Onstream Media Corporation announced that its Infinite Conferencing division and etouches Software have entered into an agreement that may be the first of its kind in the event industry.
The two companies will integrate each others solutions to offer organizations and enterprises what they believe to be the event industry's first complete, fully integrated event planning and management webinar platform for both in-person and online events.
Founded in 1993, Onstream Media is a leading online service provider of live and on-demand media communications via the Onstream Digital Media Services Platform. Specializing in online audio and video corporate communications, Onstream’s pioneering digital asset management ASP technology provides the necessary tools for webcasting, webconferencing and content publishing services focused on increasing productivity and revenues for any organization in an affordable and highly secure environment. Many Fortune 100 company executives use Onstream Media’s digital media services to broadcast their announcements and across the enterprise in sales, marketing, communications, investor relations, human resources and training.
Based in Ridgefield, Connecticut, etouches is a web-based software as a service (SaaS) provider to the $3 billion global meeting and event technology marketplace. The award-winning software solution enables clients to realize the benefits of consolidation and control with simple web-based tools for easy user adoption. Serving over 2,000 global event programs annually, etouches’ customer base includes top tier companies such as Volkswagen, Dell and The Financial Times. Self-funded by its existing management team and with a sustainable revenue growth, etouches was recognized by Inc. magazine as the 992nd fastest growing company in 2007.
According to a company press release, the strategic partnership further enhances Infinite Conferencing's white-glove, full service webinar platform by integrating advanced functionality from etouches' event management software suite. This combined event planning offering extends Infinite's ability to meet the complex requirements often associated with planning and marketing a comprehensive online event.
Ari Kestin, president of Infinite Conferencing, said in the release that he has seen a growing demand from clients for a full-featured service combining event planning, event management, webinar, and "high touch" personalized service in an affordable yet comprehensive online solution.
"One aspect of etouches' event management software that is incredibly valuable is how their tools are designed to optimize the in-person experience, while our platform does the same for the online environment, enabling an organization to effectively manage both simultaneously,” Kestin said. “This is an extremely powerful value proposition, especially when you consider the recent surge in virtual event activity."
Kestin said for etouches Software this relationship expands its event management software solution with Infinite Conferencing's phone and web-based communications services. Onstream Media's webcasting platform will be combined and integrated with the etouches event management product, bringing the added capabilities of online live and on-demand webinar services to etouches' customers as well.
According to Leonara Valvo, etouches Software‘s CEO, the integration of both the Infinite Conferencing audio and web conferencing and Onstream Media web casting platforms into their company’s solution is further evidence of a commitment to facilitating a robust information management program for customers.
"To empower a customer with this type of capability and functionality would require another vendor to spend significant time and resources developing a custom application at substantial cost,” Valvo said. “With our approach, the need for expensive customization goes away."
The integrated event management solution will be comprised of key components in the areas of self service, payment processing, event marketing (email, surveys, social networking and landing pages), event planning/management and CRM integration.
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http://www.etouches.com Infinite Conferencing is a wholly-owned division of Onstream Media, providing high touch, "white glove" audio and web conferencing, webinar, and web casting services, delivering feature-rich solutions that range from on-demand conferencing to full-scale, online event management. Infinite offers additional value through its team of experienced communications experts who help tailor each solution to meet a client's specific business requirements. For more information go here:
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