First Virtual Communications Expands Award Winning Click to Meet Express Web Conferencing Solution.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2003 Enhanced version of Click to Meet(TM) Express delivers firewall traversal Crossing over. Passing through. See NAT traversal. (data) traversal - Processing nodes in a graph one at a time, usually in some specified order. Traversal of a tree is recursively defined to mean visiting the root node and traversing its children. for connection through firewalls, multi-lingual support for worldwide use and a new audio- and data-only edition First Virtual Communications (Nasdaq: FVCXD), a premier provider of rich media web conferencing A videoconferencing session via the Internet. In order to interact with other participants, attendees use either a Web application or an application downloaded into their client machines. and communications solutions, announced today the release of Version 2.1 of Click to Meet(TM) Express, the award-winning web conferencing solution that revolutionizes the way dispersed dis·perse v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es v.tr. 1. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. b. groups communicate. "We are pleased with the new version of the Click to Meet Express web conferencing solution, which supports a multi-lingual user interface, firewall tunneling tunneling, quantum-mechanical effect by which a particle can penetrate a barrier into a region of space that would be forbidden by ordinary classical mechanics. and more," stated Tatsumi Nishi, senior vice president and member of the board for NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. System Technologies, Ltd. "We believe this innovative solution will enable us to meet a wide range of customer needs. As one of First Virtual's key alliance partners, we are excited to launch this solution to the market." Mr. Nishi comments on his organization's deployment of Click to Meet Express, "The cost justification for bringing this in-house has demonstrated an extremely compelling return on investment, both for us internally and for our customers. Not only do we recognize savings on travel and related expenses, but compared to existing costs for audio conferencing See audioconferencing. alone, the savings and communication benefits from Click to Meet web conferencing speak for themselves." Click to Meet Express enables audio, video and data communication within a single, browser-based user interface, providing affordable communication options for widespread deployment. As a software solution, Click to Meet Express offers more flexible deployment options, easier upgrades and lower cost processing power than hardware-based solutions. Version 2.1 of Click to Meet Express provides support in its browser-based software client and administration application for eight languages in addition to English (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese) to serve First Virtual's ever-growing international customer base. The Click to Meet software automatically detects which language the browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used is set for and displays the user interface in that language allowing individual participants in the same conference to participate in their native language. Click to Meet Express 2.1 now allows conference participants to conduct a web conference with data, audio and real-time interactive video through corporate firewalls. A Click to Meet user on a corporate network behind a firewall is now able to communicate through the firewall to colleagues or clients located behind their firewalls. While maintaining the integrity and security of corporate networks and enabling access control for all users, this enhanced version of Click to Meet Express virtually eliminates any previous limitations to participate in a web conference. "Click to Meet Express has been increasingly used for worldwide communications," stated Bob Romano, vice president of marketing for First Virtual. "We are happy to now provide our customers with a multi-lingual user interface that automatically detects the language they use on their PC. With it's built in Voice over IP capabilities and now its multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. and firewall tunneling support we expect more people to rely on Click to Meet Express for their primary form of international communications." Additionally, in order to support more flexible configurations that suit a broad range of customer environments, Click to Meet Express Version 2.1 is now available in an audio- and data-only edition. The ability to choose which media is used for online meetings has long been the strength of Click to Meet Express, and now it allows for greater choice in both purchase and deployment. Pricing and Availability Click to Meet Express 2.1 will be available worldwide on July 25, 2003 with US list pricing starting at $7,400. 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. licenses are available in 4, 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 port configurations. Click to Meet Express Audio and Data Edition will also be available on July 25, 2003 in the same configurations with US list pricing starting at $5,600. Additional pricing information can be obtained from First Virtual Communications and its authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. channel by sending an e-mail to salesinfo@fvc.com. About First Virtual Communications First Virtual Communications is a premier provider of rich media web conferencing and communications solutions. The Company's award-winning Click to Meet(TM) product line is enterprise-class software that enables corporate, education, healthcare and government customers worldwide to present, share, sell, train, and collaborate. Click to Meet integrates the user's choice of data, audio and multipoint interactive video into existing work environments and into everyday communication tools such as instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , web browsing and e-mail. Click to Meet software solutions are widely deployed in over 1,500 customer locations and excel in such challenging environments such as military intelligence, emergency response, disaster recovery, corporate training and geographically dispersed tele-working locations, among others. Headquartered in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. , First Virtual Communications has operations in France, United Kingdom, Japan and China. More information about First Virtual Communications can be found at www.fvc.com or by calling 1-800-728-6337 or +1-650-801-6500 outside of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Cautionary Statement Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. , including, without limitation, statements containing the words, "believes,'' "anticipates,'' "expects'' and words of similar import. Such forward-looking statements have known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of First Virtual Communications, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others: the success of and timely release of Click to Meet(TM) products, the continued increase in sales of the Company's Click to Meet(TM) and Conference Server products, First Virtual Communications' variability of operating results, market acceptance of web conferencing technology, potential inability to maintain business relationships with integrators, distributors and suppliers, rapid technological changes, competition and consolidation in the web conferencing industry, the importance of attracting and retaining personnel, and other risk factors referenced in First Virtual Communications' public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the three month period ended March 31, 2003. All trademarks are recognized. |
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