The new Version 4.0 service makes it easier to host and join online meetings and is expected to accelerate growth of Yugma’s instant web conferencing solutions

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) December 11, 2008 — Yugma, the leading web conferencing service that lets people connect and collaborate instantly using the Internet, announced the immediate availability of its new Version 4.0 service.

The key features of the new version 4.0 include:

•New Yugma Viewer (Java or Windows versions available, no Yugma download required)
•New Linux Beta version allows Linux users to Host a Meeting and share their desktop
•New standardized Download and Installation process
•Improved Annotation tools for Yugma Pro users
•New Microsoft Outlook plug-in for all Yugma users
•Improved registration process for all Yugma users

Visit the website to learn more about what’s new in Version 4.0 including the detailed technical specification and release notes.

Windows, Mac and Linux users will be able to join a meeting easier and faster using the new Yugma Viewer. The Yugma Viewer also includes an interactive instant messaging (IM) feature that improves the desktop sharing and presentation experience. Microsoft Windows users have the option of using a new Windows Viewer as an alternative to the standard Java Viewer.

Linux users can now host a meeting and use the complete set of web-conferencing and collaboration features with the new Linux Beta version.

The new Download and Installation process conforms to industry best practices and assures the security and privacy of users.

The enhanced Annotation tools improve the interactive collaboration experience for learning, project management, brainstorming and creative applications.

The Outlook plug-in allows all Yugma users to host or join a meeting instantly from within Microsoft Outlook. Additionally, Yugma Pro users can now schedule a meeting in Microsoft Outlook using the new plug-in.

Yugma is the leader in affordable instant web conferencing solutions. The new Version 4.0 service is immediately available for download on the new Yugma website. Existing Free, Professional and Enterprise customers can download the new version when they Host or Join an interactive meeting from our website.

“Our new version 4.0 release incorporates feedback from hundreds of thousands of registered users”, said Vas Bhandarkar, CEO of Yugma. “We’ve analyzed user feedback, usage habits and trends associated with Yugma usage and focused on delivering the easiest, most affordable, instant web conferencing service.”

About Yugma, Inc.

Yugma is the leader in affordable instant web conferencing solutions. Yugma provides Free, Professional, and Enterprise web conferencing software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to individuals, small businesses, and large enterprises across a diverse range of industries. The core Yugma product technology is a secure, easy-to-use, feature-rich, web conferencing and collaboration software service that allows users to host or attend online meetings using Windows, Mac, or Linux computers at a fraction of the cost of comparable technologies. Yugma technology is scalable from 1-to-1 desktop sharing to conferences for 1000+ attendees.

Popular uses of Yugma include hosting webinars, developing and presenting proposals, product demonstrations, sales presentations, enhancing online sales calls, conducting training programs, delivering customer service, holding team meetings and reviews, improving remote support and troubleshooting, facilitating study groups or personal tutoring sessions, hosting virtual clubs or social events, and providing spontaneous collaboration by artists, writers, and designers.

Yugma is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘confluence, meeting or state of togetherness.’ Yugma, Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Minneapolis with offices in Silicon Valley and New Delhi, India.