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It was announced today at Google I/O 2010, WebM video format that is based on the VP8 codec technology, will be offered by Google as an open source technology. With the release, Google is taking an open standards approach so that future consumers will be confident that any .webm file will play in any supported player. In addition to the benefit of finally having an open source video option for the web, many believe the VP8 platform delivers higher quality video while using less bandwidth.

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We wrapped up iConnect 2010 yesterday and it was fabulous! This year we took the plunge and held our annual user conference 100% virtually and what a difference! We had nearly 1,300 people registered and 800 participated over the 2 day conference. That was about 3 times the number of participants we had last year. Our customers suggested we make the event virtual this year so that more organizations and more people within their organizations could attend…so we did and they came!

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The holiday season is upon us! While many are still out doing their last minute shopping and trying to find the perfect gifts, we’re as busy as elves since our return from Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce event a few weeks ago where we met so many incredible people. And now, we feel like we’re bringing Christmas a little early to many of them as they migrate over to the iLinc web conferencing platform and discover the amazing tricks and time-saving techniques our products offer, particularly when integrated with Salesforce.

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Salesforce is getting ready to hold its annual cloud computing event, Dreamforce, November 17-20, 2009 in  San Francisco at the Moscone Center. This is a golden opportunity for Salesforce’s customers, as well as partners (they have 200 partner sponsors slated) who create applications to work in tandem with their own, to rub elbows with some 12,000 other attendees. Participants will learn how to maximize their ROI, have the chance to meet with product teams, listen to expert users and attend hands-on training sessions. iLinc is very excited to be a part of another great event this year as a Gold sponsor!

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We are happy to announce that iLinc for Salesforce, our web conferencing integration with Salesforce CRM, has been chosen as the Force.com AppExchange “App of the Week”. This cutting edge solution, available for download on the AppExchange, allows organizations to get more out of their marketing webinars, virtual training sessions and online sales demos by ensuring that all registration and attendance data is sent to Salesforce Lead, Contact and Campaign records in near real-time.

To anyone who has ever hosted an online event, this is earth-shattering news. No more wasting time downloading information about registrants from a web conferencing system and then manually uploading it to Salesforce CRM without knowing for sure how to tie that data to existing records.

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