Cisco Announces Mobile WebEx Meeting Center Application for BlackBerry

Cisco Announces Mobile WebEx Meeting Center Application for BlackBerry

Cisco (News  - Alert), a global provider of networking solutions, recently announced  its latest free downloadable Cisco WebEx Meeting Center application for BlackBerry (News  - Alert)  smartphones. This application will help Cisco to expand their mobile business collaboration services, and to improve the online meeting experience for its users.

For its users, Cisco’s WebEx Meeting Center for BlackBerry smartphones offers the flexibility and ease to participate in online meetings. Also, it gives the ability to view shared documents and desktops directly from their smartphones.

"Cisco continues to show its commitment to business customers through enhanced availability of online meetings on mobile devices,” said Debra Chrapaty, the senior vice president and general manager of Cisco Collaboration Software Group. “This mobile application makes participating in online meetings accessible for the millions of BlackBerry users who rely on Cisco WebEx for collaboration. It's very user friendly and completely intuitive."

When the user clicks the URL to join the Cisco WebEx online meeting from their BlackBerry smartphone, they are called back by WebEx audio conferencing to join the meeting. If the user answers the audio call, the data portion of the meeting is automatically launched on their smartphones. Other audio configurations also can be supported with the help of this application. Now, this application enables the meeting participants to use the menu options to access the features and shortcuts for fast navigation at the time of travel.

In addition to that, with this new application, the meeting hosts gets the flexibility to start a scheduled meeting that has been previously scheduled on a computer and to pass the presenter control to another attendee who participates from a computer. Also, with live annotations, the meeting participants are able to view shared presentations, applications, and desktops. It also enables the users to view the attendee list to find out who's on conversation at a particular time, and chat privately with one or all of the attendees.

"Together, Cisco WebEx Meeting Center and BlackBerry smartphones provide a highly secure, rich, and intuitive experience for mobile business users,” Jeff McDowell, the senior vice president of Business Segment Marketing and Alliances at Research In Motion.

Cisco’s WebEx Meeting Center application for BlackBerry smartphones is available for download at webex.com or at www.blackberry.com/appworld.

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