IDC Rates Interwise Among Top Conferencing Vendors Poised for Worldwide Market Dominance and First Among Pure-Play for Integration with Applications and Infrastructures.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Interwise(R) Inc., a global leader in enterprise conferencing solutions, today announced that leading research firm, IDC, ranked the company first among pure-play conferencing vendors for its ability to integrate with enterprise applications and IT infrastructures. IDC also rated Interwise among the top vendors, including both pure play conferencing and infrastructure vendors, showing potential for dominating the worldwide conferencing market based on technical leadership, innovation and business criteria. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. IDC's report, Worldwide Conferencing Applications Vendor Shares: Putting 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. to Work, the market for worldwide Web conferencing applications will double in size to reach nearly $1.3 billion in 2009. As this market matures, IDC reports that the most successful conferencing vendors will be able to demonstrate strong ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). , offer pricing and licensing that encourages standardization on their offerings, help customers expand to corporate-wide usage and move users toward integrated voice and web conferencing functionality accessible from the desktop. In the report, IDC rated Interwise first among pure-play conferencing vendors for its ability to integrate with other collaborative applications and infrastructures, and rated Interwise in the top vendors including pure play and infrastructure vendors showing potential for market dominance Market dominance is a measure of the strength of a brand, product, service, or firm, relative to competitive offerings. There is often a geographic element to the competitive landscape. . "User firms should look hard at their deployments before continuing their old practices of evaluating and buying conferencing products in silos," said Robert Mahowald, program director, collaborative computing for IDC. "Interwise has invigorated in·vig·or·ate tr.v. in·vig·or·at·ed, in·vig·or·at·ing, in·vig·or·ates To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate: "A few whiffs of the raw, strong scent of phlox invigorated her" the conferencing market with integrated telephony and web conferencing, combined with a fixed-price license model and architectural capabilities that encourage companies to begin the process of moving conferencing on premise as a corporate-wide desktop utility for live collaboration." "IDC's report provides a tremendous endorsement for Interwise's position at the forefront of a growing trend where media- and feature-rich enterprise conferencing will be delivered to all users as a company-wide communications utility," said Frank Zvi, president and 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. , Interwise. "To make conferencing a true utility it must be deployed to all users, not just a few departments. The cost barriers must be lifted and the voice, Web and video components must be integrated and deployed with other key systems, behind the corporate firewall. A hosted model by nature, cannot support full integration with calendaring, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , security and administrative systems. The security risks are too great. Only on-premise software On-premise software refers to the use of an executable computer program (software) installed on the premises (in the building) of the person or organisation using such software. can support the full requirements for rolling out to thousands of users for unlimited usage." Zvi added, "Interwise supplements its premise solution with a hosted global service. We are the only vendor that integrates the two deployment modes for maximum security and cost savings, rapid start up, seamless failover protection and extended global access. We are leading the industry with our pricing, access, performance and integration to unleash conferencing technology from departmental limitations--setting it free and giving it to everyone." Interwise's award-winning ECP (Enhanced Capabilities Port) See IEEE 1284. 1. ECP - Engineering Change Proposal. 2. ECP - Enhanced Capabilities Port. 3. ECP - Extended Capabilities Port. 4. ECP - Extended Concurrent Prolog. Connect delivers complete, unlimited voice, Web, and video conferencing and collaboration across the enterprise, for a fixed price. It provides fully integrated voice conferencing, Web meetings, eLearning classes, Web seminars and broadcasts from a single, IP-based solution with enterprise-class security, reliability and scalability. ECP Connect is a leading choice of Global 2000 companies, with more worldwide deployments of 5,000-plus seats than any other enterprise conferencing solution on the market. About Interwise Interwise is the leader in complete Enterprise Conferencing -- unlimited voice, Web, and video conferencing in one integrated platform for a fixed price. Interwise's fixed price / unlimited usage business model and enterprise-class technology combine to make it easy for companies to replace multiple conferencing and collaboration products with a single, integrated solution that can reduce overall conferencing expenses by up to 50 per cent. Leading IT industry publications and analyst firms have recognized Interwise for changing the way conferencing is done by replacing unpredictable per-minute and overage Overage Apples mainly to convertible securities. Difference between how much common stock one party must sell and the other wishes to buy for the same amount of convertible in a swap. charges with a complete solution that can be deployed as broadly and economically as e-mail. Interwise is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , backed by investors that include Lazard Technology Partners, UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System Capital, GE Capital, JP Morgan, Leeds Weld, and NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform . The company sells to and supports customers globally through a direct sales force, distributors, value-added resellers, communications service providers and network-oriented systems integrators. Trademarks Interwise Enterprise Communications Platform, Interwise Expressway and the Interwise logo are trademarks and Interwise is a registered trademark of Interwise. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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