Press Releases Archive
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Ustream Cloud Platform Delivers Global Audiences to Any Broadcaster, Anytime
Posted on April 5, 2013 | No CommentsUstream today unveiled its next-generation streaming technology, marking a new standard for live video streaming capabilities and the re-invention of traditional broadcasting. The core of the Ustream Cloud Platform centers around the company’s proprietary Ustream Content Delivery Network (UCDN), Ustream Media Server (UMS) and Ustream TCP Congestion Control Algorithm (UTCP). Together, this advanced technology provides users with unmatched redundancy, resiliency, and reliability to broadcast quality live video streams. Further, Ustream’s application programming interface (API) will allow for advancements in live video streaming innovation across all industries. Compared to most single-sourced CDN solutions, Ustream’s unique UCDN architecture aggregates the capacity of all major content delivery networks across the globe into one optimized network always guaranteeing the best viewer experience, from any... Read More -
Virtual Edge Institute Announces Digital Event Center™ (DEC) Program to Promote the Digital Extension of Events
Posted on February 26, 2013 | No CommentsVEI – The Virtual Edge Institute®, an organization dedicated to advancing engagement around events, meetings, learning and marketing programs through technology and best practices, today announced at PCMA’s Convening Leaders that the Metro Toronto Convention Center and the Dallas Convention Center are the first venues in Canada and the United State respectively, to obtain the designation of a verified Digital Event Center™ . VEI’s Digital Event Center™ (DEC) program provides event venues and operators with a readiness review of their facility, employees and partner ecosystem for planning and executing digital event programs from their facilities. Through the Virtual Edge Institute, DECs will provides a well-planned and tested, single-source hybrid event package for event planners just getting started in hybrid events.... Read More -
Online Event Producers Gain Tremendous Insight with ON24 Benchmark Report
Posted on February 26, 2013 | No CommentsON24 has releases a comprehensive report that provides online event producers with invaluable performance data and recommendations for improving online event ROI. Webinars have become a top tool for marketing, training and corporate communications applications. As the global leader in webcasting solutions, ON24 supports more than 23,000 webinars and webcasts per year, making the company uniquely qualified to establish performance benchmarks for the industry. ON24 has surveyed a sample of 2,300+ webinars, from companies of all sizes, for the 2013 edition of the Webinar Benchmarks Report. “The objective of the report is to help clients and prospects evaluate and optimize the performance of their webcast programs,” explained ON24 CMO Denise Persson. “The benchmark report is one of the most valuable... Read More -
VEI Verifies Digitell as its first Digital Event Solutions Provider
Posted on February 15, 2013 | No CommentsPleasanton, CA – February 15, 2013. The Virtual Edge Institute®, today announced that Jamestown, NY-based Digitell, Inc., is the first to be verified under its new Verified Digital Event Solution Provider program, in which VEI assesses the capabilities of the organization and attests to its digital event readiness. “The problem we’re seeing in the industry is that too many vendors are claiming they can produce digital event extensions, and they can’t,” says VEI Executive Director, Michael Doyle. “The danger is that one bad experience makes planners skeptical of the benefits of digital events. We want to help planners break through the confusion and hire knowledgeable partners. The Verified Digital Event Solution Provider program is the answer.” Through the program, VEI... Read More -
VEI Certifies First Digital Event Strategists at PCMA Convening Leaders
Posted on January 30, 2013 | No CommentsPleasanton, CA – January 30, 2013. The Virtual Edge Institute®, today announced that two veteran planners sat for, and passed, their final exams during PCMA’s Convening Leaders Annual Meeting in Orlando, January 13, 2013, to become VEI’s first certified Digital Event Strategists in the industry. JoAnn Klinedinst, Vice President of Professional Development for Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management System (HIMMS) and Rick Naylor, President and CEO of meeting and events production company, Accucom Corporate Communications, in Toronto, both fast-tracked the 16-module online learning courses in which they enrolled in late October, in order to prepare for 2013 initiatives. “The demand for education specifically on digital events is great, so we’re not surprised at the speed at which some students are... Read More -
Virtual Edge Institute Obtains Engage365 Site and Community
Posted on January 27, 2013 | No CommentsMerger will help Virtual Edge Institute to better serve the growing needs of meeting planners, event designers, learning architects and marketers and build engagement around their programs Orlando, FL January 14, 2013 VEI – The Virtual Edge Institute, an organization dedicated to advancing engagement around events, meetings, learning and marketing programs through technology and best practices, today announced at Convening Leaders, that VEI is obtaining the engage365 brand, website, membership and community. VEI will be combining its content, membership and audience under the engage365 brand allowing VEI to better serve the growing needs of meeting planners, event designers, learning architects and marketers as they turn their focus on customer and learner engagement around content and community. The use of technology... Read More -
First Class of VEI Students Now Working Toward New Virtual Event Certification
Posted on December 18, 2012 | No CommentsScholarship applications for second class due January 30, 2013 December 18, 2012 – Virtual Edge Institute. More than 50 event industry executives were accepted for full scholarships into the Virtual Edge Institute’s new Digital Event Strategist Certification program, and are now working to achieve that designation. Scholarship applications for a second class of students are being accepted through January 30, 2013. Created to address the growing need of associations, marketers and event and learning practitioners to understand how to successfully plan, design, build and execute digital engagements and environments that achieve strategic business objectives, the Digital Event Strategist Certification program was first announced by VEI in 2011. “This is very exciting for us,” says VEI Executive Director, Michael Doyle. “We’ve... Read More -
bXb Online and Experient Partner to Ramp Up and Optimize Clients’ Digital Content Strategy
Posted on November 25, 2012 | No CommentsExperient and digital event marketing agency bXb Online announced an agreement that enables Experient to extend its service offerings to support its clients’ digital content strategy. The collaboration with bXb will expand Experient’s portfolio of services to the association and tradeshow marketplace, including orchestration of online events and future content distribution through BOBtv–Best of Business Television–powered by bXb Online. bXb Online’s digital event marketing support includes a full range of solutions to assist organizations in their mission to create and implement a digital event marketing strategy. The agency’s BOBtv, currently in late-stage development, will offer Experient’s client base the ability to disburse content across an online network of quality aggregated content organized by industry, furthering the client’s brand and reach... Read More -
Virtual Edge Institute’s Michael Doyle to Participate as Panelist at IMEX America Association Focus Program
Posted on October 3, 2012 | No CommentsMichael Doyle, Founder and Executive Director, Virtual Edge Institute to Discuss How Virtual and Hybrid Meetings Can Boost Attendance of Physical Events Pleasanton, CA, October 3, 2012 – Virtual Edge Institute (VEI), an international organization dedicated to advancing the development and adoption of virtual event and meeting technology, today announced that Michael Doyle, VEI Founder and Executive Director, will be one of four expert panelists at the IMEX America Association Focus Program. The event will be held October 8 in Las Vegas at The Venetian and The Palazzo. Association Focus is a special event which will highlight dedicated education from ASAE, ICCA and PCMA for association executives only. On Monday, October 8 at 1:30 p.m. Doyle will join a panel... Read More -
Virtual Edge Institute Launches the Third Edition of Virtual Event Resource Book
Posted on September 28, 2012 | No CommentsVirtual Event Resource Book aims to provide useful resources for planning, producing, and marketing successful virtual events and meetings PLEASANTON, CA, September 28, 2012 – Virtual Edge Institute (VEI), an organization dedicated to advancing the development and adoption of digital event and meeting technology, today launched the third edition of Virtual Event Resource Book, a comprehensive collection of resources for planning, producing, and marketing successful virtual events and meetings. The book is designed to provide practical knowledge, tools and expertise to all event managers and marketing professionals who want to harness the benefits of modern technology to expand the reach of their events and drive business results. Available now as a free download, the 106 page book provides descriptions and... Read More
