As companies grow, they begin to look for the latest conference calling technology news in order to see how their providers are changing with the industry. Teleconferencing has been around for a very long time. It is an easy, effective and most of all affordable option for companies.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Strong efforts from major companies like Cisco, Microsoft, and IBM to promote media-rich productivity tools are boosting the prospects for video conferencing, reports In-Stat .The driving factors behind increased adoption and use are technology, bandwidth, and convergence, the high-tech market research firm says. According to a recent In-Stat survey of U.S. businesses, the decision to use or not use video conferencing is no longer based on uncertainty over the quality of the experience among those who have tried it lately. Furthermore, cost alone does not seem to be a hindrance of adoption or use.

RADVISION was chosen as VC Insight's "Unified Visual Communications Company of the Year 2007." In the award selection, VC Insight took the user's perspective and looked for innovation, reliability, ease of use, and price-performance.

Videoconferencing services, such as Virtual Presence, has been shown to offer significant time and cost savings to enterprises. Wainhouse Research, an independent market research firm focused on rich media communications, has found that if a firm with 250 employees across ten offices changes 40% of its travel meetings to videoconferencing, it can save more than $110,000 in year one. This translates to approximately 30 workdays per employee and achieves an ROI of 226% on the estimated yearly total cost of ownership.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Telanetix Inc. , a leading IP solutions provider offering telepresence and VoIP services to the SMB and SME markets, announced the appointment of Imago Group, PLC as a distributor for its award winning line of Digital Presence(TM) products in the United Kingdom, France and Benelux.

Halliburton Investor Relations Hala Elsherbini, 972-458-8000 or iLinc Communications, Inc. James L. Dunn, Jr., 602-952-1200 iLinc Communications, Inc. (AMEX:ILC), a leading developer of Web conferencing software, today announced another customer win with a large securities and financial advisory services firm. The agreement will provide the multi-billion dollar company with best-in-class Web-based software for use by their employees and customers for both Web conferencing and online training.

In this book, case studies document how people are communicating via video conferences with broadcast quality reception. The authors detail how the proliferation of IP networks has driven quality improvements and cost savings in video and has forced service providers and equipment vendors to pay more than just lip service to their ability to deliver video.

Citrix released their financial information for Q4 and fiscal 2007. I was interested in what the numbers and the earnings call said about their collaboration products, which are grouped under the product/operating division of Citrix Online. This includes GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar for real time web conferencing, as well as GoToMyPC and GoToAssist, which are outside the scope of this particular blog. Citrix doesn't provide a breakdown for the individual products within the division, so we have to look at the combined totals for all four products.

On2 Technologies, Inc., a leader in video compression solutions, today unveiled plans for Mobile World Congress being held in Barcelona, February 11 - 14 2008. Following its recent acquisition of Hantro Products Oy, a leading mobile video company, On2 will present a complete portfolio of video technologies that enhance the web video experience and bring it to the palm of your hand.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. & BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Hilton Garden Inn®, the award-winning mid-priced hotel brand with locations throughout North America and Europe, today unveiled Ultimate Team Play - the first interactive training game to be used in the hospitality industry that utilizes game-based technology. Created especially for Hilton Garden Inn by Virtual Heroes, Inc., Ultimate Team Play puts team members in a virtual Hilton Garden Inn hotel and in various scenarios, they will have to stop and decide what their best course of action will be to make sure they are able to fulfill a guest's request and/or complete a specific job task within a limited time. Their immediate or non-immediate actions toward guests-since guest interaction will be the primary focus of the game- will directly affect the mood of the guest as well as the hotel's SALT (Satisfaction and Loyalty Tracking) scores.