Latitude Communications Teams With Dialogic for Integrated Emergency Response and Conference Management Solution

Business Wire, Dec 16, 1998

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1998--Latitude Communications and Dialogic Communications Corporation (DCC), have partnered to provide an integrated emergency notification and conference call solution. For the first time, the MeetingPlace conferencing system will allow DCC's The Communicator!(R) to immediately connect all required personnel into a single conference call.

MeetingPlace allows users to schedule, attend and manage voice and data conferences from touchtone telephones, PCs and the Internet. The Communicator notifies designated personnel via telephone, cell phone, pager or facsimile regarding emergency conditions. The partnership will allow industries such as healthcare, military, chemical corporations and transportation to respond to emergency and priority situations quickly and efficiently.

"The MeetingPlace conferencing system allows The Communicator's users to respond to high-priority situations faster by removing the time-consuming step of gathering and connecting participants on a single call," says Joe McFadden, director of marketing at Latitude.

"When there is an emergency," adds Dave Krikac, vice president of DCC, "there usually isn't time to make the necessary arrangements for conference calls. This partnership will automate the communications process and allow more time for users to concentrate on the situation at hand."

ABOUT MEETINGPLACE

The MeetingPlace conference server is the first in a new class of data-enabled voice conferencing systems. Unlike point solutions such as conference service bureaus, internal audio conferencing bridges, video conferencing systems and data collaboration tools, MeetingPlace enables innovative and interactive conferencing applications. The system leverages a company's existing communications infrastructure to manage the process of scheduling voice and data conferences, notifying participants, distributing meeting materials, managing the conferences and recording and archiving the meeting and related materials for future access via the Web or telephone.

ABOUT LATITUDE COMMUNICATIONS

Latitude Communications develops solutions that enable organizations to conduct more productive meetings among people in different locations. The company's flagship product, MeetingPlace, is the industry's first conference server--a customer-premises system that allows users to schedule, attend and manage voice and data conferences from touchtone telephones, PCs and the Internet. Fortune 1000 companies use MeetingPlace for innovative conferencing applications such as crisis management, virtual sales meetings, interactive customer seminars, corporate training and distance learning. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Latitude has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. Latitude can be contacted at 1-800-999-7440, via email at info@latitude.com or via the World Wide Web at http://www.latitude.com.

ABOUT DCC

Dialogic Communications Corporation (DCC) has been the pioneer and established leader in interactive notification solutions since its establishment in 1982. The company is located in Franklin, TN, a suburb of Nashville. The Communicator!(R) is currently used by over 500 emergency management agencies, police/fire departments and other business, industry and government operations, both nationally and internationally. For more information regarding DCC and its products, call 800-723-3207 or visit www.dccusa.com.