IBM, InterCall Partner To Deliver Enhanced Web Conferencing Experience

IBM has selected InterCall, a global conferencing and collaboration services provider, to resell IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte. Through this relationship, customers will enjoy the features of Lotus Sametime Unyte's easy-to-use Web conferencing, complemented by InterCall's audio.

"Partnering with a conferencing service provider like InterCall is an important part of our cloud services strategy for IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte. InterCall brings years of experience in running a conference communications service with a strong global presence in the market," said Sean Poulley, vice president, online collaboration services, IBM Lotus.

A full-featured online meeting service, Lotus Sametime Unyte integrates Web, audio and video conferencing. Available anytime, anywhere, through a Web browser, Lotus Sametime Unyte offers Web conference capabilities without requiring any on-site software or hardware. It empowers users to collaborate within and across corporate firewalls, making it easy to collaborate beyond organisational boundaries. This service is ideally suited for any phone conference or dialogue that can be enhanced by sharing a document, presentation or application.

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"Ultimately, our focus is to help users eliminate communication inefficiencies and increase productivity with easy-to-use conferencing and collaboration tools," said Herb Pyles, InterCall's vice president, strategic business development, acquisition and integration. "That's why we were so excited to launch this partnership with IBM. We're bringing together all the different ways people communicate -- whether it's a meeting using the Web, audio, video, or IM -- with an eye on simplicity. We want to take the 'fear factor' out of conferencing."

This new relationship with IBM is part of InterCall's commitment to providing customers with a wide variety of conferencing and collaboration tools to help them operate more efficiently. As an industry player, InterCall has expanded from its core of audio conferencing to advanced options like Web and video conferencing for companies of all sizes.