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.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Virtual Edge Summit 2009 Hosts Top Experts To Outline Powerful Benefits, Trends for 'Hybrid' Physical/Online Events

Leaders in Marketing, Events, Media Relations, Online Community and Customer Retention to Keynote May 28-29 in Santa Clara, CA and in virtual worlds. Speakers at the inaugural Virtual Events Summit 2009 will report on top trends in growing interest in 'hybrid events' - meetings and conferences which extend traditional physical in-person events with a compelling virtual event online component. Presentations will include Case Studies, Product/Technology Demonstrations, Best Practices, Workshops for 'Hybrid' Physical-Virtual Events, and 1-on-1s with top providers, users and analysts. And a limited number of people will be able to attend the virtual meetings free.

Sonic Foundry Announces Winners of Fifth Annual Rich Media Impact Awards

Sonic Foundry, Inc., the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, today announced the winners of the fifth annual Rich Media Impact Awards during UNLEASH 2009, the third annual Mediasite conference.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Growing Number of Academic Institutions Choose Elluminate Solutions Despite Economic Downturn

First Quarter 2009 Closes with Year-to-Year Revenue Growth, Exponential Usage Increase by Existing Customers, and Dozens of New Customers Worldwide

Monday, April 27, 2009

Cisco announces enhancements to WebEx collaborative applications

Intelligent routing to provide global backup for data, audio and video for collaborative applications
On CBR unified_comms

Web Conferencing Urged For Swine Flu Prevention and Assistance

The VIACK Corporation is leading the way for business alternatives, product scholarships, and research donations

Web Conferencing Used as a Form of Swine Flu Prevention

As an alarming number of swine flu cases are making the headlines across the globe, fears are spreading regarding crowded areas and the risk of traveling. Officials are scrambling to find a swine flu vaccine, while in the meantime Mikogo is urging the uptake of web conferencing in order to keep traveling to a minimum and prevent further spreading and infection.

omNovia Web Conference Announces Compatibility with Microsoft Internet Explorer 8

omNovia Technologies, Inc. announced that its web conference platform is compatible with the newly released browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. Presenters and attendees will continue to utilize all features of the omNovia Web Conference in the new Microsoft browser without the need for any upgrades. omNovia is ready to fully support its clients who may choose to upgrade to this new browser technology.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Persony Releases Free iPhone Web Conferencing App on iTunes

Persony's Touch Meeting App allows anyone to host or attend a web meeting with an iPhone from anywhere in the world.

Personal technology: Seats at the virtual table

By Paul Taylor in The Peninsula

Thursday, April 23, 2009

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 friend and family, he realized that the major stopper for him was effective and efficient communication.

Arkadin's Global Growth is on the Rise

Arkadin, a global audio and web conferencing provider, has experienced organic growth and sustainable performance since it's 2001 inception. Even in the current economic situation companies are turning to Arkadin's remote collaboration services to help reduce costs and increase efficiencies.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Business eLearning Firm Reaches One-Year Anniversary

Business Expert Webinars (BEW), the leading provider of business eLearning courses, announced its one-year anniversary today.

Stream57 Selected by American Business Media for Monthly Webcasts

Stream57, the leading provider of fully customizable webcasting and streaming media communications, has been selected by American Business Media (ABM), the global association of business information companies, to provide video webcasting capabilities for monthly ABM member events.

Copper Conferencing Announces Lisa Niederman and Lis Mackenzie Kick Off the Leadership Track of The Business Webinar Series

Free Webinar Learning Series for Business Professionals

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

RHUB Communications Establishes Strategic Distribution Channel for North America

TurboMeeting Now Available Through Ingram Micro

Mikogo: Cross-Platform Screensharing

By Imran Ali on Web Worker Daily

Little Company Innovates To Go Global

Dr. Jim Sellner and George Noroian, MBA(Stanford) and former US Foreign Service have partnered with California-based ConferTel to provide e-learning to 55,000 members of Chambers of Commerce.

Duke University Pratt School of Engineering Launches Online Learning Program, Becomes 1,500th Mediasite Customer

Streaming online courses engages modern students, deepens relationships with key constituencies

Monday, April 20, 2009

Stream57 Delivers Industry-First Simulcast for Ziff Davis Enterprise

Stream57, the leading provider of fully-customizable webcasting and streaming media communications, has helped publishing leader Ziff Davis Enterprise, B2B technology's trusted information and marketing resource, launch an industry first online webcast that successfully bridges the gap between digital and face-to-face events with the introduction of the Custom Event Simulcast.

Legal training takes off on the Web

By John Reinan on MinnPost.com

Planning a webinar... where do you start?

On Marketing Insights

Small Business Using Web Conferencing for Effective Corporate Communications

In 2005, Russell Carter realized that his small cleaning business had outgrown the shoestring methods of doing corporate communication; phone calls, snail mail, fax, and physical visitations.

By Brian Back on PowerHomeBiz.com

Friday, April 17, 2009

VIA3 from Viack Awarded Best of Class Web Conferencing Solution

The Web Conferencing Council has named VIA3 from Viack as the “Best of class” in their 2009 Vendor Awards and Recommendations

Thursday, April 16, 2009

BeaconLive Launches Redesigned, Robust Website To Match Its Robust Audio & Web Conferencing Solutions

As of this week, BeaconLive customers and website visitors will enjoy a more contemporary and robust website experience--one that will match the robust capabilities of BeaconLive's audio conferencing and web conferencing solutions.

Verizon Introduces New One-Stop Web Portal for Small Businesses Across America

Redesigned 'Verizon Small Business Center' Offers Unique Array of Advanced, Affordable, Easy-to-Use Online Business Technology Tools Including Web Collaboration, Professional Networking and Online Software

Web conference boost fuels CO2 debate

By Martin Ferguson on ttglive.com

WEBCAST GROUP, INC. ANNOUNCES SPRING 2009 COMMENCEMENT WEBCAST SPECIAL

Connecting Families With Their Graduates

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

RHUB Communications’ Turbomeeting Appliance Selected As One Of The 'Top Ten Test Center Products' By The CRN Test Center

The Company’s award-winning Web conferencing solution chosen as a “favorite” technology product by the CRN Test Center Lab

Nokia sees easy meat with Easy Meet

Dump snaps on friends and relatives from afar By Bill Ray in The Register

PocketMeeting on Your BlackBerry

Attend meetings from your mobile device. It's a new breed of online meeting software.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Copper Conferencing Offers a Free Day of Web and Audio Conferencing for Earth Day

Unique Offer Will Reduce Travel, Save Money and Improve Business Efficiency

Onstream Media Expands Webcasting Services for U.S. Government Agencies

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and U.S. Department of Interior, Mineral Management Service Increase Awareness & Transparency

Georgetown University Webcasts Obama’s ‘A New Foundation for America’ Speech Using Onstream Media’s iEncode

Thousands View the Speech Live Online in Crisp, TV-Like Quality and Many More will Watch the Recorded Broadcast

Monday, April 13, 2009

Cardiometabolic Support Network Uses Cisco WebEx Online Meetings to Deliver Advice and Support to Patients Across the United States

Cisco WebEx Online Meetings Help Obese Patients Achieve Health and Lifestyle Goals While Reducing Overall Service Costs

Meeting-Phobes Beware: $5 Screen-Sharing App Supports BlackBerry

By Kevin C. Tofel on jkOnTheRun.com

Pocket Meeting: A $5 WebEx Killer?

By Marshall Kirkpatrick on ReadWriteWeb.com

Sonic Foundry Names Finalists for Fifth Annual Rich Media Impact Awards

Adding two new awards, company honors organizations transforming the way they learn and work with Mediasite

Accountants Save Time and Improve Client Service by Using Simple Collaboration Tools from Citrix Online

GoToMeeting for Web Conferencing and GoToAssist Express for Computer Tech Support Offer Relief from Traveling to Meetings

Friday, April 10, 2009

Dimdim Opens Up Web Conferencing to Open Source

Pundits say this latest version aims squarely at traditional players including Cisco Systems' WebEx and Citrix's GoToMeeting.

By Christopher Musico on destinationCRM.com

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Stream57 Brings WGBH and WBUR Program 'Project Dropout' to Live Online Audiences

Stream57, the leading provider of fully customizable webcasting and streaming media communications, is pleased to have teamed up with WGBH, the largest producer of PBS prime-time programming and a pioneer in education multimedia, to stream the live television and radio program Project Dropout to a large online audience.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Web conferencing saves 94% on meeting costs; offers eco-friendly solutions

InMotion by Media Solutions drive the trend in the UAE

omNovia Web Conference Bridges Petroleum Technology Professionals To Universities

omNovia Technologies Inc. has been selected to webcast the 2009 Digital Energy Conference organized by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), to be held on April 7 and 8, 2009 at the Marriott Westchase in Houston, Texas. Faculty members and students from 26 top universities around the nation will remotely participate in presentations and panel discussions via omNovia Live.

Web conferencing: A cost-effective option

Web conferencing market for APAC was around 150 to 200 million USD in 2006, which is estimated to grow 5 to 8 times by now
From CIOL.com

Conferencing technology on campus helps Elon community stay connected

By Jake Martin in Elon University's The Pendulum

Monday, April 6, 2009

Webcasting is not cheapcasting

Just because presenting and performing on the web is not mainstream broadcasting doesn't mean it is pocket money production says Geoff Motley. From Broadcastnow.co.uk

Friday, April 3, 2009

Meeting24.tv Keeps Online Meetings Simple

By Serkan Toto in the Washington Post

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Review of Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 7.0 with WebEx Integration

By Tom Keating on TMCnet.com

Copper Conferencing Announces The Business Webinar Series

A Free Online Learning Series for Business Professionals

Dimdim launches v5, price cuts to beat WebEx, Go2Meeting

By Paula Rooney on the ZDNet Linux and Open Source blog

IT Structures Integrates Dimdim to Accelerate Sales Performance

Now more than ever, Virtual Engagement Matters

Dimdim Releases Version 5, Makes Meeting on the Web Easier

New Version Significantly Expands Features and Performance While Saving Customers from Pricier Legacy Solutions

PeerPort and Onstream Media's Infinite Conferencing Division Revolutionize Audio and Web Conferencing Services

WebMeet Community Seamlessly Unites Collaboration and Conferencing Services

Next Generation Technology for Webinars Released

Conference IQ today unveils a next generation web conferencing system, designed to target small businesses, entrepreneurs, and internet marketers. Conference IQ is an affordable, interactive web conferencing platform that has integrated audio, live video, flash technology, screenshare, and more!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

New version of Huddle launches, phone and web conferencing included

Huddle.net today launched a new version of its popular unified collaboration, communication and social networking platform.