WebEx Wins 20th Annual Codie Award for 'The Best Communication and Collaboration Solution'
WebEx Meeting Center Chosen by the Software & Information Industry Association for Superior Reliability and Performance From Amongst Six Finalists
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WebEx Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:WEBX) , the leading provider of web meeting applications, Wednesday night was awarded the distinction of "The Best Communication and Collaboration Solution" by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) for its seminal service, WebEx Meeting Center. Since its inauguration in 1986, the SIIA Codie Awards program has showcased the software and information industry's finest products and services.
WebEx Meeting Center allows users to share applications, presentations, and documents in real time within a web browser. The web-based, hosted service requires only an Internet connection and a telephone to hold completely interactive meetings globally with multimedia capabilities. WebEx Meeting Center is powered by the third generation of the WebEx MediaTone platform for enhanced simplicity, control, telephony, and integration.
"When we launched WebEx Meeting Center in 1999 we ushered in an entirely new era of web communications by making web conferencing simple, secure, and affordable," said WebEx founder and CEO Subrah Iyar. "This Codie Award confirms that we are still the leader in the field of web meetings and that in six years, our service has remained the best, the standard for measurement."
WebEx supports more than 11,600 corporate customers worldwide -- including half of the Fortune 100, nearly a third of the Fortune 1000, and thousands of small businesses.
The Codie Awards holds the distinction of being the only peer-recognition awards program of its kind in the industry, providing a unique opportunity for industry leaders such as WebEx to earn the praise of their competitors.
WebEx is no stranger to the winners' circle. This is the second year in a row that WebEx Meeting Center has been awarded the Codie for Best Communication and Collaboration Solution. And in 2001, WebEx won a Codie for "The Best Internet Business Service" in recognition of their pioneering role in the software as a service business model.
"The 20th Annual Codie Awards continues SIIA's tradition of celebrating the best products in the software and information industry," said Ken Wasch, President of SIIA. "Being chosen as the winning company from among so many fine nominees is a tremendous achievement. I congratulate all of the companies."
Mr. Wasch added, "SIIA again congratulates WebEx Communications on winning a 2005 Codie Awards in a category with high-level competition."
WebEx manages a global network, which delivers a suite of real-time web meeting applications including applications for Web conferencing, online sales, web-based support, remote training and online events. These applications help businesses accelerate the sales cycle, increase revenue, improve employee productivity, speed products to market, enhance customer satisfaction and decrease training and travel costs. WebEx also provides a worldwide network of certified WebEx specialists to help companies maximize return from these applications. WebEx offers a free 14-day trial of WebEx Meeting Center. To learn more about the service or register for the free trail, go to, http://www.webex.com/go/freetrial .
About WebEx Communications
WebEx Communications, Inc. is the world's leading provider of on-demand web meeting applications and services. WebEx applications are used across the enterprise in sales, support, training, marketing, engineering and product design. WebEx delivers its suite of web meeting applications over the WebEx MediaTone Network, a global network specifically designed for secure, real-time web communications. WebEx Communications is based in Santa Clara, California and has regional headquarters in Europe, Asia and Australia. Please call toll free 877-509-3239 or visit http://www.webex.com/ for more information.
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NOTE: MediaTone is a trademark of WebEx Communications, Inc
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