"A state-of-the-art, integrated conference calling and web conferencing service adds yet another rich dimension to Macromedia Breeze 5 for enterprise web conferencing and communication," said Tom Hale, senior vice president and general manager, Macromedia. "We're excited to partner with Premiere Global Services to provide enterprise customers with a high-caliber conference calling service for the most effective online communication solution possible."

The partnership between Macromedia and Premiere Global Services provides a powerful service for both companies' customers who are requesting audio and rich visual web conferencing components. Macromedia Breeze 5 customers can now control audio and access flexible conference calling directly within the Breeze web conferencing meeting room interface, while Premiere Global Services clients can tap into powerful, user-friendly web communications to enhance their audio conferences.

"Meetings with both voice and visuals make a greater impact for business users," said Ted Schrafft, president, conferencing and collaboration, Premiere Global Services. "By working together to utilize each other's open technologies, we are able to offer market-leading web conferencing capabilities integrated with Macromedia Breeze 5. This integrated offering will help customers significantly improve the productivity and efficiency of their enterprise web communications."

Web conferencing attendees know the pain of distracting background noises while on a conference call. To alleviate this problem, anyone in a Breeze meeting using Premiere Global Services conference calling can individually control the volume of each caller or mute them as needed. In addition, users can record both audio and web conferencing portions of a Breeze 5 meeting, including synchronized recording of the telephone audio conference. The streaming, unified recording is made available from one easy-to-access URL after the meeting.

Macromedia is motivated by the belief that great experiences build great businesses. Macromedia software is used by millions of business users, developers, and designers to create and deliver effective, compelling, and memorable experiences on the Internet, on fixed media, on wireless, and on digital devices. Premiere Global Services, Inc. (formerly Ptek Holdings, Inc.) provides business communications services and business process solutions that enable enterprise customers to automate and simplify components of their critical business processes and to communicate more effectively with their constituents.

For more information or to access a free trial of web conferencing with Breeze 5 and Premiere Global Services conference calling, visit www.macromedia.com/go/premiere. Integrated web conferencing and conference calling for Macromedia Breeze 5 is available by visiting www.macromedia.com/go/premiere. Current Macromedia Breeze customers who select Premiere Global Services as their conference calling provider are eligible for specially negotiated rates.