Today my friend Lou Guercia and the team at WebDialogs are announcing the availability of the newest version of WebDialogs’ online conferencing service. Unyte Meeting, version 8.0, is now live and available from WebDialogs. For the first time, Unyte Meeting hosts and presenters will be able to use live videocasting as an added level of connectivity with audiences.

WebDialogs Unyte Meeting Version 8.0 Now Available
Latest version of company’s unified conferencing service
offers videocasting to deliver complete “multimedia minutes”
—for a fraction of what competitors charge

BILLERICA, Mass.–June 27, 2007—WebDialogs Inc., a leading provider of multimedia conferencing services, today announced its newly enhanced version 8.0 of Unyte Meeting is now available. Unyte Meeting is the company’s affordable and easy-to-use online conferencing service.

“We received a lot of thoughtful feedback during the public beta test,” said Lou Guercia, WebDialogs CEO. “Both end-users and conferencing providers have given us high marks, especially for our new user interface and video capabilities. Beta-testers also helped us uncover a few minor glitches in the new version, which we fine-tuned before releasing for general availability.”

Following a successful beta test-run as version “Spring ’07,” the latest version has been released for general availability as 8.0 and now provides: 1.) an enhanced interactive user interface with a new look; 2.) innovative videocasting capabilities for conferencing hosts and presenters; 3.) an upgraded audiocasting function, now requiring less bandwidth; and 4.) an expanded presentation-recording capability. The result is a seamless integration of voice, video and online conferencing without the hassles of more complicated conferencing systems.

The upgraded and redesigned user interface has a fresh new look, enhanced icons and an expanded roster that now provides more detail about each conferee’s connection to the meeting, such as Web-only, Web and PSTN, PSTN-only or some other connection.

For the first time, Unyte Meeting’s newest version offers videocasting, giving the host and presenters the ability to broadcast live images of themselves to participants, and providing another level of connectivity between speaker and audience. All that’s needed is a webcam to enable participants to see the speaker in a small corner of the screen while still viewing the meeting materials. Or, a sign-language interpreter could be on camera interpreting the speakers’ remarks to enable people who prefer sign language to participate in the call.

With the upgrade, Unyte Meeting’s audiocasting capability now has a higher compression rate to provide better quality audio sessions for the user, while at the same time decreasing the demand for bandwidth.

And Unyte Meeting also has a recording function now that enables an entire presentation to be recorded and stored as a downloadable archive that can be e-mailed or placed in a Web page.

Overall, Unyte Meeting 8.0 is faster, yet still completely browser-based, with no downloads required for hosts, presenters or participants. The service is based on WebDialogs’ proprietary conferencing technology that is currently used in the market by more than 200 brand names through 70 partner agreements.

One of those partners is Infinite Conferencing, a leading provider of solutions for virtual meetings and events, which offers a private-label version of Unyte Meeting to its customers for Web meetings and “webinars.”

“We’ve been working with the new version of Unyte Meeting during its beta-testing period,” said David Kott, president of Infinite Conferencing, “and we’re very satisfied with the changes WebDialogs has implemented. In particular, the new videoconferencing capability is fantastic. It adds a whole new dimension to Web meetings by enabling participants to hear and see the presenter.”

Users can select from Unyte Meeting or Unyte Meeting Pro plans on a per-usage “metered” basis whenever they have a need for the service. Or they can sign up for fixed-fee plans, such as the Named Seats package, which starts at $38 per month and includes free toll-based audio conferencing. New users are invited to test drive Unyte Meeting Pro with a free 14-day trial by signing up at www.webdialogs.com/products/trial_enterprise.asp.

Unyte Meeting is WebDialogs’ flagship conferencing product and is the only multimedia conferencing tool that provides multimedia minutes for about one-third of what competitors charge for similar capabilities.

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About WebDialogs (www.WebDialogs.com)
WebDialogs, Inc., delivers reliable, high quality conferencing and collaboration services to increase the productivity, effectiveness and value of online interactions. WebDialogs is the top provider of private-label Web-conferencing services to service providers and equipment makers. In addition, WebDialogs provides integrated voice and Web conferencing services for enterprises and collaborative tools for instant messaging (IM), customer relationship management (CRM) and other interactive applications.

WebDialogs delivers its WebInterpoint™ and Unyte™ Conferencing products and services to enterprises, service providers, equipment makers, portals and application vendors worldwide. Founded in 1998, WebDialogs is a privately held company based in Billerica, Mass. Today, WebDialogs, a leading provider of multimedia conferencing services, is announcing the availability of the newest version of WebDialogs’ online conferencing service. Unyte Meeting, version 8.0, is now live and available from WebDialogs. For the first time, Unyte Meeting hosts and presenters will be able to use live videocasting as an added level of connectivity with audiences.