InterCall took home top honors in the Best New Product or Service category at the American Business Awards for its newly-acquired Web conferencing solution, Raindance Seminar Edition (RSE).

"The fact that the entrepreneurs and business executives judging the awards recognize the value of Raindance Seminar Edition is a testament to the product's innovation and the increasing role that conferencing technology is playing in corporate America," said Bob Wise, Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Development for InterCall.

"We are honored to have won the Stevie Award and we will continue to raise awareness of conferencing as an ideal solution for improving our clients' communication, productivity and bottom lines."

Cartoonist Scott Adams, creator of the famous "Dilbert(TM)" cartoon strip, recently used Cisco Unified MeetingPlace(R) to draw and collaborate with a nationwide audience, highlighting the potential of Cisco(R) Unified Communications to improve collaboration and illustrating how the network can serve as a platform for life's experiences.

By seamlessly integrating voice and Web conferencing capabilities, the rich-media conferencing solution allowed approximately 100 Cisco customers and partners to brainstorm with Scott Adams and watch as he developed their ideas into a Dilbert cartoon strip.

(Editor's note: See Scott Adams using Cisco Unified MeetingPlace to create a cartoon strip at: http://newsroom.cisco.com/video/dilbert.html.)

Verizon Online announced today a Web conferencing service for its business broadband customers that enables them to use their computers to easily and securely collaborate with their colleagues online, show presentations and demonstrate products -- all without having to leave the office.

Citrix® GoToMeeting(TM), the award-winning service for easy online conferencing and collaboration, is being provided to Verizon customers through an alliance with the Citrix Online Division of Citrix Systems, Inc.

Verizon's business customers who sign up for the service will get a discount of up to 50 percent or more off the monthly price after a 30-day free trial.

This latest online service builds on the success of a special Citrix® GoToMyPC® offer, which allows Verizon Online subscribers easy and secure access anytime, anywhere to their office PCs from any Internet-connected computer and works as if the subscribers were in the office. Citrix GoToMyPC was introduced to Verizon Online broadband customers in 2004.

iLinc Communications, Inc., developers of Web conferencing software and audio conferencing solutions, today announced that the Company has secured 10 new contracts for iLinc's Enterprise Unlimited Web Conferencing program within the past 90 days with the most recent contract worth approximately $200,000 secured this week.

The program enables organizations to remove multiple conferencing vendors and standardize their entire organization on the iLinc platform with unlimited use of iLinc Web conferencing.