NEC Jumps into the Web Conferencing Game
Building on XL Meeting's SaaS offering, NEC has released Hosted Collaboration, an SMB-friendly Web conferencing, document, application and desktop sharing subscription service that will eventually enhance the company's existing product portfolio. (New Release Assessment - 2/23/2009)

InterCall Revs Up its Web Conferencing Capabilities with a New SaaS Offering
Building on its concierge based audio conferencing capabilities, InterCall has rolled out Unified Meeting, an audio-capable Web conferencing service for both high end and mid market users, thanks to a new per named user business model. (New Release Assessment - 2/13/2009)

Sun Unveils New Collaboration Platform with a Little Help from Liferay
Sun ships a unified portal and collaboration suite in GlassFish Web Space Server 10, merging Liferay's portal together with its application server, MySQL database and NetBeans/Eclipse development and management toolset. (Product Intelligence Report - 2/12/2009)

Verizon Business Extends Conferencing Services to IM Clients from IBM, Microsoft, and Cisco
With new instant messaging client plug-ins, Verizon now supports spontaneous audio and Web conferencing initiation and participation, but a lack of support for the iPhone platform and Web-based messaging solutions will prove limiting. (Product Intelligence Report - 2/6/2009)

Cisco iPhone App Encourages Active Web Conferencing
Though a 1.0 product and lacking the ability to present content, Cisco's WebEx Meeting Center iPhone application lets mobile users take active control of Cisco Web conferences, passing speaking authority, and chatting with participants. (Product Intelligence Report - 1/14/2009)

IBM Makes Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 More Mac Friendly
IBM's Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 moves the company closer to a fully Microsoft-free productivity and collaboration solution with new support for the Mac OS platform and tighter ties to synergistic IBM and third-party social computing products. (Product Intelligence Report - 1/12/2009)