iLinc Delivers Unrivaled User Experience with Latest Version of iLinc Web Conferencing...

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iLinc Delivers Unrivaled User Experience with Latest Version of iLinc Web Conferencing Suite

    iLinc 10 Provides Better Real-Time Collaboration and Only Tool
       Capable of Tracking Travel Cost, Carbon Emission Savings
PHOENIX--(Business Wire)--
iLinc (AMEX:ILC), a leading provider of Web conferencing software
and online collaboration solutions, announced today the immediate
availability of its latest release, iLinc 10. While iLinc has a
longstanding focus on delivering session leaders and attendees a
dynamic, capability-rich experience that rivals in-person meetings,
iLinc 10 is the most bold statement the software vendor has made
toward this approach and is the result of research and development to
further enhance real-time collaboration and online sessions for its
million-plus user population.

   Across corporate and educational organizations as well as state
and federal government, iLinc users collaborate with peers, employees,
customers, partners and learners in real-time via formal and informal
virtual meetings, virtual classroom sessions, webinars and support
sessions.

   In addition to addressing the strategic requirement organizational
leaders have for a robust, dependable, cost-effective collaboration
tool, iLinc 10 provides key metrics around cost savings and the
positive impact this type of strategy has on the environment. As well,
this newest version of iLinc provides administrators even greater
control over security configuration for each session and users.

   "iLinc 10 is a direct result of listening closely to our
customers," said Frank Gartland, Vice President, Product and
Technology for iLinc. "They need an easy-to-use solution that
increases engagement levels during meetings, virtual classroom events
or webinars, which is exactly what we've delivered."

   Continued Gartland, "We know effective online sessions will enable
more people to get the job done in a forum that provides real,
measurable cost savings. Of course, with the cost of travel today,
this is more important than ever and it's essential that everyone
start to consider the environmental impact. The new iLinc Green Meter
illustrates both types of savings in a clear and concise manner."

   In addition, iLinc 10 provides the following additional benefits:

   --  Significantly Enhanced User Experience (for Windows and
        Mac)--Cleaner design provides arguably the best user
        experience on the market today with more intuitive usability
        for all user roles while improved support for multi-point
        videoconferencing enables multiple users to share video
        simultaneously for an experience more like actual "in-person
        meetings." The interface also includes much improved chat
        management via different tabs for private, person-to-person
        instant-messaging conversations, and major improvements to
        features like Polling, WebSync, Breakout Groups, File Transfer
        and session recording.

   --  Content, Event and Learning Management Rolled into One--The
        new iLinc 10 Communications Center is a Web-based Session
        Management System that may be the most underestimated
        application in Web conferencing. Typically used by
        administrators to set up users, configure security settings
        and set session defaults, or used by session leaders to set up
        sessions and manage external content, the Communications
        Center features a completely new interface. This new interface
        provides a number of benefits, including easier-to-navigate
        tools; enhanced usability to manage sessions, content or
        users; and the ability for any organization to provide and
        support blended learning programs to their user population,
        including live training sessions, session recordings,
        asynchronous content like tutorials and interactive exercises,
        or related documents in virtually any format.

   --  Enhanced iLinc 10 Green Meter--Administrators see
        organizational efficiencies at a glance with the new iLinc 10
        Green Meter. Total cost savings, carbon emissions and total
        distance not traveled are displayed in the new interface while
        more detailed information is available via several Green Meter
        reports. Administrators can also customize several variables
        to match their organization's specific policies. With iLinc
        10, all attendees can see how much savings are being generated
        during each session and/or their own personal contribution
        over time. This tool is available from within an iLinc 10
        session and from the iLinc Communications Center.

   --  Integrated Telephony Options Designed for Web
        Conferencing--When determining the best option for providing
        audio to participants for a particular session, customers of
        the new iLinc 10 have even more choices. The interface is
        fully integrated with audio conferencing providers like
        Premiere and ConferencePlus so session leaders can control who
        is speaking with a mouse click. Additionally, iLinc offers
        high-quality Web-based audio that enables everyone in session
        to clearly communicate via computer-based microphones and
        speakers, easily configured with a new Audio Wizard. Finally,
        iLinc 10 also supports integrated sessions with both
        traditional telephone callers and users listening via Internet
        audio.

   For a complete list of new and updated features in iLinc 10, visit
www.ilinc.com/ilinc10. To view and download screenshot images of new
features in iLinc 10 visit
http://s297.photobucket.com/albums/mm208/iLinc/iLinc%2010/.

   To receive a demo of iLinc 10, visit
http://www.ilinc.com/dailydemo or contact us at sales@ilinc.com for a
personalized demonstration.

   About iLinc

   iLinc is a recognized leader in providing Web conferencing
software and collaboration solutions for highly secure and
cost-effective online meetings, presentations, webinars and virtual
classroom training and support sessions. The company's technology
allows people in diverse locations to communicate and collaborate
online while avoiding the expense, environmental damage, and
productivity losses associated with travel. iLinc provides an
award-winning, enterprise-wide suite of Web, audio and video
conferencing solutions that can be scaled up or down to meet the needs
of any size organization. Offering the industry's most flexible
pricing models, iLinc gives organizations the power to choose an
on-premise installed, on-demand hosted, or hybrid solution--whichever
model delivers the highest ROI for the customer. iLinc is
headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

   iLinc, iLinc Communications, iLinc Suite, MeetingLinc, LearnLinc,
ConferenceLinc, SupportLinc, EventPlus, and their respective logos are
trademarks of iLinc Communications, Inc. All other company names and
products may be trademarks of their respective companies.

iLinc
Kathy Sacks, 602-619-4444
ksacks@ilinc.com

Copyright Business Wire 2008

 

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