The report details beliefs including misinformation about costs, audience behavior, and business effectiveness of web conferencing technology and tools. Interviews with companies committed to web conferencing however, reveal practices and cost justifications that strongly refute potential concerns of non-users.

In introducing the report, PresenterNet CEO Doug Wolfgram explained that most end-user respondents disagreed with the six major “myths” that may inhibit some companies from adopting web conferencing as their primary meeting method. “Results of these interviews are extremely encouraging,” reported Wolfgram. “User comments were unusually strong in their support of web conferencing technology in general, and in PresenterNet’s specific approaches to it.”

Wolfgram added, “Web Conferencing will eventually be as common as email and telephones. Right now however, our industry needs to address marketplace inhibitors and help mainstream users to become believers. Early adopters realize huge financial and operational benefits, which should now be understood by the broad marketplace.”

PresenterNet’s online web conferencing services emphasize high-impact interactive presentations, data collection from prospect interactions, database applications and customized reporting. The company has committed all of its products to compatibility with industry standards, such as Macromedia Flash, Macromedia FlashPaper, Microsoft Internet Explorer, PowerPoint™, Mozilla Firefox, Linux, and Apple Macintosh, as well as emerging technology leaders like Skype. The company claims past clients have included Toshiba, SGI, Philips, NEC, ITT, Litton, Fujitsu, and HP.

The PresenterNet Insight Report “Six Web Conferencing Myths Debunked by End Users” is available at http://www.presenternet.com