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Investigate in-house Web conferencing software with Pixion's
Meet America program
Many companies have been using audio conference calls or direct link video
conferencing to allow traveling employees to conduct business. While workable for standard meetings, these solutions tend to pose new challenges when itcomes to presentations or collaborative proecdures. Read More

Network World
Pixion brings Web conferencing to the Mac
Pixion announced last week at the Apple Worldwide Developer's Conference
that it is bringing its Web conferencing server PictureTalk 4.0 to the
Macintosh OS X platform, giving customers the option of installing on
Windows, Solaris, and Mac. Read More

Communications News
Web Meetings Benefit the Bottom line
"We were using a combination of WebEx and Microsoft"s NetMeeting,"
explains Lindblom. “While this approach provided us with reasonable
performance, each had its significant shortcomings." Read More

ComputerWorld
Stop the Web Conferencing Cost Clash
Web conferencing is creating a clash that pits departmental prerogatives
against corporate cost savings. The departments need to retreat. Read More

New York Times
Travel Fears Cause Some to Commute Online
Fears of terrorism, the mysterious respiratory disease known as SARS and
consequences of the Iraq war have mounted over the last several weeks,
many businesses are reducing travel in favor of virtual meetings, and
more employees are learning how to telecommute. Read More

Business Times
Conferencing business gets online rivals
After the terrorist strikes of Sept. 11, 2001, companies that designed video
and Web-based conferencing systems saw their stocks shoot through the roof on the theory that jittery business travelers would prefer to handle business from home. Read More

MacCentral
Macworld gives Best of Show Awards
Macworld today announced its Macworld Best of Show Awards, which
acknowledge what the company's editorial staff feels are the most exciting
hardware and software products announced at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. Read More

ComputerWorld
More Remote Challenges
The vast majority of employees at CKE Restaurants Inc. work in the company's nationwide restaurants as district managers or in the field as real estate, marketing, human resources or training people, says Tom Lindblom, director of IT at the Santa Barbara, Calif.-based operator of 2,300 Hardee's and 980 Carl's Jr. restaurants. Read More

CFO Magazine
Screen Dreams
Last year companies spent nearly $150 billion on business travel, and while that figure represents a 20 percent decline from the year before (due mostly to a slumping economy, although security fears also played a role), the expense is still considerable and once again climbing. Read More

Maccentral, Oct. 2002
PictureTalk Gets Redesigned PictureTalk Console
Pixion Inc., which specializes in cross-platform Web conferencing solutions, has launched a new version of its PictureTalk Web conferencing platform. Read More

Selling Power
Pixion Slashes Web Presentation Prices
If you’ve wanted to try out a Web-based presentation but have been daunted by the costs, there’s good news this month from Pixion, a Web-conferencing
provider based in Pleasanton, CA. The company has slashed its PictureTalk
Hosted Services subscription costs by up to 50%...  Read More (PDF)

Communication News Online
Conferencing: Boardrooms to Classrooms
Active users are shifting to a third-wave server-driven enterprise
communications that utilizes a standards-based, cross-platform system with
enhanced security, enabling bandwidth-independent Web meetings with internal administration... Read Article

eWeek
Software Links Users Virtually
Tandberg Asa, Pixion Inc. and a host of other developers are rolling out new and enhanced multimedia collaboration tools that officials from these companies said will improve the quality of virtual meetings while helping enterprises keep down travel costs and improve teamwork. Read More

Selling Power, July 2002
Keeping Track of Seats
If your company currently uses multiple Web conferencing vendors to satisfy
their meeting needs and is frustrated by exploding usage costs, you may want to check out Pixion's new PictureTalk Hosted Services, a cross-platform interactive Web conferencing solution for large and small businesses...  Read More (PDF)

WebSeminarian
PictureTalk Crosses Markets as Well as Platforms
Pixion's claim to fame in the Web conferencing space has been as an equal-
opportunity performer across multiple operating systems (OS). With the
announcement of its PictureTalk Hosted Services, Pixion hopes to perform for smaller companies as well as large corporations. Read More

Maccentral
PictureTalk Hosted Services Introduced
PictureTalk Hosted Services — a cross-platform interactive meeting solution — is now available from Pixion. Read More

Business Times
Pixion Wins Patent for CSC Technology
Pleasanton's Pixion Inc., a client-server-client Web conferencing applications
company, has been awarded a patent for its PictureTalk Web conferencing
technology. Read More