TONY GASSON JOINS INTERWISE TO DRIVE ENTERPRISE CONFERENCING INTO EUROPEAN ENTERPRISES

Added: (Fri Nov 25 2005)

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Enterprise conferencing and collaboration will come of age in 2006 driven by the ability to halve costs while at the same time integrating voice, video and web conferencing in a web interface. This is the view of Tony Gasson, the newly appointed Vice President, EMEA, Interwise.

“Interwise is redefining the conferencing market by replacing unpredictable audio and web conferencing costs with a complete solution that can be deployed as broadly and economically and simply as email,” said Tony Gasson, Vice President, EMEA, Interwise.

Gasson joined Interwise from WebEx, where under his leadership as Vice President and General Manager, EMEA, the European business tripled its revenues between 2002 and 2005.

Gasson believes that multimedia conferencing solutions comprising audio telephony – charged on a per connection and per minute basis – overlaid with web conferencing – charged on a subscription basis – are far too cumbersome and ultimately too costly for enterprise organisations.

Interwise’s fixed price unlimited usage business model and enterprise-class technology combine to make it easy for companies to replace multiple conferencing and collaboration products with a single, integrated solution that can reduce overall conferencing expenses by up to 50 per cent.

Prior to joining WebEx Gasson spent eight years from 1994 to 2002 with the videoconferencing leader PictureTel Corporation where, in addition to growing its core business, he also launched one of the industry’s first web-based conferencing businesses as a PictureTel subsidiary.

Interwise has published a white paper guide to enterprise conferencing and collaboration conferencing describing both the user and cost benefits of enterprise conferencing titled “A Revolution in Collaborative Working Offers Both Dramatic Cost Savings and Increased Business Productivity”. If you would like to receive a copy please email epanzner@rainierpr.co.uk.


About Interwise
Interwise is the leader in complete Enterprise Conferencing -- unlimited voice, Web, and video conferencing in one integrated platform for a fixed price . Interwise's fixed price / unlimited usage business model and enterprise-class technology combine to make it easy for companies to replace multiple conferencing and collaboration products with a single, integrated solution that can reduce overall conferencing expenses by up to 50%. Leading IT industry publications and analyst firms have recognized Interwise for changing the way conferencing is done by replacing unpredictable per-minute and overage charges with a complete solution that can be deployed as broadly and economically as e-mail. Interwise is a privately held company, backed by investors that include Lazard Technology Partners, CIBC, UBS Capital, GE Capital, JP Morgan, Leeds Weld, NTT, and SAP AG. The company sells to and supports customers globally through a direct sales force, distributors, value-added resellers, communications service providers and network-oriented systems integrators. Visit Interwise at http://www.interwise.com.