Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Persony Announces Breakthrough in Reducing Web and Video Conferencing Hosting Costs with Amazon Web Services

Persony utilizes extremely low-cost Amazon Web Services to host high-value web and video conferencing.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Being there, but better

Once the domain of the enterprise, Web-based meeting software, some of it free, is making its mark on the SMB. Experts discuss the advantages of Webinars for the small business market. Also: How to tell if your audience is awake

By Nestor Arellano in ITBusiness.ca

Monday, October 15, 2007

Sage Software and Citrix Deliver Remote Desktop Access and Web Collaboration Tools to Small Businesses

Two new Peachtree Remote Solutions help small businesses stay connected with their customers, colleagues and accountants, from anywhere

RHUB Launches Channel Program for Web Conferencing Solutions in Asia

Signs Strategic Alliance With Technology Link Corporation

Friday, October 12, 2007

RHUB Named Finalist in Info Security Products Guide Global Awards

Winners Will Be Honored At Technosium 2008, Silicon Valley - California

Thursday, October 11, 2007

IBM Aims to Burst Microsoft's Office Communications Bubble

By Larry Barrett on internetnews.com

Insight24 and PC World Partner to Deliver Webcasts, Podcasts, Videos and Online Demos to PCWorld.com

Insight24's Rapidly Growing Syndication Network Reaches Over 8 Million Business and IT Monthly Viewers

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Come Together

By David Raths in Govenment Technology

RHUB Communications Expands Channel Program for Web Conferencing

Channel Partners Seize Opportunity to Integrate RHUB's Hosted Solution With Complementary Offerings

Business Objects Delivers Technology Industry's First 24-Hour Live Streaming Video Event Powered by ON24, Inc.

ON24's Webcasting and Rich Media Marketing Solutions Power Pre-Event Promotion, Event Delivery, and Post-Event Reporting for "24 Hours of Light" Online Campaign

Monday, October 8, 2007

Vyew, FreeConference plan to combine services

They will offer free teleconference, Web collaboration in one package

LAPTOP Magazine Picks Citrix GoToMyPC for Ultimate Choice and Citrix GoToMeeting for Editors’ Choice Awards

Editors Praise Remote Access and Web Conferencing Services for Unrivaled Simplicity When Compared to Similar Offerings

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

ViewCast Osprey Video Capture Cards Support Innovative Streaming Media Applications at National University of Singapore

The ViewCast Osprey line of high-performance video capture cards is playing a starring role in educational Webcasting and distance learning programs at the National University of Singapore (NUS).

InterCall's Robert Wise to Serve on IMCCA Board of Directors

By Patrick Barnard in TMC

MEDIA ALERT: ON24, Inc. Exhibits Webcasting and Rich Media Marketing Solutions for Sales Lead Generation and Marketing Initiatives

Visit ON24 at Booth #6 to learn more about how ON24's solutions can benefits your marketing and sales lead generation programs at MarketingSherpa's Business-to-Business Demand Generation Summit.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Adobe Eyes Real-Time Collaboration with New Services

The company is preparing two hosted services that will let developers add real-time collaboration capabilities, including VoIP, to rich apps.Part 1 of a special five-part series. -->

By Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service, in PC World

Monday, October 1, 2007

Seminar meets Internet: webinar

Folks gather, but at their phones, computers in growing method of selling products, services
By Paula Schleis in the Akron Beacon Journal

Sonic Foundry and Michigan Public Health Institute Release White Paper Documenting Emerging Trends in State Webcasting

Michigan agency illustrates the state's cost savings model and return on investment using Mediasite for government communication and outreach

AT&T Announces Agreement to Acquire Interwise - Leading IP Voice/Video/Web Conferencing Provider

$121 Million Acquisition Will Bolster AT&T's Position in Conferencing and Collaboration

Cisco Hosts Webcast: Update to Unified Communications Strategy

Cisco Systems will host a webcast with a corresponding slide presentation on Wednesday, October 3 at 10:30AM Pacific time.

Friday, September 28, 2007

Lifesmine.Com Revolutionizes the World of Social Networks

Lifesmine.com (www.lifesmine.com) is announcing the launch of the world's first virtual "real time" mixer connected to a social network. Through the use of a powerful event center application developed by WebEx, which is owned by Cisco Systems, Inc., Lifesmine.com subscribers will now be able to meet and talk in a live group setting held on the internet.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Netviewer Honoured with 2007 ICT Award for Business Development Strategy Leadership Award

Frost & Sullivan 2007 ICT Award for Business Development Strategy Leadership in the European web conferencing software and services markets is presented to Netviewer GmbH.

Conference Plus, Inc. and iLinc Complete Co-Distribution Agreement

Capabilities and Offerings of Both Companies are Immediately Expanded

Tastoria Partners With Stream57 for Unique Virtual Wine Tastings

Virtual wine tasting host Tastoria has partnered with webcasting and rich media solutions provider Stream57 to present unique interactive online wine tastings. The inaugural event, set for Friday, September 28, 2007, will introduce six wines from Sonoma Valley, and feature a live broadcast hosted by a panel of wine experts from a studio in the northern California region, as well as live community chat and Q&A with the hosts.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Record your Webinars and Share Anywhere for Free

The Flash based Free Video Conferencing service, Palbee.com offers Recording and Sharing option. Users can use Palbee for recording webinars, lectures, or instructions. All recordings can be shared by embedding the Palbee Player on their blogs, wikis and other sites. A widget is also available.

CEB in collaboration with BT Conferencing

Three year strategic partnership agreement

Monday, September 24, 2007

Sonic Foundry Unveils Mediasite 4.2

Redefined Management Portal enhances efficiency, streamlines navigation and search

Startups Use DEMO Show as Launching Pad

Software as a service provider LongJump and Web collaboration player Yuuguu are two of the startups launching at DEMOfall 07. By Clint Boulton on ExtremeNano.com

ON24, Inc. Awarded Contract Renewal with Horizon House Publications

Worldwide Broadband Growth Spurs Demand for Sophisticated Webcasting and Rich Media Marketing Solutions for Global Interactive Marketing Initiatives

Fortune 500 Company Chooses iLinc Web Conferencing Solution to Power its Online Meeting, Employee Training Needs

Telecommunications Giant Makes Switch from WebEx

dimdim Launches the World's First, Free and Open Source Web Meeting Service

dimdim, the world's first free web meeting service based on the open source platform, today launched at DEMOfall 07.

Dimdim Challenges WebEx, Microsoft

By Om Malik on GigaOM.com

Working together, for less

Minneapolis-based Yugma says it has a better deal than WebEx. But the two aren't exactly comparable.
By Steve Alexander in the Minneapolis-St.Paul Star Tribune

Friday, September 21, 2007

Ad Giants Offers WebEx Meetings to Customers and Prospects

Web-based branding software company Ad Giants announces that it has partnered with web-collaboration leader WebEx to bring its customers more interactivity with substantially less travel.

Smart City and iStreamPlanet Co. launch Webcasting service

Smart City and iStreamPlanet Co., both based in Las Vegas, have formed a partnership to make Webcasting services available to show organizers at more than 50 convention centers in the United States.

Case Study: IBM Takes Webcasting to the Desktop

IBM has been webcasting for more than a decade. But with the help of IVT Studio, Big Blue is making it accessible to anyone in the organization, from division managers to the C-suite.

By Mark Fritz on StreamingMedia.com

Thursday, September 20, 2007

European Web Conferencing – To Buy or To Pay Per Use: Now, That's the Question

Frost & Sullivan to Host Quarterly Analyst Briefing on European Web Conferencing Market on Thursday 27 September 2007 at 16.00 BST

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Convenos Increases Market Share With Businesses by Using Salesforce.com AppExchange

Convenos, a provider of collaborative web conferencing solutions today announced that since joining the salesforce.com AppExchange, two out of three businesses that found Convenos Meeting Center on AppExchange, purchased its web conferencing and collaboration tool.

Back From The Dead, On24 Plans IPO

In alarm:clock, excerpted from SF Business Journal

StreamingMedia.com to Present "The Real ROI of Webcasting" Webinar, Sponsored by Limelight Networks and Powered by TalkPoint Technology

TalkPoint, the leading provider of web-based audio and video webcasting solutions, has announced that they will be powering the StreamingMedia.com webinar, "The Real ROI of Webcasting" on September 20th, 2007 at 2:00pm Eastern Time.

Increasing Acceptance of the SaaS Model Fuelling the Growth of the European Web Conferencing Software and Services Market

The European web conferencing software and services markets are seeing substantial growth, driven largely by increasing capabilities and acceptance by users of the Software as a Service (SaaS) model, coupled with the ongoing efforts by Microsoft, IBM Lotus and others in delivering real-time, unified collaboration as a viable, on-premise software option.

Monday, September 17, 2007

First Look: Google Docs...Now With Presentations

By Harry McCracken in PC World's Techlog

ClearMeeting Delivers No Frills Web Conferencing for Salesforce.com’s AppExchange

Salesforce.com customers and partners can now deploy ClearMeeting™ SA directly within Salesforce

Cisco to Bring WebEx to Channel Via Agent Model

By Jennifer Hagendorf Follett on CRN ChannelWeb Network

Insight24 Unveils Redesigned Site With Enhanced Web 2.0 Features to Increase Users' Interactivity, Engagement and Experience

Insight24's Rapidly Growing Content Syndication Network to Reach Over Eight Million Users

A recipe for connection

Technology eases way for Web conferencing by small businesses
By Sacha Pfeiffer in the Boston Globe

State Agencies Looking to iLinc Web Conferencing Technology for Training, Collaboration

Arizona, Utah, Oregon, Louisiana Among States Using iLinc Across Multiple Agencies

Thursday, September 13, 2007

ON24, Inc. Sponsors TechTarget's Online ROI Summit

ON24, Inc. will be demonstrating the company's comprehensive suite of webcasting and rich media marketing solutions for IT marketing professionals at TechTarget's Online ROI Summit.

Learn.com Announces the Release Date for the Next Version of the WebRoom Web Conferencing Suite

Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that the company has scheduled the newest release of its WebRoom® Web Conferencing Suite featuring record and playback functionality, for September 16, 2007.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Q&A: WebEx CEO on the web-conferencing challenge

By Rhonda Ascierto in CBR Online

FaceTime to launch unified communications appliance

Unified communications poses perplexing problems for IT managers, but FaceTime's standardized appliance is designed to avoid many common hurdles

By Ephraim Schwartz in InfoWorld

WebEx Delivers Co-Browsing Capabilities to the Millions of Yahoo Instant Messaging Users

IM Plug-In Opens New Market for On-Demand Collaboration Leader

Yugma Collaboration Tool Now Available on Skype Extras and Offers Integration With Skype Calling Features

Yugma™ today announced the launch of their Yugma Skype Edition. The Yugma Skype Edition builds upon Skype's offering by adding real time collaboration and desktop sharing functionality. Yugma has integrated the new functionality in a way that makes it extremely easy for existing Skype users. Once Yugma Skype Edition in installed, simply invite a friend or colleague from your existing Skype contact list, Yugma opens automatically, and sharing begins.

ON24, Inc. Showcases Innovative Webcasting and Rich Media Marketing Solutions at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce 2007

ON24, Inc. will showcase the company's industry leading webcasting and rich media marketing solutions at salesforce.com's Dreamforce 2007, salesforce.com's annual user and developer conference.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

TalkPoint to Power the StreamingMedia.com Webinar, "The Real ROI of Webcasting" on September 20th, 2007

TalkPoint, the leading provider of web-based audio and video webcasting solutions, have announced that they will be powering the StreamingMedia.com webinar, "The Real ROI of Webcasting" on September 20th, 2007 at 2:00pm Eastern Time.

Monday, September 10, 2007

ON24, Inc. Expands International Presence with New Beijing Offices

Worldwide Broadband Growth Spurs Demand for Sophisticated Webcasting and Rich Media Marketing Solutions for Global Interactive Marketing Initiatives

IMD Delivers Relevant Management and Business Research to 180 Member Companies Worldwide via Live Video Webcasts Powered by ON24

Global Leader in Webcasting and Rich Media Marketing Solutions Provides Exemplary Customer Service and Reliable Webcasting for International Companies

WebEx Makes the Web a Better Place to Meet with the Launch of Fall 2007 Web Collaboration Suite

New On-Demand Collaboration Platform Provides Automated Retention Capabilities for Web Meeting Sessions

Digital Dialogue Revs Up at Top Firms

12th AmLaw Tech survey shows Am Law 200 firms are connecting with more use of online collaboration and wireless tools

Finervista Surpasses a Milestone of 15,000 business Webinars in its Searchable Index

Following a highly successful launch, Finervista Inc. today announced that the number of business Webinars in its index has grown beyond 15,000.

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Webinar: Hold none on unlikely phrase

By Richard Creed on journalnow.com

Friday, September 7, 2007

Tech cos too think below-the-line

Innovative marketing is no longer the forte of FMCG companies and youth brands with tech companies too thinking below-the-line.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

FreeConference® Launches Beta of SharePlus™ Desktop Sharing

New Level of Web Collaboration Now Available

WebEx chief shrugs off Google's online slideshows

WebEx Communications' chief executive is unfazed by the prospect of Google launching new online presentation-creation software, which is expected as early as this week.
By Rhonda Ascierto in CBR

Bright Ideas for Webinars

By Brett Burney in Law Technology News

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

New Eyetracking Heatmap: 6 Ways to Get More Webinar Sign-Ups

By Anne Holland, Content Director - MarketingSherpa

Persony Launches Web Conferencing 2.0 at Office 2.0 Conference

Persony launches next generation of private label web and video conferencing solution for businesses and service providers.

Integration center connects DOD members

by Capt. Larry van der Oord
Global Cyberspace Integration Center Public Affairs
in Air Force Link

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

WebAssist and ConnectSolutions Broaden Adobe Connect Professional Reach through Partnership

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

Monday, September 3, 2007

Tele-efficiency launches a unified conferencing solution: audio-video-WEBconference

Many years of running voice messaging and electronic mail, we have lost sight that essential communications happens during real time and not differed time.

Friday, August 31, 2007

Retravision does web meetings

The 50 member IT team, spread across Australia and New Zealand, meets monthly on WebEx
By Sandra Rossi Sydney in ComputerWorld

Web Conferencing Update

At The Nexus Of VoIP, Video, IM & Group Chat Lies Web Conferencing
By Will Kelly in Processor

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

How Email Series + Personalized Landing Page Lifted Webinar's ROI by 2000%

Webinars are a dime a dozen, so marketers need to rely on other tactics to get registrants who might actually convert into a client. Anecdotal evidence shows that a way to improve response rates is to use personalized landing pages with prefilled forms.

ON24, Inc. Finalist for Streaming Media Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards

Global Leader of Webcasting and Rich Media Marketing Solutions Nominated for Best Webcast Platform Category

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

True Conferencing Offering Fantasy Football Fans

$30.00 worth of Absolutely Free Conferencing

Monday, August 27, 2007

iLinc Web Conferencing Customers Reduce CO2 Emissions by One Billion Pounds

iReduce™ Program Delivers Tool to Measure Environmental Benefits of Web Conferencing

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Web Conferencing Services Market Heats Up

Given the recent moves by IBM, Cisco and Google, are more acquisitions in the works

By Paula Musich on eWeek.com

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

IBM Launches Family of Unified Communications and Collaboration Software

Today at the VoiceCon 2007 conference, IBM unveiled the next phase of its unified communication and collaboration (UC2) strategy by expanding its IBM Lotus Sametime software into a product family that will include new telephony integration software.

IBM Acquires WebDialogs to Expand Web Conferencing Capabilities in Industry-Leading Lotus Sametime

IBM today announced it has acquired WebDialogs, Inc., a Billerica, Massachusetts-based, privately held provider of Web conferencing and communications services, with more than 500,000 users worldwide.

13 New Web-conferencing Solutions Tested by Vendor-independent Portal

webconferencing-test.com, the vendor-independent Website to test and review collaboration and online-meeting tools, has put a further thirteen products through their paces.

Microsoft Sets Launch Date For Voice And Video Software

Bill Gates and Jeff Raikes will help introduce Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator 2007, and Microsoft Live Meeting. By Paul McDougall in InformationWeek

Microsoft Sets Date to Launch Next Generation of Unified Communications Software

A webcast with Microsoft Corp. executives to highlight the general availability of Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 and Microsoft Office Live Meeting, part of Microsoft’s unified communications portfolio, which also includes Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

LiteScape Makes IP Telephony More Productive with WebEx Collaboration

LiteScape to demonstrate UC Applications that integrate WebEx with IP telephony at VoiceCon

IBM Taps Polycom to Extend its Unified Communications Presence

By Erik Linask, Associate Editor, Internet Telephony magazine

Monday, August 20, 2007

iLinc Retains Halliburton Investor Relations to Direct IR Program

iLinc Communications, Inc., a leading developer of Web conferencing software and audio conferencing solutions, today announced it has retained Dallas-based Halliburton Investor Relations to manage the Company’s investor relations program.

Polycom Adds Rich Media Conferencing to IBM Lotus Sametime and Lotus Notes for On-Demand Desktop Collaboration

Integrated platform provides "Click-to-Call" and "Click-to-Conference" voice, video and unified conferencing

Cypress provides top law firm next-generation communications

Reliability and productivity from multimedia applications, cost are key benefits

Friday, August 17, 2007

U of T updates Web conferencing tool

By Kathleen Lau in ComputerWorld Canada

Thursday, August 16, 2007

VRMeetings, Inc. and NTT-IT Of Japan, Partner to Launch MeetingPlaza, an on Demand and Unified Collaborative Web Conferencing Solution in the US

VRMeetings and NTT-IT launch MeetingPlaza, and on demand video conferencing solution capable of linking up to 32 simultaneous users, with full collaborations features.

PrecisionIR™ Group Announces Purchase of Vodium

Adds More Rich Media and Custom Production Services to PrecisionIR’s Vcall® Streaming Media Communications Solution

Second Wind and ReadyTalk Team to Offer Service to Members

Second Wind, the advertising industry information resource for smaller and midsize advertising, graphic design, public relations and marketing firms, has teamed up with ReadyTalkSM, a national provider of audio and web conferencing services.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

State of Arizona Turns to iLinc to Power Online Meetings, Training

State Agencies See iLinc Web Conferencing Technology as Critical to Cost Savings, Employee Productivity and Green Initiatives

University launches ePresence Interactive Media 4.0

Newest version offers user portal, web conferencing

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Finervista Inc. launches a new vertical-search Website for online business events, webcasts, and seminars

Following a successful Beta, Finervista Inc. today launched a new vertical-search Website for online business events, webcasts, and seminars, also known as webinars.

Monday, August 13, 2007

Digital conferencing helps build relationships

By Erin Biba on BtoB Online

Onstream Media Corporation Reports Fiscal 2007 Third Quarter Results

Company Reports Record Quarterly Revenue and Improved Operating Cash Flow

Call to order

Live Webcasts and indexed archives of meetings put municipal governments in touch with citizens

By Michell S. Haase in GCN

Friday, August 10, 2007

WebEx Plants Trees to Raise Green Awareness

By Erik Linask, Associate Editor, Internet Telephony magazine

Hands-on: Elluminate Live v8 enhances Web interaction

By Mike Heck in InfoWorld Test Center Daily