Monday, April 30, 2007

ON24 Inc. Awarded California Multiple Award Schedule Contract

Streamlines Procurement of ON24 Webcasting Solutions by California State and Local Agencies

PresenterNet Launches New Era of Online Advertising Technology

PresenterNet, provider of online interactive Web presentation applications, today demonstrated Advertising Showrooms, a new technology that delivers online messaging distinctly different from all other Internet media.

BRAINSHARK EXPANDS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OFFERINGS

Rapid Results Programs and Best Practices Workshops Help Companies Optimize Results of Marketing, Sales, Training, and Corporate Communications Initiatives

Announcing ReadyTalk Web Seminar Series Events for May

May lineup to feature seven complimentary events on sales training, marketing, hiring, effective communications and active living

InterCall and Reliance Form Partnership to Improve Call Quality and Conferencing Capacity

InterCall and Reliance Form Partnership to Improve Call Quality and Conferencing Capacity

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Acrobat Connects Users in a Flash

By Troy Dreier in Intranet Journal

Friday, April 27, 2007

Cisco's Acquisition Of WebEx Will Make It Software 'Seller'

By Donna Howell, Investor's Business Daily

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Accelerating Growth On the Web with A Simpler Approach to Real-time Collaboration

Small Business Can Accelerate Growth On the Web with A Simpler, Better Approach to Real-time Collaboration

By Brett Caine, Citrix Online in dBusinessNews Los Angeles

Central Desktop Wins Entretech PricewaterhouseCoopers Entrepreneurial Spirit Award

Central Desktop, the award-winning collaboration platform today announced it has been awarded the inaugural Entretech PricewaterhouseCoopers Entrepreneurial Spirit Award.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Bow Communications Announces Breakthrough Conference Calling Services

Bow Communications announces unique partnerships with the conferencing industries highest rated service providers. Education is the key to increased sales and productivity with conference calling services.

Web-enabled support benefits EdgeCAM users worldwide

By Andrew Allcock in Machinery - The home of Production engineering

Citrix Reports First Quarter Revenues of $308 Million

Year-over-year Quarterly Revenue Growth of 18%

Interwise Brings Together Green Experts and Tech Innovators to Discuss Environmentally Responsible Business Practices

Business and IT Managers Invited to Attend Free Web Seminar on Thursday, 3 May 2007 at 2pm GMT / 9am EST

Research and Markets: New Report Discusses and Analyzes Cisco’s Strategies for the Small Business Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Inflexion Point: Random Thoughts on Cisco’s Small Business Ambitions...and WebEx" to their offering.

Google Eyes Web Conferencing

At a recent tech conference, Google's director of corporate development, Salman Ullah, said that he looks for "really crazy" acquisitions. I'm not yet sure whether the latest of Google's numerous deals, its buyout of Marratech, fits in that category.

By Tom Taulli in The Motley Fool

WebEx Announces First Quarter 2007 Financial Results

For the first quarter of 2007, revenue was $107.2 million, an increase of 21% compared to $88.5 million in the first quarter of 2006.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Cisco Announces Extension of Tender Offer for WebEx

Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced that it is extending its previously announced tender offer for all outstanding shares of WebEx Communications, Inc. until 12:00 Midnight, New York City time, on Monday, May 7, 2007 (which is the end of the day on May 7, 2007).

Convenos Joins the Charter Class of Salesforce.com’s AppExchange Incubator

Web collaboration service provider continues to accelerate success with Salesforce customers

Monday, April 23, 2007

Readytalk to show how to Boost Sales Leads Through Web Seminars

Effective maximization of marketing ROI will be focus of complimentary Web Seminar Series event

Demo Locally, Deliver Globally

Five Key Factors for Delivering a Successful Online Demo

SAP and Adobe Join Forces for Virtual Learning

Companies Advance Rapid Training with New SAP Enterprise Learning Environment, Combining Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional with SAP Learning Solution

Friday, April 20, 2007

Google brings video conferencing to its Office

By Dan Farber and Larry Dignan in ZDNet blog "Between the Lines"

Video May Come To Google Talk

Google's acquisition of Swedish-based Marratech, a video conferencing software company, should lead into Google Talk becoming more competitive with eBay's Skype and other services.

By David Utter on WebProNews

Google purchases Marratech conferencing software

Google has acquired the flagship software product of video-conferencing start-up Marratech, leading many to believe that conferencing software may become the next addition to Google's growing office suite.

By Caroline McCarthy on CNet News.com

WebEx Honored With Supplier of the Year Award From Boeing

WebEx, the leading provider of on-demand applications for collaborative business, today announced that it has received the prestigious Boeing Supplier of the Year award for non-production suppliers.

Google Acquires Marratech For Web Conferencing

By Mike Gotta in the Collaborative Thinking blog

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Citrix Online Wins Two Prestigious Codie Awards for GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar

On-demand Applications Recognized for “Simpler is Better” Approach to Empowering Business Productivity

Talant Launches New Webinar Optimization Event

Optimizing Webinar Investment and Improving Lead Generation Results

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

WINDOW COVERINGS UNIVERSITY ONLINE SWITCHES FROM WEBEX TO LEARN.COM’S WEBROOM WEB CONFERENCING SUITE

Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that Window Coverings University Online, an educational institution for window fashions business owners, sales consultants, and design professionals, located in Bethesda, MD, has switched from WebEx to Learn.com’s WebRoom™ Web conferencing suite.

AccuConference Releases Downloadable Freebie for Teleconferencers

New Outlook plugin schedules conference calls and issues automatic reminders.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

ADDING and REPLACING ThinkEngine Helps GoConference Expand their Brand with added Conferencing Features

Release 2.5 of the VSR1000's Reservationless Conferencing drives new functionality and richer conferencing experiences for GoConferencing clients.

Are we making the most of web conferencing?

By James Murray in Green Business News blog

Climate Call Puts Green Conferencing at Top of the Agenda

Green conferencing specialist, Climate Call (http://www.climatecall.co.uk), has the remedy to unnecessary business travel and its impact on global warming.

Does WebEx change the Cisco model?

Cisco's acquisition of WebEx is in many ways is startling. Cisco makes network gear, and WebEx is a consumer of network technology. The apparent disconnect has created all kinds of speculation on the motivation behind the deal, and the big question is whether WebEx is an indicator, or even a driver, of a major change in the Cisco model -- and if so, to what?

From Computer News Middle East

Monday, April 16, 2007

ON24 Inc. and King Fish Media Announce Strategic Partnership

King Fish to resell ON24 webcasting solutions and provide project management and professional services for ON24 clients

Saturday, April 14, 2007

YouTube model meets BTB Web casts on new site

By Chantal Tode in DMNews online version.

Friday, April 13, 2007

Citrix Systems to Announce First Quarter 2007 Financial Results on Wednesday, April 25

Citrix Systems, Inc., the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced that it plans to report financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007 on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 after the close of the market.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

TalkPoint to Exhibit Webcasting and Webinar Technology for Publishers at the Min Day Summit

TalkPoint, the leading provider of Webcasting and Webinars for the publishing industry, today announced that they will be exhibiting their solutions as part of the Min Day Summit on April 19th, 2007 at the Grand Hyatt in New York.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

RHUB releases TurboMeeting 3.0 Web Conferencing solution for Macintosh

RHUB Communications, Inc., provider of the advanced Web conferencing solution, TurboMeeting, announced the release of version 3.0 with support for Apple Macintosh computers.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

MegaMeeting.com Video Conferencing Allows Novum Structures, LLC to Meet Simultaneously with Germany, China and Florida Offices

Never before has it been easier and more cost effective for Novum Structures, LLC to conduct meetings with their international and local offices.

Citrix Online Helps CPAs Speed Up Tax Returns with Real-time Access and Collaboration

In the Final Frenzy, Simpler, Better Online Collaboration Solves Time and Distance Dilemma: "Everything Just Zooms!"

Monday, April 9, 2007

AMEDISYS INC. SWITCHES FROM SABA'S CENTRA TO LEARN.COM'S WEBROOM WEB CONFERENCING SUITE

Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that Amedisys Inc., with headquarters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has switched from Saba’s Centra® to Learn.com’s WebRoom™ Web conferencing suite.

ON24, Inc. Launches Rich Media Network for Business and Technology Professionals

Insight24 Delivers Thousands of Webcasts, Podcasts, Corporate Videos, Online Demos and More in Over 30 Business and Technology Categories

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

WEBDIALOGS ANNOUNCES PUBLIC BETA FOR UNYTE MEETING

Spring '07 version delivers complete "multimedia minutes" by adding videocasting to its unified conferencing service

RHUB Releases TurboMeeting 3.0 Web Conferencing Solution With HT

Hybrid Technology (HT) Provides Both Fully Interactive (Download Required) With View Only (No Download) in the Same Meeting

Onstream Media to Participate in GSA’s Networx Universal Contract as part of the Qwest Team

Historic Networx Program is the Largest Federal Telecommunications Acquisition Program To-Date

Monday, April 2, 2007

Meetings in a virtual world

Top trends for event planners to watch

By Corbin Ball in the Worcester Business Journal.

Interwise Connect Achieves "Avaya Compliant" Status

Interwise Allows Businesses to Advance their Unified Communications Initiatives with Highly-Scalable, Avaya-Compatible Conferencing and Collaboration

New deal on collaboration

Last month’s round of big technology deals sent some interesting signals.

By Wyatt Kash in Government Computer News