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Cisco, Polycom Top Video Conferencing/Telepresence Market

Look for the enterprise video conferencing and telepresence market to more than double by 2015 if you believe a prediction from Infonetics Research.

The researcher’s new report says annual revenue grew 18 percent in 2010 to $2.2 billion worldwide. Doubling by 2015, Infonetics says the market will hit $5 billion.

Due to their versatility, the report says, multi-purpose room systems account for the majority of enterprise video conferencing equipment. Immersive telepresence systems are expected to have the highest growth rates of all video conferencing equipment, and thanks to their low cost and availability on PBXs, software-based endpoints out-ship hardware by a ratio of 10 to one.

Cisco is now No. 1 in the overall enterprise video conferencing market. The company’s acquisition of Tandberg helped it grab 50 percent of revenue last year. Polycom maintains second place in revenue and leads in units shipped.

"Communicating via video continues to be one of the top trends in telecom, as evidenced by strong growth in the enterprise video market," said Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst for enterprise networks and video at Infonetics Research. “Businesses worldwide are looking for richer means of communications with their employees, partners, and customers, and enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence solutions are a natural fit. The biggest winners in the enterprise communications market will be those who offer solutions that are multi-modal, visual (e.g., video-based), and support the collaboration requirements of globally distributed organizations."

Best of Elearning! 2006 Awards

WebEx once again came out on top in the e-learning world capturing the two top industry awards by ELearning Magazine's Best of Elearning! 2006 Awards. WebEx won for Best Virtual Classroom and Best Web Seminar Solution.

Elearning! readers cited WebEx Training Center's reliability, performance, and ease of use as key components. Other big pluses were:

• Seamless integration with multiple learning management systems (LMS)

• Outstanding customer support

• Superior overall quality

WebEx Training Center enables users to instantly deliver interactive online training to employees, partners and customers anywhere, anytime through a standard web browser. Capabilities like Hands-On Lab, Break-Out Sessions, Integrated E-Commerce, Test Library, set Training Center apart from all other solutions.

WebEx Meeting Center was named the Best Web Seminar Solution and recognized for its superior customer service, ease of use and comprehensive set of features to help users present efficient, effective presentations. With WebEx Meeting Center, users can present information, share applications, and collaborate on projects with customers and co-workers around the globe.

Like all WebEx solutions, Training Center and Meeting Center leverage the WebEx MediaTone Network for the highest level of reliability, availability, performance and security. Read what the Credit Suisse Analysts had to say about MediaTone.

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David Chao
The Web Conferencing Expert

   
   

Forbes Fast 25 for 5 years!!!

Demonstrating significant annualized growth, WebEx (Nasdaq: WEBX), the leader in on-demand applications for collaborative business on the web, has made the Forbes 25 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies list for the fifth year in a row. Only two other companies, both WebEx customers, have made this prestigious list five years running.

“Our continued success showcases the strength of the on-demand delivery model and the broad demand for our web collaboration services,” said Subrah Iyar, CEO, WebEx. “For 2007 we are focused on going deeper with our web collaboration suite and wider with our new WebEx Connect on-demand platform and partner ecosystem.”

The 25 technology companies were chosen based on revenue growth over a five-year period. To be eligible for the list, a company must have at least $25 million in sales, 10% annual sales growth for five consecutive years, profitability over the past 12 months and 10% estimated annual profit growth for the next three to five years.

The complete 2007 list is available on the Forbes.com site at: www.forbes.com/2007/01/25/fastest-growing-stocks-tech_cz_pmjr_0125fasttech_land.html

(Data and content provided by Colin Smith)

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David Chao
The Web Conferencing Expert

Fast 50 Program

Deliotte & Touche named WebEx as part of their Fast 50 Program. From 2001 to 2005, Webex increased revenue a whopping 280%, earning them the #20th spot on the prestigious list.

To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2001 and $5,000,000 in 2005, be headquartered in North America, and be a company that owns proprietary technology or proprietary intellectual property that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology or intellectual property in a unique way does not qualify.

WebEx Wins ACE Award for Customer Service Excellence

The 2005 ACE Award was given to the WebEx Certified Production Services organization. Receiving a CustomerSat ACE Award demonstrates both the rigorous application of customer feedback processes and outstanding performance as measured by those processes. It also recognizes those responsible for serving customers in the recipient's organization.

The WebEx Certified Production Services organization helps customers make the most of their WebEx solutions by helping define requirements and implement the collaboration applications needed. WebEx Certified Production Services consults on a variety of topics, including the selection of feature sets, best practices and event production. The organization’s customer base ranges from very small to large Fortune 500 companies. Due to the unique technical requirements of this diverse customer base, the group’s producers are well versed in a wide array of today’s ever-growing business demands.

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David Chao
The Web Conferencing Expert