LONDON, May 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Visual Collaboration 
Market on Tuesday, 26 May 2009 at 15.00 GMT

At a time of global warming and threatening pandemics - and after a
number of false starts - videoconferencing is finally making good on its many
earlier promises.

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High quality pictures and sound, combined with new IP networks, can
deliver an experience in-line with users' expectations and reliably replace
many face-to-face meetings. However, the financial crisis and faltering
global economies now threaten this resurgent visual collaboration technology.

"In just the last two years, the market for videoconferencing and
telepresence has grown dramatically, spurred by a new generation of products
and network services that can deliver what we all have hoped visual
collaboration can really become," comments Dominic Dodd, global program
director for unified communications and collaboration at growth consulting
firm Frost & Sullivan. "This progress has been hard won, and comes at the
right time to help organizations tackle the many challenges they now face;
including how to reduce operational costs and improve productivity in the
current recession."

Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2009 quarterly analyst
briefing presentation on the Visual Collaboration Market to be held on
Tuesday, 26 May 2009 at 15.00 GMT.

Highlights of the briefing include a review of the findings of Frost &
Sullivan's recently completed survey of C-level executives, aimed at
understanding their decision-making around communications and collaboration
products and services during this recession.

This briefing will benefit videoconferencing manufacturers and vendors,
systems integrators, services providers, and telcos involved in the
distribution, resale, and delivery of visual collaboration products and
services.

To participate in the briefing, please email Joanna Lewandowska at
joanna.lewandowska@frost.com with the following information: your full name,
company name, title, telephone number, e-mail, address, city, state and
country. Upon receipt of the above information, a registration link will be
e-mailed to you. You may also register to receive a recorded version of the
briefing at anytime by submitting the aforementioned contact details.

GIL 2009: Europe

Frost & Sullivan has expanded its flagship Global Congress on Corporate
Growth - GIL Global - into several major cities around the world including
London. For the first time ever in Europe, Frost & Sullivan will be hosting
the Growth, Innovation and Leadership Congress 'GIL 2009: Europe' on 19-20
May, at the Sofitel St James in London. GIL Global is the industry's only
event designed to support senior executives in their efforts to achieve
sustainable, top-line growth. To register, obtain a programme agenda, explore
sponsorship opportunities, or attend as a member of the media for GIL 2009:
Europe, please contact Joanna Lewandowska, Corporate Communications for Frost
& Sullivan in Europe, at Joanna.lewandowska@frost.com. One-on-One interviews
with Frost & Sullivan senior growth consultants are also being scheduled. For
more information you can also visit www.gil-global.com

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CONTACT:
    Joanna Lewandowska
    Corporate Communications
    P: +48-22-390-41-46
    E: joanna.lewandowska@frost.com
    http://www.frost.com