IPSWITCH AND WEBDIALOGS TO DELIVER AUDIO AND WEB CONFERENCING SERVICES TO IPSWITCH COLLABORATION SUITE USERS
Agreement Brings On-Demand Conferencing to Small and Mid-sized Businesses
Lexington, Mass. – November 14, 2005 - Ipswitch, Inc., the leading developer of network management, messaging and file transfer solutions, today announced a promotion with WebDialogs, a leading provider of online meeting and communications solutions, to deliver high quality reservationless audio and web-conferencing services to Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS) users. ICS features e-mail and real-time collaboration, calendar and contact list sharing and protection from spam and viruses in a package designed specifically for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). Customers who purchase ICS starting today will receive 500 minutes of WebDialogs’ Meeting Central Express service, enabling them to extend the collaborative capabilities of ICS to live web meetings with multiple participants.
“More and more, smaller businesses have meetings with remote employees, vendors, and customers, and are often stymied by the steep cost or low quality of available services,” said Ipswitch’s vice president of marketing, Alex Neihaus. “WebDialogs and Ipswitch are addressing that problem directly, making it easier than ever for ICS users to communicate over a wider array of media choices.”
“WebDialog’s real-time web and voice conferencing is a great extension to the powerful collaboration solutions that ICS delivers to small business,” said Lou Guercia, president and CEO of WebDialogs. “By leveraging our years of experience in integrated web and voice conferencing we have provided both the features and ease-of-use that small business requires. Together with Ipswitch, we’re offering a complete collaboration solution that addresses the needs of small business.”
Under this agreement, all Ipswitch Collaboration Suite purchases will come with a trial subscription to WebDialog’s Meeting Central Express service. ICS customers will receive 500 meeting minutes free and the option to purchase more from WebDialogs. Meeting Central Express delivers toll-free voice service, presentation and application sharing for up to 50 participants, and a reservationless system that makes it easy to schedule and conduct meetings on short notice. Meeting Central Express, like ICS, is designed with the small to mid-sized business user in mind, providing high quality service tailored to SMB budgets and usable by customers of all skill levels.
About WebDialogs
WebDialogs, Inc., based in Billerica, Mass., is a leading provider of online meeting and communication solutions, which increase the productivity, effectiveness and quality of online interactions. WebDialogs delivers its practical and affordable Web conferencing and communication solutions to enterprises, service providers, application vendors and communication equipment providers. Effective, easy-to-use and quick to implement, WebDialogs solutions enable low-cost, high-value interactions online in an instant. For more information, visit www.webdialogs.com
About Ipswitch, Inc.
Ipswitch develops and markets software that works for small and mid-sized businesses worldwide. More than 100 million people use Ipswitch software every day to collaborate via Ipswitch Collaboration Suite, monitor their networks with Ipswitch WhatsUp ®, and transfer files over the Internet using the market-leading Ipswitch WS_FTP ® Professional client and Ipswitch WS_FTP Server. To view the Ipswitch blog, visit http://blogs.ipswitch.com. Ipswitch values community involvement; visit http://icare.ipswitch.com to find out how to become involved. For product and sales information, write to info@ipswitch.com or visit http://www.ipswitch.com.
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