iLinc Enables Customers To Grow Worldwide
Web Conferencing Cuts International Travel and Expenses, Supports Rapid Expansion
PHOENIX, Arizona (June 13, 2005) –
iLinc Communications, Inc. (AMEX:ILC), developers of Web conferencing software and audio conferencing solutions, has been helping companies save on travel costs for years. While there is a natural cost savings in using Web conferencing, there is also opportunity for companies to grow in ways they otherwise would have missed.
Hard Dollar Corporation, an Arizona-based leading software provider to the booming construction industry, began using iLinc’s LearnLinc training product in 2003 as a cost-effective tool for their multi-attendee customer training, and soon realized that iLinc could extend their sales reach as well.
“iLinc enables us to pursue business that we otherwise wouldn’t,” said Rick Deans, director of product management at Hard Dollar. “Cost and time savings are even more pronounced when we work on international opportunities. iLinc Web conferencing facilitates our sales responses to customers and potential customers around the world.” Hard Dollar recently won the business of several overseas construction firms and will continue to expand its international client base.
“We find that most organizations begin using Web conferencing for one specific objective such as training, but the rest of the organization often quickly sees the advantages of integrating Web conferencing into their daily processes for activities such as sales demonstrations, customer support, and marketing events,” notes iLinc vice president of marketing, Mark Yeager. “Unlike other Web conferencing providers, any user has access to the entire iLinc Suite of products which supports this natural migration from department to department and facilitates more cost savings across the entire organization. It is a complete Web conferencing solution for all departments to grow and become more efficient. The iLinc product suite includes MeetingLinc for sales presentations and staff meetings, LearnLinc for online instruction, ConferenceLinc for marketing events, and SupportLinc for customer service.”
“When we evaluate our costs for face-to-face customer meetings including air travel and hotel stays, as well as the loss of productivity and work time that trips can create, it is clear that Web conferencing makes so much sense for us and it enables us to pass additional savings on to our customers,” says Deans.
Hard Dollar began using iLinc Web conferencing specifically for training. Hard Dollar’s customers can attend their Mastery Program to become proficient in the BID*BUILD integrated estimating and job control software through LearnLinc. The Mastery Program is designed specifically to manage the rigorous and ever-changing demands of construction. Hard Dollar systems are deployed today by thousands of users to manage billions of dollars worth of transportation, water and sewer, heavy civil, environmental remediation, power and industrial projects every month.
About iLinc Communications, Inc.
iLinc Communications, Inc. is a leading developer of Web conferencing software and audio (phone) conferencing services for highly secure and cost-effective collaborative meetings, presentations, and training sessions. The Company enables customers to purchase and own iLinc Web conferencing software, which can be installed inside of a customer’s network or hosted by iLinc. Our products and services include the iLinc Suite of Web Conferencing software (MeetingLinc, LearnLinc, ConferenceLinc, and SupportLinc); Audio Conferencing Services; On-Demand Conferencing; and EventPlus, a service for professionally managed online and audio conferencing events. iLinc’s products and services are used by organizations worldwide in sales, HR and training, marketing, and customer support. More information about the Phoenix-based company may be found on the Web at www.ilinc.com .
This press release contains information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results described within the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include the rate of acceptance of the Company’s products and services by customers, changes in the Web conferencing and audio conferencing market in general, the acceptance of new products, the Company’s need for working capital, the result of pending litigation, the competition the Company faces from larger and more well-capitalized competitors, and other matters more fully disclosed in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking information provided herein represents the Company’s estimates and expectations as of the date of the press release, and subsequent events and developments may cause the Company’s estimates and expectations to change. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking information in the future. Therefore, this forward-looking information should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s estimates and expectations of its future financial performance as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
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Contact:
Mark R. Yeager
Vice President of Marketing
602-952-1200
pr@ilinc.com
Source: iLinc