CEB & First Virtual Communications launch the next generation of web conferencing solutions

'CTM Express™' is a complete end-to-end rich media solution meant to allow for conducting electronic conferences and communicating in an easy, efficient and cost effective manner.

CEB, a leading IT solution provider in Jordan and the regional market has partnered with FVC.COM to provide rich media web conferencing and collaboration solutions.

The press conference was followed by a seminar which was initiated by a welcoming word delivered by Ayman Arafeh, CEB General Manager, in which he outlined CEB's new vision for 2004 and the coming years of providing quality and innovative IT solutions in the Jordanian market and the region as well. "We are adding, this year, 4 new products to expand our current solutions portfolio offering in horizontal and vertical markets. Today, we are partnering with a recognized top leader in providing web conferencing solutions around the world. The award winning Click to Meet product line is enterprise-class software that enables corporate, education, healthcare and government customers worldwide to present, share, sell, train, and collaborate", said Mr. Arafeh.

Click to Meet integrates the user's choice of data, audio, and multipoint interactive video into existing work environments and into everyday communication tools such as instant messaging, web browsing and e-mail. Click to Meet software solutions are widely deployed in over 1,500 customer locations and excel in such challenging environments such as emergency response, disaster recovery, corporate training and geographically dispersed tele-working locations, among others.

"Due to the fact that Jordan is considered one of the most technologically progressing countries in the Middle East, we think that this product will find excellent market," said Mr. Dharmendra Parmar, territory sales manager of fvc.com. "Furthermore, the e-tendency is finding its wide way in Jordan in many projects currently developed such as e-Government, in addition to the fact that e-learning (education and training) do occupy good position here, and thus 'Click to Meet™ can be deployed at broad, multi-level activities by making use of it for knowledge expansion purposes at wider basis." Mr. Parmar added.

From a functional point of view, 'Click to Meet™' enables dispersed groups to meet online and conduct more effective, collaborative meetings. This software combines the best of easy-to-use, browser-based web conferencing, and collaborates tools with audio and video quality of up to 30 frames per second.

Using this software, ad-hoc web conferences with employees, partners, customers and corporate branches can be created on the fly, and practically anyone with an internet connection and a PC can attend. The unique feature is its ability to simultaneously connect various participants and go into an audio and video conference session. This helps the participants choose whom they would like to see. With a rich palette of easy to use tools, including presentations, multi-point video, application sharing, and business quality audio, each participant picks out the collaboration tool(s) most appropriate to the subject interaction.

In the same breath, individuals can initiate, moderate, and invite new participants in real time without the need of any IT expertise. Being easily scalable, 'Click to Meet™' solutions excel in challenging environments such as e-Learning, e-Governance, Healthcare and Corporate training among diversity of business activities.

One final note, it is worth mentioning that 'Click to Meet™' is currently implemented in a number of Arab countries for a diversity of businesses and educational organizations in KSA, Kuwait, and UAE, in addition to enterprise international companies such as Microsoft, Shell, BP, Unilever and others. In a short time, this product has proved its capabilities, efficiency and scalability in assortment of environments, not only in matters related to saving time and money but in the fact that it also allowed for expanding the knowledge base and facilitated communicational activities.