Friday, November 16, 2007

How businesses can save money and get greener

By Mike Pryce in the Worcester News

Persony Releases Web Conferencing 2.0 API

Persony web conferencing API allows Web 2.0 services to seamlessly add real-time collaboration.

WebEx looks to ditch direct sales

Web-based conferencing vendor WebEx has revealed it wants to move away from direct sales and become 100 per cent channel friendly.
By Garry Hayes in CRN

Thursday, November 15, 2007

iLinc Marks Continued Growth as it Surpasses Two Million User Milestone

Government, Financial Services, Technology, Education Sectors Among Leading Adapters of Web Conferencing

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Multi User VoIP and Video Cuts Costs and Takes Web Conferences Face-to-face

Netviewer five sets new standards for online meetings

Township Wins Innovation in Governance Award with Granicus Solutions

Municipal Government Expands Records Management with Integrated Streaming Video

Large Research and Development Organization with 10,000 Employees Achieves 155 Percent ROI Webcasting with Mediasite by Sonic Foundry

Case study by leading analyst firm demonstrates increased productivity, reduced teleconferencing and training costs

Infinite Conferencing is Second Onstream Media Division to Announce Record Monthly Revenue During October

October Conferencing Revenue Reaches $700,000, a 24% Increase Over Prior Year

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

WebEx, Oracle Collaborate on Sales Solution

By Troy Dreier on IntranetJournal.com

Whaleback Introduces OrcaMeeting Group Conferencing Service Offering Flat-Rate Audio and Web Conferencing With Unlimited Monthly Minutes

SMBs Can Avoid High-Cost, Pay-As-You-Go Plans and Replace Spikes in Monthly Expenses with a Guaranteed Monthly Fee for a Managed Conferencing Service

Monday, November 12, 2007

Insight24 Announces Simple Syndication Program for Online Publishers and Bloggers

Enables Online Publishers to Easily Add Business and Technology Webcasts, Podcasts, and Videos from Over 32 Categories

Onstream Media's Webcasting Division Achieves Record Monthly Revenue During October

October Webcasting Revenue Reaches $648,000, a 66% Increase Over Prior Year

Webex's MeetMeNow gets video upgrades, MS Office integration

By Josh Lowensohn on Webware.com

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Premiere Global Services Acquires Leading Nordic Conferencing Services Provider

Acquisition of NetConnect’s Meet24 Extends Reach of the PGi Communications Operating System and is Expected to be Accretive to PGI’s Earnings

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Premiere Global Services’ Conferencing Solution Integrated With Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007

Premiere Global Now Offers Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007

PlatformQ Taps Stream57 for Live Streaming Content at CollegeWeekLive Virtual College Fair

Virtual event producer PlatformQ has partnered with Stream57, the leading provider of fully customizable webcasting and rich media solutions for online communications, to deliver live streaming video for CollegeWeekLive, a two-day virtual college fair connecting thousands of high school students with colleges in a live, interactive forum.

ReadyTalk Introduces Podcasting

Turning audio and web conferences into podcasts, users subscribe, then watch and listen on the go.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Insight24 Announces Syndication Partnership with ECT News Network

Provider of Business and Technology Webcasts, Podcasts, and Videos Now Reaches Over 13 Million Monthly Viewers

Vyew Partners With FreeConference to Deliver First Free Integrated Conference Calling and Web Conferencing Services

FreeConference Launches Beta of SharePlus Desktop Sharing

Aperio Networks Launches WebinarWire.com for Web-based Event Marketers, Online Trainers, and Webcast Communications Executives

The Webinar Wire is a new publication to provide online event marketers and producers with industry-contributed opinion, instruction, research and news in the web event services market.

Friday, November 2, 2007

Web Conferencing Systems That Can Save SMBs Time And Money

In CMP ChannelWeb Network

AT&T caps Interwise buy, creates conferencing unit

AT&T reports it has completed its $121 million acquisition of Interwise Inc. and has begun rolling out a new conferencing service based on its products.

In Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology

WebEx dips its toes in the channel

Shift from direct sales follows acquisition by Cisco

From TechCentral.ie

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

ON24 Adds More than 300 New Customers in 2007 and Achieves Major Milestones

Leading Provider of Webcasting and Rich Media Marketing Solutions Launches Beijing offices and Adds Second Datacenter to Support Global Growth

Global Webcasting and Rich Media Leader Stream57 Launches New Online Presence

Stream57, the leading provider of fully customizable webcasting and rich media solutions for online communications, will launch its new company website on Halloween, Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at Stream57.com.

iLinc Web Conferencing Provides Measurable Results for Nation's Leading Mobile Storage Company to Expand Distance Learning

Williams Scotsman Reduces Training Costs by More than 30 percent using LearnLinc

Partners Aim to Make Conferencing Cheap and Simple

Partners Vyew and FreeConference will deliver a click-to-collaborate Web conference service.
By Paula Musich in eWeek.com

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

EventBuilder Completes Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Certification for Audio Conferencing

Encounter Collaborative, the provider of EventBuilder web event management services, today announced that it was the first partner to complete Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 certification for its audio conferencing offerings

Interactive Video Technologies Names Software and Internet Veteran Phillip Whalen as President and CEO

New leadership to expand the company and accelerate industry growth in video webcasting adoption

Mediasite by Sonic Foundry Contributes to 2007 Installation Europe Award For VSB Technical University

University's Information Technology Centre and system integrator Manta Projection Systems selected as Best Education Project

EventBuilder Completes Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Certification for Audio Conferencing

Encounter Collaborative, the provider of EventBuilder web event management services, today announced that it was the first partner to complete Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 certification for its audio conferencing offerings.

The New ABCs of Selling in a Web 2.0 World

By Larry Barrett on InternetNews.com

Monday, October 29, 2007

Glance Networks Debuts Remote Control for Screen Sharing

Glance Networks, Inc., creator of the "one-button-simple" Glance desktop sharing service, today debuted a new lightweight remote control feature.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Web Conferencing - How to engage an audience

By Stephane Guiblin, Netspoke Product Manager, on Bytestart.co.uk

Al Gore provided inspiration for iLinc Green Meter

Software measures amount of carbon dioxide not emitted, thanks to Web-conferencing
By A.S. Berman in the Arizona Business Gazette

Thursday, October 25, 2007

University of Connecticut Health Center Selects Sonic Foundry Services to Webcast International Medical Debate

Webcast will be streamed live via Sonic Foundry’s High-Capacity Streaming Infrastructure

Sonic Foundry Named to Deloitte’s 2007 Technology Fast 500 List

Company achieves 1,363 percent revenue growth in five years

Bell pitches green benefits of conferencing

By Rafael Ruffolo in ComputerWorld Canada

iLinc Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results

Second Quarter Highlights and Recent Events

Netbriefings' Proclaim honored in Streaming Media magazine's Readers' Choice Awards competition

Rich-media video presentation tool recognized as a top webcasting platform

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

ReadyTalk Ranked 3rd Fastest Growing Company in Colorado on Deloitte's 2007 Technology Fast 50

ReadyTalk uses a commitment to their customers to propel themselves to 102nd fastest growing company in North America as ranked in the DeloitteTechnology Fast 500

MEDIA ALERT: ON24, Inc. Exhibits Webcasting and Rich Media Marketing Solutions

ON24, Inc. Exhibits Webcasting and Rich Media Marketing Solutions at MarketingSherpa's Business-to-Business Demand Generation Summit San Francisco

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Accordent Chosen By University of Northern Iowa For Campus-Wide Lecture Capture Platform

Accordent Capture Stations Used for Undergraduate and Graduate Education and Grant-based K-12 Programs with NSF and DoD

ON24 LeadVantage Transfer Now Available on Salesforce.com's AppExchange

Salesforce.com customers can now transfer webcast leads directly to their Salesforce implementations

PrecisionIR Names Beth Carty Vice President of Client Services

Investor Relations Expert will Lead Team Focused on Extending Client Relationships

Monday, October 22, 2007

Commuters Who Choose the Internet over the Interstate Get Relief from Citrix

"Electronic Trips" with GoToMeeting and GoToMyPC Can Reduce Traffic Woes

Demand for Simple Online Collaboration Services Drives Strong Growth for Citrix GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar and GoToAssist

'Simpler is Better' Approach Is Pivotal in Taking Collaboration to the Mainstream

Friday, October 19, 2007

iLinc Adds Software Industry Veteran to Product Development, Technology Team

iLinc Communications, Inc., a leading developer of Web conferencing software and audio conferencing solutions, announced today that Frank Gartland recently joined iLinc as its vice president of product development and technology.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Virtual Meetings: Bridging the Distance Gap

By Katherine Noyes, E-Commerce Times

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

MPs slash carbon footprint through online meeting trial

Month-long trial highlights online tools' ability to slash MPs' travel
By James Murray in BusinessGreen

iLinc Named to Software 500 List by Software Magazine

Web conferencing software provider recognized on global ranking

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.