eZmeet from Etisalat with Microsoft Partner

Etisalat showcases eZMeet solution to enter the web collaboration market
eZMeet will offer integrated collaboration experience, support for live video and rich media


Dubai, October 21, 2009: Etisalat today announced plans to introduce a web collaboration service – “eZMeet”, in partnership with Microsoft/partner thereby making it easier for organizations of all sizes to experience the benefits of Web collaboration through a managed services model, be it simple ad-hoc collaboration sessions, formal Web-based meetings, advanced online training or large communication events.

eZMeet is a hosted Web collaboration service that connects and engages audiences in online meetings, training, and events through a reliable, enterprise-class hosted service. With meeting attendees participating from their PCs, phones (fixed and mobiles) users can deliver a presentation, kick off a project, brainstorm ideas, edit files, collaborate on whiteboards and negotiate deals.

According to Abdulla Hashim, Sr. VP, Business Solutions, Etisalat, “Communicating with a diverse customer base, employee collaboration with virtual teams are raising the importance of web collaboration and we see it becoming a mainstream tool for communication and collaboration in the enterprise.”

He added, “Based on customer insights and market demand forecasts, we believe a service of this kind will become very popular with our customers across the enterprise and even the SMB space. The eZMeet service will truly deliver an outstanding collaboration experience to our customers and will remove the entire burden of managing and maintaining service levels for their staff with the advantage of a Managed service model from Etisalat.”

Commenting on the new service, Fatima Mohsin, Senior Director, Etisalat Product Marketing said, “eZMeet is an important example of further empowering information workers and making them more productive and effective. The exciting new capabilities of eZMeet can be used across ad hoc collaborative meetings, marketing events, sales demonstrations, training sessions and more. It is a key element of our integrated communications vision that helps people and organizations richly communicate and work together more effectively.”

eZMeet helps organizations better connect internally with employees and externally with customers and partners through features like:
•A simplified user interface that helps conferencing participants remain focused on core content
•Training and event features that give presenters the ability to offer handouts, public class and event listings, and advanced testing and grading
•High-fidelity shared and local recording capabilities that give organizations the power to archive an eZMeet session for playback

The service also supports multiple communication channels to provide an engaging experience:
•Two-way phone offers participants a choice for integrating conference audio
•Embedded flash, video and audio files help presenters deliver rich content to conferencing participants
•Live webcam video and initiation and control of audio conferencing.