Thursday, July 16, 2009

Worldwide Online Collaboration Services to Grow to $7.1B

CSP Market Continues Near-Term Growth While Long-Term, New Services Disrupt Traditional Models

Enter Packetel’s Web Conference Bloopers Contest and Win a New iPhone

Use web conference gaffes as the ticket to win a new iPhone. Contest entries are being accepted through July 31, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

LearningWare Looks to Create the Ultimate Webinar Experience With Engaging Software Solution

Today's marketplace calls for new AllPlay Web product to make Webinars more interactive and produce measurable results.

Persony Announces Support for the Application Packaging Standard (APS), Providing Free Web Conferencing through Cloud Services Providers

APS simplifies deployment of Persony web conferencing to cloud customers

Carlsbad Web Conference Provider Offers to Help Bail Out Small Business

U.S. Bailout Money Is Not Helping Small Business - Company Declares "Help Is on the Way"

VIA3 CEO Challenges Microsoft Live Meeting to Web Conferencing "Taste Test"

Google isn't the only software company ready to take Microsoft products head on...

Monday, July 13, 2009

The Three Ps of Webinar Production

By Richard Morris on MeetingNews.com

inteliCall Launches Web Conferencing and Online Meetings for the Apple iPhone

Conferencing Users Can Enjoy the Consumer-Friendliness of the iPhone While Keeping High End Mobile Business Communications Fully Available.

Friday, July 10, 2009

New Website Launch by Fly Conferencing Aimed at Saving Businesses Money on Conference Calls and Web Meetings

Fly Conferencing's new website flyconferencing.com offers frequent flyer discounts and special offers for on-the-go conference calls and web meetings. Free trial offered for new customers.

Elluminate and Desire2Learn Announce Seamless Integration

Provides Single-click Access to Powerful, Real-time, Interactive Virtual Classroom from Learning Environment

Thursday, July 9, 2009

WorkCast Releases New Version of Webcast Manager for Online Business Webcast Production and Distribution

The WorkCast Corporation, a leading supplier of Webcasting solutions, today released the latest version of its unique on line webcasting solution, Webcast Manager. The solution allows users to create, edit, manage, control and distribute effective business webcasts and webinars in one affordable solution.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

The Conference Group Waives Fee for Recording Web Conferences

By Patrick Barnard on TMCnet.com

iLinc Provides Update on Sales Model and Outlook

SaaS Model Providing Record Subscription Revenue and Customer Growth

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Industry Innovators Will Gather at Wainhouse Research Collaboration Futures Summit

Ninth Annual North American Summit to Explore Trends Influencing the Next Generation of Conferencing & Collaboration Technology

Web Conferencing for Small and Medium Business; An Interview with VIACK CEO Brian Hodges

Business affairs writer Leslie Carter sat down with Brian Hodges in Denver, Colorado following a speech to small business owners on the current state of “Teleworking”.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Sonic Foundry Receives Frost & Sullivan 2009 World Market Leadership Award for Lecture Capture Solutions

For the second consecutive year, top analyst firm names Sonic Foundry market leader in rapid-growth market

Streamlogics Acquired by Thomson Reuters

Effective July 1, 2009, the Streamlogics business has been acquired by Thomson Reuters

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

omNovia Adds Twitter Integration to its Web Conference Platform

omNovia Technologies announced that its Web Conference Platform now offers an integrated Twitter module that allows presenters and/or attendees to send tweets to their followers directly from the omNovia Web Conference system. The company also added a new feature to its Event Manager to schedule automated tweets to promote online events. omNovia is the first web conference provider to offer integrations with social networking websites. And, as the demand for social networking increases, other web conference providers are likely to follow omNovia's suit.

Cisco to Expand Mobile Collaboration Features

Cisco will tackle the mobile world over the next year with a series of new features to bring smartphones into business communications, the head of the company's software group said at the Cisco Live conference on Wednesday.
By Stephen Lawson in CIO

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Making Web Meetings Work

By Vince Thompson on smartplanet.com

State of North Carolina Issues Contract for Adobe Web Conferencing Services

Carahsoft Technology Corp., a leading government IT solutions provider, today announced that it has been awarded a three-year contract for Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro web conferencing services by the State of North Carolina.

Viack Corporation Receives 2009 Best of Scottsdale Award for Software Development of VIA3

Viack Corporation has been selected for the 2009 Best of Scottsdale Award in the Computer Software Development category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

Silicon Valley Small Business Owner Increases Sales of Gift Baskets Through Technology

It's no surprise the technology is coming from Silicon Valley but the fact it's coming from a gift basket company is capturing the attention of many potential customers.

VIA3 Releases Intelligent Recording (IntelliRecord) Feature for VIA3 Web Conferencing

VIA3 announced the immediate availability of their new industry leading intelligent recording (IntelliRecord) feature for VIA3 web conferencing.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Inner-office travel: How online conferencing can help save the planet

By Shermakaye Bass on KABC-TV Green Living

Webinars Are the Virtual Media Format of Today

By Shaila Mentore on minonline.com

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Business Expert Webinars Launches Corporate eLearning Training Program

Business Expert Webinars (BEW), the leading provider of business eLearning, announced it has launched a new offering focused on helping companies develop their employees in difficult economic times.

Frost & Sullivan: Economic Downturn Triggers Buoyancy in Conferencing Services Market in Western Europe

The market for conferencing services in Europe remains a place of both opportunity and challenge with a complex picture emerging out of regional differences of legacy, new technology and media type adoption across the continent.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Beginners Tool for Web Conferencing Saves Money on First Use

Web application developer telepark today unveiled its new low-cost entry tool for Web Conferencing, called "teamslide". teamslide lets presenters show slides and images live to up to 20 viewers simultaneously over the web. teamslide is unique in it's ease-of-use and the fact, that it does not require any browser plug-in's to work. It's such a powerful, low-cost solution, that it pays for itself on first use in saved travel expenses.

MSS Technologies Going Green with iLinc

MSS Technologies, has selected iLinc, a web conferencing service provider, as an integral component for collaboration and as a communication platform between customers, prospects and consultants.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Serotek Releases Accessible Event

New Service Brings Group Meetings, Webinars and Lectures to the Deaf and Blind

Video saves time and travel

By Julia Talevski on theage.com.au

Monday, June 22, 2009

Breaking down the laptop wall with conferencing software

By Christopher Dawson on ZDNet Education

Sunday, June 21, 2009

RHUB's Web meeting service is affordable

By David Radin in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Friday, June 19, 2009

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Web conferencing portal removes Yugma from ranking – in light of company wind-down

The vendor-independent portal www.webconferencing-test.com is to remove Yugma from its ranking list. The decision comes after the site's operators, Publicare, receive notification of a planned shut-down.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

InstantPresenter Announces New Features for Enhanced Webinar Delivery

InstantPresenter.com, a leading provider of web conferencing, video conferencing and webinar service announces new features and upgrades to its service. These new features give greater capabilities to existing customers, allowing them to streamline their webinar delivery and derive further value from their InstantPresenter service. Among the new features are expanded Question & Answer capabilities, a more in depth Polling feature and easier to create Registration Forms and Surveys.

Online Course at the Wharton School Reaches More Than 50,000 Students and Alumni via Mediasite

Online course on Economic and Financial Crisis delivered to desktops around the world

HP Helps Customers Boost Productivity with New Video Collaboration Offerings

Company aligns HP Halo unit within HP ProCurve Networking business

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

IGSM Announced Its Intention to Offer a Full Product Suite of Distance Learning and Customer Interaction Services

Products will provide a single provider solution for distance learning, corporate training and motivational training, etc. IGSM plans on providing the architecture to deliver webinars, conference services.

Intelicall unveils "triple play" conference calling with free web conferencing & desktop video

Launch of InteliCall Meeting Center, a Fully Integrated Audio, Web & Video Global Conferencing Platform. Revolutionary pricing model promises to transform the industry

Netviewer aims to outshine WebEx in Europe

By Phil Wainewright on ZDNet blogs

ReadyTalk Launches Conference Center 3.2

ReadyTalk, a leader in integrated audio and Web conferencing services, announces the launch of its Conference Center 3.2 service.

Sonic Foundry Introduces Mediasite 5.1 for Advanced Lecture Capture

Latest enhancements include lecture capture’s first fully Silverlight-based Players, automated closed captioning and streamlined course scheduling

Dimdim's interactive tools: a game-changer in web conferencing

By Sam Diaz on ZDNet blogs

Adobe Preps New Acrobat.com Services to Battle Google in Collaboration

By Clint Boulton on eWeek.com

Citrix Online Brings SMBs Into the Virtual Meeting Room

By Jack Germain in E-Commerce Times

Monday, June 15, 2009

Netviewer Enables Free Online Support

Now for Free for Private Users: Web Conferences Facilitate Remote Control and Rapid Assistance for Computer Problems

The American Marketing Association Forms Strategic Partnership with ReadyTalk

Agreement designed to benefit AMA and its members by providing the resources and customer support to build successful webcasts and podcasts.

Saudi Telecom Becomes First Cisco WebEx Authorised Partner in Middle East

Leading National Provider of Telecommunication Services First to Deliver Webex Collaboration Technology in the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

Onstream Media to Debut iEncode V2, a Self-Administered Webcasting Solution at InfoComm 09

Will introduce the latest enhancements to its self-administered webcasting solution – iEncode

A Virtual Events Pro with a Decade of Experience Reveals Tips on Building Your Virtual Events Team

By Michael Doyle on VE Newswire

Friday, June 12, 2009

EduComm 2009 Selects Sonic Foundry as Conference Webcasting Partner

Attendees will have access to Mediasite catalog of all conference sessions

ConferencePlus Adds WebEx Web Conference Recordings and Event Manager Registrations to Content Management Service

ConferencePlus, a global conferencing service provider, announced the latest release of Share Portal, an online content management service for conferencing. This release adds the capability to securely store, publish and share WebEx web conference recordings and Event Manager event registrations through the content management tool. The expanded functionality bolsters the Share Portal offering which already includes audio recordings and Microsoft Office Live Meeting web conference recordings.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Role of Streaming Media in the Future of Virtual Events

Virtual Edge and Stream57 Collaborate to Educate and Inform on a Rapidly Changing Industry

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

New Fuze Meeting Application Now Available for Free Download on the App Store

Online and Mobile Meeting Service Lets Users See HD Video and Share Their Desktop From the iPhone

Webcasting On-the-Fly to be Launched By Onstream at InfoComm 09

Webcasting is taking shape as one of the seminal killer apps of this decade, and Onstream Media is taking the powerful online broadcasting medium a step further with the launch of its new self-administering, on-the-fly webcasting solution called iEncode.

Web Conferencing is the New "Face Time" DoConference is the New Face

Web based, or virtual meetings, are changing the way companies communicate. As travel costs rise in a slowing economy, many are looking for ways to reduce conventional travel, lower operating expenses, and reduce their carbon footprint. Rescott LLCs new DoConference web conferencing platform meets the needs of the business and education market with an easy to use but feature-rich platform.

Cisco WebEx Meeting Center for iPhone

Recent update resolves earlier limitations for mobile WebEx client
By Dale Gardner on Macworld.com

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

NEC Introduces Video & Web Collaboration Solutions for Enterprise & SMB

UCE Collaboration offers robust features for large organizations; Hosted Collaboration offers affordable service-based solution for SMBs

VIA3 CEO Calls Out WebEx Pay-Per-Use Meetings "Price Gouging"

In a speech to a user group in San Jose, VIA3 CEO Neil Woodruff pointed out a glaring discrepancy in web conferencing pricing between VIA3 and Cisco WebEx's "Pay-Per-Use" meeting model

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Copper Conferencing Partners With Dave Riveness for the Business Webinar Series

Free Online Learning Series for Business Professionals

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Dimdim Adds Best-of-Breed Web Conferencing To Intuit Partner Platform

Millions of Small Business Users Can Now Access Dimdim’s Easy, Open and Affordable Web Conferencing Solution

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Meeting Producer.com announces proposal incentives for Convention and Meeting Planners

Meeting Producer.com has launched as internet's best resource for Meeting Producers who are skilled in the production and execution of Business Meetings, Conferences and Conventions across the USA and abroad

Monday, June 1, 2009

Starr Tincup releases thought leadership piece

"Webinars - 'Cause the Airport Ramada Just Ain't Cuttin' It" is available to the public at http://crunk.starrtincup.com/webinars.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Report: SaaS Based Web Conferencing Popular In South America

By Vivek Naik on TMCnet.com

VIA3 CEO Challenges WebEx to Web Conferencing "Taste Test"

Buoyed by a recent usability lab test which showed VIA3 favored over WebEx 7 to 1, VIA3 CEO Neil Woodruff has formally challenged WebEx to a "Taste Test" between the two rival products.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Learn to use software from a lab, or from your office

By Simon Ducatel in the Vulcan Advocate

Cisco Highlights the Power of Sharing Ideas through International Charitable Giving Program for Teachers Without Borders

Share ideas online to help global non-profit organization and possibly win free Cisco WebEx online meeting services

Meet the company that WebEx hates

VIA3 making waves in competitive web conferencing market

VIA3 Offering One Month Of Free Web Conferencing To Anyone On Earth

30 Day Web Conferencing Trial Eclipses Rivals Like WebEx and GoToMeeting

Boston Conference to Focus on the Future of Enterprise Conferencing and Collaboration

Wainhouse Research recently announced the theme for the company's ninth annual North American conference -- the Collaboration Futures Summit -- to be held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, MA on July 28 and 29.

Financial Services MLM Franchise Taking Off With Web Conferencing Technologies

When Micah Moore was trying to grow his MLM financial consulting franchise beyond his ring of friends and family, he realized that the major stopper for him was effective and efficient communication.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Media Seminar Online Triples Audience

An online media seminar at Concordia Lutheran Seminary included viewers from across Canada and the U.S. More online sessions are planned.
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Goodbye, Brick and Mortar. Small Businesses Are Going Virtual!

When ShapiraMedia CEO Isaac Shapira closed his trendy headquarters (complete with all the "dot-com trimmings"), it was actually a sign of prosperity and productivity to come.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Michelle Obama's Only University Commencement Address Streamed Live via Mediasite

Sonic Foundry's webcasting services link University of California Merced's milestone event to the world

DIMDIM RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS 2009 WEBWARE 100 AWARD

Dimdim Ranks among Leading Vendors in the Web 2.0 / Communications Space

Dimdim is "brighter" Web conferencing choice for small Canadian firms

Today, 2.2 million people use Dimdim's online conferencing tool, many of them staff or clients of Canadian small firms. One such user shares why Dimdim is the right and bright choice for his online tutoring company.
By Nestor E. Arellano on itbusiness.ca

Vulnerability in WebEx ActiveX control

By Angela Moscaritolo in SC Magazine

Monday, May 18, 2009

Friday, May 15, 2009

Onstream Media Corporation Reports Fiscal 2009 Second Quarter Financial Results

Onstream Media Corporation, an online service provider of live and on-demand internet video, announced today its financial results for the second fiscal quarter, the three months ended March 31, 2009.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Webcast Global predicts a growth in its market

By Aled Blake on WalesOnline.co.uk

University of California Selects ReadyTalk As Audio and Web Conferencing Preferred Provider

The University of California, selected ReadyTalk to deliver audio and Web conferencing services for its staff located across its 10 campuses. ReadyTalk, a leader in integrated audio and Web conferencing services will significantly reduce University of California's travel costs while facilitating efficient communications and collaboration among its staff.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Conferencing and Collaboration Strategies

By Richard "Zippy" Grigonis on TMCnet.com

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

RHUB Communications Receives 2009 NGN Leadership Award from NGN Magazine

RHUB's TurboMeeting Web Conferencing and Remote Support Appliance Honored for Outstanding Innovation

A Frost and Sullivan Global Market Leadership Award for Virtual Events Goes to... ON24

By Randy Sands in VE Newswire

Conferencing Market May Get Added Boost from Swine Flu Pandemic

By Patrick Barnard on TMCnet.com

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Live Help Made Easier with LiveLook.

A breakthrough innovation is leading the way in online sales and live support, changing the way customer service operates once again!

Saturday, May 2, 2009

InteleCom Announces the World’s Easiest to Use Web Conferencing Tool, Web 2.0 Communications Suite

InteleCom, Inc., a leading provider of international VoIP communications, who has sold telephones and VoIP service to over 122 countries, announces the release of the MSI Web 2.0 Communications Suite through its subsidiary MySocialIncome.com

Can your business benefit from web conferences?

By Ayny on Ecommerce-journal.com

Friday, May 1, 2009

Avoid Swine Flu: Hold Your Meetings On The Interweb

By Laura Northrup on Consumerist.com

Bridge Talk, in Partnership with ACT Conferencing, Provides High Quality Virtual Conferencing Services in Dubai

Israeli conferencing provider continues to expand its operations outside of Israel

InstantPresenter Adds Video Broadcast

By Khali Henderson on PhonePlusMag.com

Web Commuting Tools Enable Business to Remain Productive - In Spite of Disruptions

The heightened concern over travel today is just the latest example of how companies of all sizes need to be ready for business disruptions - of any kind - that can affect access to the office and in person meetings.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Arkadin Capitalizes on Success and Raises 20 Million Euros

Arkadin, the French leading provider of audio and data conferencing services, today announced a new round of funding led by UFG Private Equity.