich Media Marketing Solutions Provider Debuts Online Resource for Generating, Qualifying, and Developing Sales Leads

Customers Celebrate Independence with Simpler, Better Access and Collaboration Services from Citrix Online

From Boston to Baghdad, High-Growth Organizations Compete As Never Before with GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, GoToAssist and GoToMyPC

Live Conference PRO™ Provides the Business Community with an Innovative Solution

Professional Global Marketing, Inc., the developers of Live Conference PRO™, goes public with their innovative, all-in-one, web-conferencing solution that fulfills online communication and business needs. With 21 easy-to-use tools for holding online meetings, Live Conference PRO™ is truly the next generation in web conferencing.

Citrix’s Collaboration Business Offers Strategic Options

By Sramana Mitra on SeekingAlpha

Monday, July 2, 2007

iLinc Secures Major Contract with Fortune 500 Financial Services Company

Sale is Single Largest Transaction Posted by Direct Sales Staff

As “Leaving on a Jet Plane” Gets Harder, Business Travelers Trade Flight Delays for Online, On-Time Meetings

With Free Trial of Citrix GoToMeeting, Frustrated Flyers Can Save Time, Effort and Resources

GoToMeeting v3.0 (Review)

By Rober Lipschutz in PC Magazine

Adobe Acrobat Connect (Review)

By Robert Lipschutz in PC Magazine

Saturday, June 30, 2007

WebEx Training Center Wins Three eLearning Guild Member’s Choice Awards

On-Demand Solution Brings Home Awards in Three of Four Categories

Friday, June 29, 2007

iLinc Unveils iLinc 9 with Multiple Operating Systems, Multi-Point Video and Streamlined Interface

iLinc 9 includes a newly-designed user interface, multiple new tools to enhance operator and user efficiency and the ability to show multiple participant videos simultaneously. The most significant update in 18 months, iLinc 9 also provides integrated cross-platform support with the release of the Company’s first native Macintosh client.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

ilinc Announces Fiscal 2007 Fourth Quarter And Year-End Results

For the twelve months ended March 31, 2007 (Fiscal 2007), total revenue increased 13% to $14.2 million, when compared with revenues of $12.5 million for the same twelve-month period last year. For the twelve months ended March 31, 2007, income from operations increased 133% to $1.8 million, when compared to income from operations of $783,000 for the same twelve-month period last year.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Free Web Conferencing & More for Mac, Windows & Linux

By Rich Brooks on MaineToday.com in the Internet Marketing 101 blog

Adobe Selected for U.S. DoD Contract

DISA’s Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) Program to use Acrobat Connect Professional

Citrix GoToMeeting Wins eLearning Guild Platinum Award

Recognized by Guild Professionals for Highest Customer Satisfaction Rating among Web Conferencing and Virtual Classroom Tools

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

High Quality at Low Prices Lead to Record Growth at Great America Networks Conferencing

Great America Networks Conferencing announces growth and expansion numbers. They continue to attract new clients due to their excellent quality at affordable prices. They also announce their new products that have launched recently and what is in the research and development phase.

EarthLink Expands Small Business Services through Citrix Online Collaboration Solutions

EarthLink Customers Can Now Cost-effectively Extend Business Reach with Online Demos, Meetings and Large Events

Chaotic Travel Season Spurs Cruise Line to Offer Innovative Creature Comfort: "Virtual Get-Togethers"

Cruise West Eases Strain for Traveling Guests and Extends into New Markets Worldwide with Citrix GoToWebinar

Monday, June 25, 2007

Interactive Whiteboards Enter the Web Conferencing Generation

Promethean and Elluminate announce strategic partnership to bring “Connected” learning to classrooms

Elluminate Enhances Leading eLearning and Web Collaboration Solution with Launch of Elluminate Live!® V8

New Features Increase Effectiveness of Teaching and Learning in Online and Blended Sessions for Groups of All Sizes

Friday, June 22, 2007

Web Conferencing Tools And Technology: A Mini-Guide

By Robin Good on Kolabora.com

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Citrix Would Be An Attractive Acquisition For SAP, Oracle

By Sramana Mitra on SeekingAlpha.com

First $1B Quarter for Worldwide Collaboration Services Market

Wainhouse Research's (WR) latest study "Q1 2007 Collaboration Service Provider (CSP) SpotCheck" indicates the worldwide collaboration services market achieved its first $1B quarter in Q1 2007.

iLinc Makes Significant Addition To Board Of Directors

New Board Member Brings Valuable Web Conferencing and Telecommunications Experience

Zoho Meeting Open to Public

Zoho Makes Free Web Conferencing Quick and Easy

Gartner Says Worldwide Web Conference and Team Collaboration Software Markets Will Reach $2.8 Billon in 2010

Due to the increasing need for companies to manage content at the enterprise level, the worldwide web conferencing and team collaboration software markets are expected to grow approximately 22 percent per year through 2010, from $1.3 billion in 2006 to $2.8 billion in 2010, according to Gartner, Inc.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Web Conferencing Is Top Component in Teleworking Programs, According to Wainhouse Research WebMetrics Report

A Full 78% of Those With Teleworking Programs Identify Web Conferencing as the Top Component

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Sonic Foundry Highlights Enterprise Applications of Mediasite at InfoComm and EduComm 2007

Company is EduComm platinum sponsor and will provide event webcasting services

ONSTREAM MEDIA STRENGTHENS PARTNERSHIP WITH AUTONOMY TO PROVIDE BUSINESS-CRITICAL AUDIO, VIDEO & RICH MEDIA SERVICES TO FORTUNE 1000 CLIENTS

Onstream Media Extends Virage Implementation with IDOL to Deliver Faster and Better Digital Media Services

Montauk Financial Group Selects Cypress Communications for Hosted VoIP Solution

Financial Services Company Chooses C4 IP for Business Continuity and Productivity Enhancing Features

Audio Video Pc Web Meeting The Internet Has Been Crying Out For

Exploding demand for audio video pc web meeting desktop services is spilling over to the business customer support counters, where customers are provided interactive live customer service or product support without the need for long distance telephone calls and providing opportunities beyond email or other internet live text chat facilities.

Monday, June 18, 2007

iLinc Communications To Announce Fiscal 2007 Q4 And Year-End Results

iLinc Communications, Inc., a leading developer of Web conferencing software and audio conferencing solutions, will release its fiscal 2007 fourth quarter and year-end results on Thursday, June 28, 2007, before the market opens.

Premiere Global Services Enhances and Upgrades ReadyCast

ReadyCast Enables Simple, Affordable, International Audio and Web Collaboration

Tucson Commuters Can Avoid Traffic Hassles with Free Use of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting

Online Services Make Telework Fast, Easy and Secure

Friday, June 15, 2007

BrightCom to Present Telepresence and Web 2.0 Technology at Enterprise 2.0

BrightCom, a leading enterprise telepresence and web conferencing solution provider, will be pushing the boundaries of Web 2.0 Technology at Enterprise 2.0, The Collaborative Technologies Conference June 18-20 in Boston, Massachusetts. BrightCom will demonstrate its latest version of ClearView Session Manager 1.4.6 with enhanced 16 person multiway video conferencing solution with no multipoint control unit necessary. BrightCom will also be displaying its high end web conferencing solution Visual Collaboration System (VCS) as well as its telepresence suite solutions. ClearView Conferencing and VCS are fully integrated video, audio and web conferencing systems allowing enterprise business to move beyond out-dated email file sharing of today.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

MegaMeeting.com Video Conferencing Allows More Students to Access College Without Attending

Wellington College is using MegaMeeting.com’s browser based video and web conferencing software to dramatically change the way students access college and college courses.

iLinc And Conference Plus, Inc. Announce Significant Co-Distribution Agreement

Reciprocal Relationship Expands Capabilities and Offerings of Both Companies

Improve Your Online Presentation Skills With Free Educational Webinar

Register at http://meetandtrain.ilinc.com/public/wevent for June 28 online speaker training, brought to you by Meet And Train and Webinar Success

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Citrix GoToMeeting Helps Small Businesses Do More, Travel Less

Online Services are Changing the Way People Meet - and Compete

Linklaters U.K. Taps Accordent Technologies For Global Online Rich Media Training System

World's Fifth Largest Law Firm Uses Online Rich Media Creation & Management Solutions to Speed Knowledge Transfer Among Attorneys in 23 Countries

Corporate Client Demand For Webcasting Surges: Thomson Financial Crosses 100,000 Mark In Webcast Production

Video Webcasting Emerges as a Viable Corporate Communications Tool
Thomson Financial Unveils New Webcasting Operations Center in Boston

Monday, June 11, 2007

Vyew Syncs Live Web Conferencing and Asynchronous Collaboration for Creating, Managing, and Interacting with All Forms of Content

Vyew bridges asynchronous and synchronous workflows and also adds portability to finalized content for posting on blogs, social networks, and other online pages

Cisco Disappoints Customers with Aggressive WebEx Marketing

By Kris Tuttle on SeekingAlpha.com

The Green Options Interview: Denise Persson, Genesys Conferencing

I was interested in why and how a teleconferencing company is getting so involved in efficiency and fighting global warming. The public relations and marketing possibilities don’t seem as obvious as they would be for a retailer or for a brand more well-known by the general public.
By Maria Surma Manka on GreenOptions.com

Friday, June 8, 2007

Time for Lawyers to Collaborate in Real Time

By Brett Burney in Law Technology News

TalkPoint to Power the June 13th FDAAdvisoryCommittee.com Webcast of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee Hearing on Zimulti

TalkPoint, leading provider of the Tools, Technology and Services for Interactive Internet Broadcasting and FDAAdvisoryCommittee.com, the leading webcast and DVD source for FDA Advisory Committee Meetings, today announced that TalkPoint will be powering the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting scheduled for June 13th.

Vyew Named Finalist in 'Webware 100' Awards by CNET Webware Editors and the Web 2.0 User Community

Vyew, which recently emerged out of Beta, today announced it was selected by the editors at CNET’s Webware as a finalist in the first "Webware 100" awards.

WebEx to expand business in China

from INTERFAX-CHINA

Management best practices key to video conferencing success

by James Murray in businessGreen blog

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

iLinc Now Available on Salesforce.com's Appexchange

New Integration Provides More Timely Access to Data Through Automation of Sales and Marketing Lifecycle