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Premiere Global Services, Inc.
(NYSE: PGI), a global provider of on-demand business process improvement
solutions, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in
the ‘Web Conferencing Magic Quadrant’1
report.
“We are honored to be included in the Magic
Quadrant by Gartner and believe it is a reflection of our strong Web
collaboration offering including our proprietary Web conferencing
technology Netspoke,” said David Guthrie, CTO,
Premiere Global Services, Inc. “Premiere
Global continues to anticipate and meet our customers’
conferencing needs through technology innovation and a strong partner
strategy. By integrating the latest Web technologies with a full suite
of audio conferencing services, we make it easier for customers to
enrich their communications and work more efficiently.”
Recent Netspoke product enhancements include Vista compatibility and
improved administrative provisioning capabilities via the Conferencing
Hub. Provided to all Netspoke customers, the Conferencing Hub is a
centralized Web site that allows moderators to manage all phases of
their conferencing experience from pre, during to post-meeting, which
includes the ability to archive, record and replay Web collaboration
sessions. According to Gartner, “Web
conferencing not only allows people to collaborate virtually and share
information, it also provides facilities to record and capture formal or
ad hoc collaborative interactions for later tracking and reuse. As
organizations develop their collaboration strategies from a technical
and people perspective, Web-conferencing penetration rates will increase
because of the cost savings and productivity improvements Web
conferencing brings.”
The criteria for this year’s Magic Quadrant
included “at least $10 million in annual
revenue from sales of Web-Conferencing products.”
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted August 3, 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is
reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation
of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's
analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that
marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor,
product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise
technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders"
quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and
is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all
warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including
any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About Premiere Global Services, Inc.
Premiere Global Services, Inc. is a global provider of on-demand,
communication technologies-based business process improvement solutions.
Our Premiere Global Communications Operating System supports business
applications within the following solution sets: Conferencing &
Collaboration, Desktop Document Solutions, Enterprise Document
Solutions, Notifications & Reminders, and eMarketing.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and with presence in 23 countries
worldwide, Premiere Global delivers solutions to an established customer
base of over 50,000 companies, including nearly 95% of the Fortune 500.
Additional information can be found at http://www.PremiereGlobal.com.
Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
Statements made in this press release, other than those concerning
historical information, should be considered forward-looking and subject
to various risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are
made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are made based on management's current
expectations or beliefs as well as assumptions made by, and information
currently available to, management. A variety of factors could cause
actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in Premiere
Global Services' forward-looking statements, including, but not limited
to, the following factors: competitive pressures, including pricing
pressures; technological change; the development of alternatives to our
services; market acceptance of our new services and enhancements;
integration of acquired companies; service interruptions; increased
financial leverage; our dependence on our subsidiaries for cash flow;
continued weakness in our legacy broadcast fax business; foreign
currency exchange rates; possible adverse results of pending or future
litigation or infringement claims; federal or state legislative or
regulatory changes; general domestic and international economic,
business or political conditions; and other factors described from time
to time in our press releases, reports and other filings with the SEC,
including but not limited the "Risk Factors" sections of our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and our
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008 and
June 30, 2008. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or a
person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by
this cautionary statement.
1 Gartner “Magic
Quadrant for Web Conferencing” by David Mario
Smith and Jeffrey Mann, July 29, 2008.
for Premiere Global Services, Inc.
Cohn & Wolfe Read Poland
Amy
Shields, 512-542-2839
amy.shields@cohnwolfe.com
or
Lauren
Mauro, 512-542-2832
lauren.mauro@cohnwolfe.com
