On September 5 Dr. Michael Rouan of Stanford University and Henry Hon, CEO of Vyew, presented “Vyew Collaboration in Education (Stanford, Motorola)” at the Office 2.0 Conference. Dr. Rouan and Henry Hon introduced Stanford Engineering Everywhere (http://see.stanford.edu) in the presentation. See the below post for a description of Stanford Engineering Everywhere. Here is a link to the presentation video and summary: http://www.office20.com/docs/DOC-1202.

On September 17 Stanford School of Engineering distributed a news release announcing the launch of Stanford Engineering Everywhere (http://see.stanford.edu), a new online portal that offers engineering courses from Stanford University for free. Here is a link to the news release.

Vyew provides a conferencing and collaboration framework for Stanford Engineering Everywhere in an integrated environment that includes lecture videos and transcripts, handouts, assignments, solutions and discussion forums that can be duplicated and used for annotation or collaborative learning by any individual or educational institution.

Josh Lowensohn of Webware wrote a great review of Vyew 3.0 on September 16th. Here is a link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10042910-2.html?tag=mncol

BERKELEY, Calif. – September 15, 2008 – Vyew, a leading provider of browser-based visual-collaboration and web-conferencing software, today announced the release of Vyew 3.0. Vyew 3.0 improves the experience of web conferencing and visual collaboration with contextual discussions, voice comments, webcam support and other communication enhancements.

Vyew 3.0 is the only conferencing and collaboration platform selected and profiled in the “Collaboration” category in a PC World article, “25 Best Business Software Tools and Web Services,” published on September 7, 2008: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/150091/25_best_business_software_tools_and_web_services.html. A video demonstration of Vyew 3.0 is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKtxL8I7aWs

Vyew 3.0 uniquely combines all aspects of web conferencing, desktop sharing, real-time and always-on collaboration on any digital content in one workspace. It requires no software installation so that it can be accessed from any Windows, Macintosh or Linux computer with any browser. Collaborators can enter a meeting with one click on a meeting link. You can try Vyew 3.0 for free at http://www.vyew.com.
“Finding new ways to improve collaboration is the key to achieving higher worker productivity and quality. Workspaces that blend real-time, asynchronous and visual collaboration such as Vyew are addressing customer needs for easier and faster communication and coordination in context to take collaboration to the next level,” said Mark Levitt, VP, Collaborative Computing, IDC.

Vyew Version 3.0 includes these new features:

• Searchable Contextual Sidebar Forums – Enable collaborators to have a textual discussion alongside content and visually pinpoint the source of the discussion. Comments can be filtered by user, date and flag.
• Voice Comments – Provide a new medium for collaborators to participate in addition to text comments.
• Application Programming Interface (API) – Allows single-user Flash applications to be uploaded to Vyew and converted to multi-user collaborative applications.
• Webcam support – Conference participants can broadcast live video of themselves to the other conference participants.
• Voice over IP (VoIP) – Presenters can speak through their computer microphones to others in a meeting by clicking the “Push To Talk” button in Vyew. Other meeting participants hear the presenter through their computer speakers or headphones.
• Private Chat Groups – Two or more participants can text-chat separately from the group.
• Quiz and Poll Creator – A tool for creating true/false, multiple-choice and text-input quizzes and polls and for displaying results in graph form.
• User Statuses – Conference participants can click on buttons such as “Raise Hand” when they have a question and “Slow Down” notifying the presenter that he or she is going too fast.

“Vyew’s API was an important factor in our decision to select Vyew as our platform for web-based collaborative courseware applications required by our corporate and government clients,” said Don Holmes, CEO of Imedia.it. “Our extensive evaluation of visual-collaboration platforms clearly established Vyew as the leading instant workspace for ease of use, security and features.”

Vyew 3.0 supports the widest range of user and organizational preferences for price, security and administrative control. Vyew’s three hosted services range from free to $19.95 per user per month and Vyew also provides enterprise licensing for larger organizations. For organizations that require high data security, integration with enterprise systems such as single sign-on and enhanced user administration and usage reporting, Vyew provides Vyew Enterprise Appliance, a 1U rack-mounted appliance and enterprise control panel for installation and hosting in an organization’s information-systems environment.

Vyew 3.0 supports the widest range of content in a collaboration platform. Users can upload Microsoft Office, Adobe .pdf, text, graphic, audio and video content. Vyew also provides screen capture so there is no concern about getting content from any application into Vyew. Vyew also includes desktop sharing for demonstrating directly from a user’s workstation and for remote support.

“The release of Vyew 3.0 is a significant milestone for Vyew and for the collaboration industry because it is a mature product for both synchronous and asynchronous collaboration,” said Henry Hon, CEO of Vyew. “The enhancements that Vyew introduced were customer-driven and reflect the needs of our broad base of users in industries such as education and training, marketing, architecture, graphic and industrial design.”

About Vyew
Vyew (http://www.vyew.com) is a browser-based collaboration and conferencing platform that enables web users to share and create together in real-time and over time. Within seconds, Vyew users can access a shared instant workspace where they can upload and annotate files (.ppt, .doc, .xls, .pdf, .jpg, .mp3, .flv, etc.), take screen captures, white-board and use a library of plug-ins to create content for sharing and collaboration. Content in Vyew can be saved, accessed on demand, left always on for reference or modifications, printed and published anywhere on the Web. During live conferencing sessions users can also communicate via Vyew’s free teleconferencing service, instant text chat, webcam, Voice over IP (VoIP) and by sharing their desktop.
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Media Contact:
Todd Lane
Marcom Director
Vyew
800 594 4559

Vyew is in good company with Salesforce.com, Google Docs, Microsoft Office, QuickBooks and others in a PC World article, “25 Best Business Software Tools and Web Services,” that was published on September 7, 2008 and that was on the PC World homepage for several days. Vyew is the only conferencing and visual-collaboration platform listed in the article.

Here is a link to the article: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/150091-1/25_best_business_software_tools_and_web_services.html

The article was syndicated by the IDG News Service http://www.idg.net/idgns (IDG publishes PC World, Computerworld, CIO, Infoworld, etc.) and it is also on:

• CIO: http://www.cio.com/article/448215/Top_Software_Tools_and_Services_for_Business

• The Industry Standard:
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/09/08/twenty-five-best-business-software-tools-and-services

• Computerworld: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=18&articleId=9114281&intsrc=hm_topic

• Infoworld: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/09/08/Twentyfive_best_business_software_tools_and_services_1.html

• Network World: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/090808-twenty-five-best-business-software-tools.html

BERKELEY, Calif., August 18, 2008 – Vyew, a leading provider of browser-based visual-collaboration and web-conferencing software, today announced the release of VyewMyPC (http://www.vyewmypc.com).

VyewMyPC provides instant desktop sharing, whiteboarding and web conferencing for any browser running on Windows, Macintosh or Linux. It is a quick-start solution for holding online meetings, sketching ideas and presenting whatever is showing on your desktop with others anywhere in the world. There is no concern about whether conference participants use the same software you used to create content and it is more productive and collaborative than emailing files and reconciling changes from return emails. VyewMyPC supports voice over IP (VoIP) for free worldwide voice conferencing and webcam for video broadcasting among conference participants.

VyewMyPC is a free service from Vyew and the first in a series of quick-start solutions that Vyew is developing for desktop sharing, content review and approval, screen capturing and session recording. VyewMyPC provides the same desktop-sharing and conferencing functionality found in expensive solutions for free with no software to install.

“With a slowing economy, high travel costs and increasing environmental concerns there is a market need for an intuitive, free and feature-rich solution for web conferencing, whiteboarding and desktop sharing that works on any platform with any browser and requires no software installation,” said Henry Hon, CEO of Vyew. “VyewMyPC meets that need and also serves as a gateway to the advanced features of Vyew such as its clear-view workspaces for persistent, always-on collaboration and content review.”

There are many possible applications for VyewMyPC. It can be used for presentations and sales in any industry. Graphic and industrial designers and architects can use it to show their latest concepts to clients. Marketing, public relations and legal professionals can review document drafts with their teams and clients. An end user can demonstrate a computer problem to a support engineer. An instructor can provide online training. Any team needing to sketch ideas can use its whiteboard.

VyewMyPC is available immediately and for free at http://www.vyewmypc.com.

A video introduction and demonstration of VyewMyPC is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72bYaETWyOU

About Vyew

Vyew (http://www.vyew.com) is a browser-based collaboration and conferencing platform that enables web users to share and create together in real-time and over time. Within seconds, Vyew users can access a shared instant workspace where they can upload and annotate files (.ppt, .doc, .xls, .pdf, .jpg, .mp3, .flv, etc.), take screen captures, white-board and use a library of plug-ins to create content for sharing and collaboration. Content in Vyew can be saved, accessed on demand, left always on for reference or modifications, printed and published anywhere on the Web. During live conferencing sessions users can also communicate via Vyew’s free teleconferencing service, instant text chat, webcam, Voice over IP (VoIP) and by sharing their desktop.
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Media Contact:
Todd Lane
Marcom Director
Vyew
800 594 4559

An error with the database connection occured at 4:30pm PST today.
It lasted for about 7 minutes. You may have had trouble logging in or accessing pages in your VyewBook at that time.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

The Push To Talk server went down around 5AM this morning. It’s back up and running normally now.

We are performing system maintenance, such as rolling out some new features. This work should not affect any users on the site, but there may be a few delays in logging in. This will occur for about 20 minutes around 5:30pm PST today.

Around 10am today we one of the servers supporting the VOIP system went down. I would like to re-state that the VOIP system is still in beta mode, and we are working to bring this to a full production state soon. Everything is OK now, and working up to par.

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Users who are behind a firewall may have experienced problems logging in yesterday. The proxy (which routes your traffic through your firewall) is now back online and running normally.

BERKELEY, Calif. – November 5, 2007 – Vyew, a leading provider of browser-based visual collaboration and web conferencing software, and FreeConference, the pioneer of free audio conference call services, today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to create new conferencing services using each other’s proprietary conferencing platform and technologies. 

Under the agreement, both companies are embedding the partner’s service into their respective solutions. Vyew subscribers who want conference calling while collaborating online can click on a “Free Conference Calls” button within Vyew for instant access to FreeConference.com’s reservationless conference call service. This combination provides the first free web conferencing service with free integrated audio.

FreeConference is offering its users a new service called “SharePlus” desktop sharing based on Vyew technology. Now in beta, it allows the sharing of documents and applications in real time during a teleconference with just one simple click.

“We are very excited that FreeConference selected Vyew and validated its commitment to providing leading technology,” said Henry Hon, CEO of Vyew. “This partnership is an important milestone for Vyew because it provides an excellent example of how Vyew can power partner solutions and bring our technology to new users in other communities.”

“This new partnership allows us to provide the next level of conferencing to our users starting with basic desktop sharing and then full web conferencing using advanced features of the Vyew platform,” said Alex B. Cory, CEO of FreeConference. “We selected Vyew because it let us create our own custom version of its product tailored to our own users’ needs. It is entirely browser based with no client installations and it is easy to use. We have received enthusiastic feedback about SharePlus from our customers.”

About FreeConference
FreeConference® is a service of Global Conference Partners™. Founded in 1985, Global Conference Partners has continuously advanced new telecommunications technology solutions to bring highly automated, enterprise quality conferencing services to businesses and organizations that want top-tier performance at little or no cost. Flagship sites http://www.freeconference.com and http://www.instantconference.com serve millions of customers worldwide with simple, convenient, and reliable teleconferencing services. For more information, please visit http://www.globalconferencepartners.com.

Vyew Press Contact:
Todd Lane
Marcom Director
800-594-4559


FreeConference Press Contact:
Nancy King
VP Marketing
323-469-3380

Now with Vyew you are able to broadcast your voice and webcam. Additionally, you offer all other collaborators in your meeting to also broadcast their webcam at the same time, and speak into their microphone.

One of the challenges we had in building the Vyew interface was creating a space where users could work together, or work apart, on the same document. That’s what we call “synchronous” and “asynchronous.”

Each VyewBook has a SYNC MODE setting. It can be turned ON or OFF.

When SYNC MODE is ON — Every user sees the same thing on their screen, as every other users. That means when a user changes pages, scrolls, or zooms in, everyone will also see that exact portion of the VyewBook.

When SYNC MODE is OFF (Un-Sync Mode) — When a user changes pages, zooms, or scrolls, it only affects their own screen, not anyone elses. This is useful when users would like to create content or read on different VyewBook pages.

When should I use SYNC MODE?

* During a presentation. You are in the room with a few other people, and you want them see exactly what you are seeing.

* During a discussion/meeting with other team members.

* When you don’t want viewers to browse the VyewBook on their own.

When should I turn SYNC MODE OFF (Un-Sync Mode)?

* When 2 or more people are marking/reviewing the same VyewBook.

* When you want to allow viewers to browse the VyewBook on their own.

About Default Sync Modes:

Each VyewBook gives you the option of keeping the VyewBook on a certain Sync Mode after you leave the VyewBook. During the course of a meeting, you may turn Sync Mode ON or OFF several times, so it may be useful to assure a VyewBook resets back to a certain Sync Mode when you are done.

When would I default a VyewBook to SYNC MODE ON?
* When the VyewBook is strictly used for presentations and meetings, and you don’t want viewers who come early to a meeting to be able to browse all the pages.

When would I default a VyewBook to SYNC MODE OFF (Un-Sync Mode)?

* When the VyewBook is used as a notebook, scrapbook, or document for collaboration/review. This would keep users who come into it, from bumping into eachother or getting in eachothers way when changing pages.

* When you specifically want Viewers to be able to browser pages in the VyewBook.

BERKELEY, Calif. – June 12, 2007 – Vyew, which recently emerged out of Beta, introduces version 2.5, one of the first online applications to fuse both live meeting and asynchronous collaboration capabilities to improve content collaboration, online meetings, and workflow. It is ideal for a wide range of users, from independent professionals to small businesses and workgroups.

With Vyew 2.5, people can create VyewBooks to share, present, and interact with other people around all forms of content such as Microsoft Office files, pictures, audio and video. Tools to create new presentations are also included within the suite. Participants can also share their desktop view for live sharing of files, images, and Web sites. The new version also enables people to print VyewBooks.

VyewBooks are now also portable in 2.5 with the addition of an embeddable Vyewlet generator. Vyewlets are read-only VyewBooks which can be posted outside of Vyew - directly in blog posts, Web sites, social networks, and any online page - to create dynamic, multimedia presentations to engage viewers. If and when a Vyewlet needs to be updated, it can be done so inside Vyew with changes pushed live to the Vyewlet via an RSS-like mechanism.

Vyew is business-ready, allowing companies to customize the browser-based application to reflect their corporate branding and ID. Vyew is also introducing Multi-Language support for Asian, Cyrillic, and Arabic keyboard characters. This broadens Vyew’s functionality for globally dispersed teams.

“Software’s migration to an online platform is facilitating new relationships between people and content,” said Henry Hon, CEO. “Vyew isn’t just another WebEx or GotoMeeting where information is communicated in a canned one-to-many format. Vyew is an enterprise-class social computing platform where people can also create, share, and participate with rich content in a many-to-many relationship, both in real-time and asynchronously over time.”

Vyew is available for free and is supported by light advertising. Businesses can enjoy ad-free, customizable versions of the service, with subscription prices starting as low as $6.95 per month.

Vyew allows unlimited sessions. Vyew also gives subscribers unique flexibility with Overflow Participants, an industry first, which allows extra real-time participant expansion for live conferences – at no additional charge. Subscribers can also choose to set-up a Custom Room ID for quick, easy-to-remember access to their sessions: For example, http://www.vyew.com/username.

Related information:
Vyew – http://www.vyew.com
Vyew 2.5 - http://tinyurl.com/2w7pn9
Vyewlet introducing 2.5 - http://tinyurl.com/2s66h7

About Vyew
Vyew is a browser-based collaboration and conferencing platform that enables Web users to share and create together in real-time and over time. Within seconds, Vyew users can access a shared workspace where they can upload and annotate files (.ppt, .doc, .xls, .pdf, .jpg, .mp3, .flv, etc.), take screen captures, white-board, and use a library of plug-ins to create content for sharing and collaborating on. Content in Vyew can be saved, accessed on-demand, left ‘always-on’ for reference or to add to over time, printed, and published anywhere on the web. During live conferencing sessions, users can also communicate via Vyew’s free teleconferencing service, instant text chat, and stream live what’s showing on their desktop.

Press Contact:
Lisa Christopher
FutureWorks PR
408-428-0895 Ext. 106