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Interwise ECP Connect Wins NetworkWorld's ''Best of the Tests'' Award for Convergence ProductsCAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- March 1, 2006 -- Interwise Cited Over Webex, Raindance and Other Conferencing Vendors for its Rich Feature Set, Ease-of-Use and Flawless Performance Across High and Low Bandwidth Connections Interwise(R) Inc., a global leader in enterprise conferencing, today announced that its integrated voice, Web and video conferencing solution, ECP Connect(R), has been named a winner of NetworkWorld magazine's "Best of the Tests" award for Convergence products. This is the second time that Interwise has been recognized by NetworkWorld in twelve months; ECP Connect was awarded the magazine's 'Clear Choice Award' in May of last year as the best enterprise solution for Web Conferencing from a field of 20 contestants. Interwise was the sole enterprise conferencing vendor selected from among 13 finalists to receive the "Best of the Tests" Convergence award. Products in the category included a broad range of technologies such as unified messaging, voice/video collaboration services, VoIP analysis suites and VoIP services. Interwise beat out Web conferencing vendors Raindance, Webex, WebDemo, Convoq, Elluminate and Santa Cruz Networks for this prestigious award. The Best Products Issue is highlighted in a special section on NetworkWorld's Web site at www.networkworld.com/best/2006/. According to NetworkWorld, ECP Connect provides "a rich feature set" and "easy-to-use Web conferencing." The publication also said that Interwise "delivered a flawless performance every time we initiated a rich-media meeting with people who had (and who hadn't) previously downloaded the software and offered optimal levels of management and security for enterprise IT managers." Other aspects of ECP Connect highlighted with the award included responsive desktop-, application- and file-sharing for people on networks with different bandwidths, (and) well-integrated whiteboard tools, co-browsing and simple polling. ECP Connect is an IP-enabled, fully-integrated voice, Web and video conferencing solution that can be given to every employee in an organization--like email--for unlimited usage at a fixed price. ECP Connect offers three key business benefits: -- Dramatically cut overall conferencing costs - by 50% or more - by replacing usage-based pricing with the superior economics of IP-based enterprise conferencing software; -- Extend the business productivity benefits of conferencing far beyond the small group of employees that is usually given access to these powerful tools; -- Eliminate the management headaches and excessive costs of multiple legacy conferencing vendors and tools by consolidating voice and Web communications into a single, integrated conferencing solution that easily integrates with existing IT infrastructures. "The growing importance of VoIP in enterprise communications makes receiving this recognition from NetworkWorld very gratifying," said Frank Zvi, Chief Executive Officer of Interwise. "Our customers understand that convergence will change the way people work, collaborate and communicate. Interwise is ahead of the curve in helping them take advantage of this trend with a fully-integrated voice, Web and video conferencing software with proven scalability, performance, security and ROI for enterprises." Interwise's award-winning ECP Connect delivers complete, unlimited voice, Web, and video conferencing and collaboration across the enterprise, for a fixed price. It provides fully integrated voice conferencing, Web meetings, eLearning classes, Web seminars and broadcasts from a single, IP-based solution with enterprise-class security, reliability and scalability. ECP Connect is a leading choice of Global 2,000 companies, with more worldwide deployments of 5,000-plus seats than any other enterprise conferencing solution on the market. About Network World's 2006 Best of the Tests Awards The 2006 "Best of the Tests" Awards were bestowed by Network World upon a select few products in enterprise networking categories that registered the top performance spots in its hands-on testing program during 2005 - the best of the best. In all, Network World tested and reported on hundreds of enterprise products in that time frame, selecting 10 winners across 10 categories. Network World is the premier source of objective, authoritative reviews in the Network IT market, producing articles featuring both single-product and comparative product tests on a weekly basis. The publication taps into its 13-member Network World Lab Alliance, a group of highly qualified industry experts, network integrators and universities, to set methodology, conduct testing and produce the articles. Year-long testing culminates with the Best of the Tests Awards. These products are profiled in our annual Signature Series Best Products edition in February. The Best Products Issue is highlighted in a special section on our Web site at www.networkworld.com/best/2006/ . Network World, an IDG company, publishes the leading newsweekly, Network World, hosts the most active online community (www.networkworld.com), and produces educational seminars and events worldwide. Network World's portfolio of strategic marketing programs provides marketing and agency professionals with the tools to generate high-quality leads, optimize marketing campaigns, and create new revenue opportunities. About Interwise Interwise is the leader in complete Enterprise Conferencing -- unlimited voice, Web, and video conferencing in one integrated platform for a fixed price. Interwise's fixed price / unlimited usage business model and enterprise-class technology combine to make it easy for companies to replace multiple conferencing and collaboration products with a single, integrated solution that can reduce overall conferencing expenses by up to 50 per cent. Leading IT industry publications and analyst firms have recognized Interwise for changing the way conferencing is done by replacing unpredictable per-minute and overage charges with a complete solution that can be deployed as broadly and economically as e-mail. Interwise is a privately held company, backed by investors that include Lazard Technology Partners, UBS Capital, GE Capital, JP Morgan, Leeds Weld, and NTT. The company sells to and supports customers globally through a direct sales force, distributors, value-added resellers, communications service providers and network-oriented systems integrators. Trademarks Interwise Enterprise Communications Platform, ECP Connect, Interwise Expressway and the Interwise logo are trademarks and Interwise is a registered trademark of Interwise. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
