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Boeing in tech pact with WebEx
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 22 October 2002, 19:30 IST
SAN JOSE: WebEx Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBX) announced Tuesday that The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), the world's leading aerospace company, has selected WebEx as its Web meetings provider. Under the two-year agreement Boeing will use WebEx's Web communications services for Web meetings among employees and partners worldwide.
WebEx will enable Boeing to consolidate all desktop conferencing onto a single platform, simplifying the user's experience and helping the company save money. This consolidation was possible because WebEx provided a secure conferencing solution that could be quickly deployed across the Boeing enterprise.
The WebEx switch-based network supports interactive data, voice and video communications, and WebEx has developed a global network designed specifically for real-time Web communications. WebEx has more than 6,800 enterprise customers and partnerships with the world's leading teleconferencing and technology companies.
"WebEx provides Web communication services to help companies improve almost every business function," said Subrah Iyar, chairman and CEO of WebEx Communications. "Everyday, thousands of businesspeople around the world hold highly interactive Web meetings for sales, support, training, design and marketing. Boeing is a great example of how companies are looking to improve communications and reduce costs with Web meetings."
WebEx provides Web communications services to corporations, technology companies and telecommunications providers worldwide. All of WebEx's services are built on the WebEx Multimedia Switching Platform and delivered through the WebEx Interactive Network, a high-performance global network specifically designed for real-time Web communications. WebEx's MediaTone technology allows the WebEx platform to manage complex media types including 3-D objects, streaming media and live video. With hubs around the world and a carrier-class information switching architecture, WebEx provides a superior level of performance, reliability and security.