ActiveTouch Launches WebEx Meeting Center: The First Application Service for Web-Based Multimedia Collaborative Meetings.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 1999-- New Service Enables Companies, Business Portals and Content Providers to Meeting-Enable their Web Sites for Conferencing, Customer Care and Commerce Conducting live, multi-user, Web-based business meetings is now easy and cost effective. Today ActiveTouch, the creator of WebEx, the most popular meeting service on the Web, launched WebEx Meeting Center, a new suite of multimedia collaboration services for business. Since the preview edition was unveiled in February, more than 50 customers and 20 partners worldwide have deployed private branded WebEx Meeting Centers. Companies such as Compaq, Baan and Superior National Insurance are actively using their WebEx Meeting Centers for Conferencing, Customer Care and Commerce. In a separate announcement today, ActiveTouch also announced an equity investment by Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG (ISIN: DE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSE: DT, LSE: DEU, TYO: 9496 ) (abbreviated DTAG) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the EU. , one of the world's largest telecommunications companies See telecom company. . "ActiveTouch is delivering a very innovative, Web-based meeting service for businesses," said Chris Martins, Senior Analyst, Aberdeen Group Aberdeen Group is a provider of business-related research services. It has its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and belongs to the Harte-Hanks group. Founded in 1988, Aberdeen's research is used by over 2. . "The blend of data and video collaboration with traditional telephony allows a company to meeting-enable its Web presence, greatly enhancing its marketing, sales and service operations." "The WebEx Meeting Center service allows businesses to build truly collaborative communities on their web-sites," said Subrah Iyar, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ActiveTouch. "With our customers and partners we are building a global Web-based collaboration network built upon the distributed WebEx platform." "WebEx allows us to participate in the sales cycle without having to constantly hop on Verb 1. hop on - get up on the back of; "mount a horse" bestride, climb on, jump on, mount up, get on, mount move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" a plane," said Darren Peterson product manager at Onyx onyx (ŏn`ĭks), variety of cryptocrystalline quartz, differing from agate only in that the bands of which it is composed are parallel and regular. Software. "Our account executives rave about how much time they are able to save and how much more productive WebEx makes their sales calls." WebEx is the only service built to support multi-user interactive online meetings. The component services on WebEx provide a complete suite of real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. collaboration, telephony, video, messaging and calendaring services. With WebEx, multiple users can: -- schedule meetings and leave messages. -- demonstrate any application in real-time. -- collaborate on any file by sharing control of its native application. -- remotely control a user's desktop for expert support/troubleshooting. -- integrate firewall-friendly teleconferencing and video conferencing. -- share documents without losing any of the originals' resolution. -- brainstorm with advanced whiteboard The electronic equivalent of chalk and blackboard, but between remote users. Whiteboard systems allow network participants to simultaneously view one or more users drawing on an on-screen blackboard or running an application. capabilities. -- conduct presentations without any advance posting or conversion. -- keep a group or personal Web-based calendar. -- keep a directory of offices. -- brand your front offices to match the company web-site. -- post public or private files. About WebEx Meeting Center The new WebEx Meeting Center has two types of services: WebEx Conference Room Services and WebEx Virtual Office Services. Each service can be private labeled and leverages WebEx's unique ability to deliver real-time data collaboration, audio and video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. , application and desktop remote control and one-to-many or many-to-many presentations through a standard browser. WebEx is the only service that can provide this advanced collaboration functionality without requiring pre-installed software or firewall configuration. Join a live demo presentation of the new service today at http://globalmeeting.webex.com. WebEx Conference Room Services are designed for conducting spontaneous Web-based meetings. Companies can use a customized WebEx Conference Room for live technical support, product rollout demonstrations, remote training or real-time data collaboration. WebEx Conference Room Services allow companies to easily incorporate interactive Web-based communications into their standard business communications. WebEx Virtual Office Services add turn-key front office functionality to the WebEx Conference Room Services. Companies can use the WebEx Virtual Office Services' personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. virtual offices and advanced meeting scheduling ability to optimize communications throughout the sales cycle. Additionally, the WebEx Virtual Office Services has a WebEx Contact Services option that allows large companies to create complete communication hubs for inbound and outbound customer, colleague, partner and reseller communications. With its advanced office directory architecture, the WebEx Contact Services option makes it easy for companies to migrate their existing corporate structure onto the Web. About Pricing and Availability Each of WebEx Meeting Center Services is available on a simple subscription basis. Advanced meeting services and seats for concurrent meeting attendees can be added and subtracted as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . The WebEx Meeting Center is currently available form ActiveTouch. Basic WebEx Conference Room Services start at $99 a month per concurrent user In computer science, the number of concurrent users for a resource in a location, with the location being a computing network or a single computer, refers to the total number of people using the resource at the same time. . WebEx Virtual Office Services require a basic monthly hosting fee starting at $2,499 with concurrent user seats available at $25 per month. The cost of hosting increases as the complexity of the service requirements increase and additional seats can be purchased in an ad-hoc manner. About ActiveTouch Founded in 1996, ActiveTouch Inc. is the leading provider of outsourced Web-based collaboration services. ActiveTouch develops and markets WebEx.com and WebEx Meeting Center. WebEx.com, the world's most popular Web-based meeting service, requires no pre-installed software or network configuration, just a browser and a telephone. WebEx Meeting Center is a customizable full-service version of WebEx.com available to businesses on a subscription basis. ActiveTouch is leading the drive to seamlessly deliver data, voice and video communications over the Web. Please call 408/980-5200 or visit http://activetouch.com, or http://webex.com for more information. Editors should contact Colin Smith at Antenna Group 415/977-1912 or colin@antennapr.com. WebEx is a trademark of Active Touch, Inc. Detailed pricing information is available. 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