Leverages strategic partnership with Blue Jeans Network in Asia
Pacific
Cloud-based Service Makes Video Conferencing as Accessible,
Easy-to-Use as Audio
SINGAPORE, Oct. 25, 2012
/PRNewswire/—InterCall, a subsidiary of West Corporation and the
world’s largest conferencing and collaboration services provider
announced today the availability of the Blue Jeans service in Asia
Pacific, supplementing InterCall’s leading portfolio of audio and
web conferencing portfolio with Blue Jeans’ robust multi-party
video conferencing.
By leveraging the partnership with Blue Jeans Network, the
leader in interoperable video conferencing services, InterCall,
allows users to engage in easy-to-use, interoperable video
collaboration using a variety of leading devices and applications
from Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Polycom, Skype, and even common web
browsers. The platform is cloud-based, and customers familiar with
InterCall’s audio conferencing solutions will find it just as
accessible and easy to use.
“The Blue Jeans offering eliminates the challenges that make
video conferencing difficult,” said Jon Bratsis, Director of
Unified Communications for InterCall in Asia Pacific. “By allowing
users to join a meeting from various devices and applications,
video conferencing is now a more viable meeting choice than ever
before.”
The Blue Jeans platform provides a cost-effective, scalable
solution that enables workers to collaborate within the enterprise
and beyond. The secure service extends the reach of video
conferencing beyond specialized rooms so colleagues and clients can
connect without worrying about location or device, including any
video-enabled tool or a standard phone line. As a cloud-based
offering, Blue Jeans allows customers to avoid the high costs and
complexities associated with traditional on-premise bridging
solutions (commonly known as multipoint control units, or
MCUs).
“Partnering with InterCall allows us to serve more customers who
are in need of easy-to-use and accessible video conferencing
solutions,” said Imran Moin, Director of Business Development at
Blue Jeans Network. “Since the Blue Jeans platform is cloud-based,
there is no new hardware to deploy or software to download. A few
clicks is all it takes to schedule, host, join and run
video-enabled meetings.”
This new offering marks yet another significant business
milestone for InterCall, which works with the top companies in the
conferencing and collaboration field, including Adobe, Cisco,
Microsoft and Polycom. The broad range of offerings, coupled with
the high standards of service delivery helped InterCall maintain
industry leadership in the region, evidenced by receipt of the
Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Conferencing Provider of the Year
award for the fifth consecutive year in 2012.
For more information about the Blue Jeans video conferencing
service, visit http://www.intercallapac.com/bluejeans.
About InterCall
InterCall, a subsidiary of West Corporation, is the largest
service provider in the world specializing in conference
communications. Founded in 1991, InterCall helps businesses move
away from a siloed approach to communications, and towards making
people and ideas more accessible. InterCall combines telephony,
messaging, conferencing and collaboration tools into a single
fabric, while focusing on making the user experience simple. With a
global footprint and broad service capabilities, InterCall’s
flexible models for hosted, managed and on-premises services help
companies get the most out of their business processes.
InterCall’s strong U.S. presence, including four call centers
and 26 sales offices, is bolstered by operations in Canada, Mexico,
Latin America, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France,
Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Mainland China, India, Hong Kong,
Singapore and Japan. For more information, please visit www.intercallapac.com.
About West Corporation
West Corporation is a leading provider of technology-driven,
voice and data solutions. West offers its clients a broad range of
communications and network infrastructure solutions that help them
manage or support critical communications. West’s customer contact
solutions and conferencing services are designed to improve its
clients’ cost structure and provide reliable, high-quality
services. West also provides mission-critical services, such as
public safety and emergency communications.
Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, West
serves Fortune 1000 companies and other clients in a variety of
industries, including telecommunications, banking, retail,
financial, technology and healthcare. West has sales and operations
in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific
and Latin America. For more information on West Corporation, please
call 1-800-841-9000 or visit www.west.com.