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* Marketing in the Dot-Com Age
* Department of Justice Vs=2E Microsoft: The Aftermath=20
* Survival in the New Economy: 10 Driving Principles
* Clicks and Misses: Biggest E-business Blunders
* Experience Conference Center 2000
5=2E Tips and Hints
6=2E Red Hot News
* PaineWebber Uses PlaceWare for Key Announcement
* Xerox Hosts Virtual Sales Conference =20
* 2Bridge and PlaceWare Agreement
* LA Times: Power of PlaceWare
* InfoWorld Gives PlaceWare a Rave Review
* BusinessWeek: Tools of the Remote Trade
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* Marketing in the Dot-Com Age
Discover how the dot-com explosion and savvy marketing=20
efforts can combine, clash, or starve cash=2E
Bob Ostrow, Publisher, PC World
May 10, 11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon PST=20
http://www=2Eplaceware=2Ecom/seminar/ostrow=2Ehtml?bs0300
* Department of Justice Vs=2E Microsoft: the Aftermath
Often controversial, always informative Dan Gillmor, columnist=20
for the San Jose Mercury News and Silicon Valley insider, speaks out=2E=20
May 19, 11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon PST
http://www=2Eplaceware=2Ecom/seminar/gillmor=2Ehtml?dg0300
* Survival In the New Economy: 10 Driving Principles=20
New rules require new thinking in the Internet age=2E Find out=20
how to thrive in a changing business landscape=2E=20
Jim Daly, Editor-in-Chief, Business 2=2E0=20
May 26, 11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon PST
http://www=2Eplaceware=2Ecom/seminar/daly=2Ehtml?jd0300
* Clicks and Misses: Biggest E-business Blunders=20
Uncover the six biggest e-business blunders and how to avoid them=2E
Tim Furey, President and CEO, Oxford Associates
Bob Atkins, Vice President, Mercer Management Consulting
June 7, 11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon PST
http://www=2Eplaceware=2Ecom/seminar/salesandmarketing=2Ehtml?sm0300
* Experience Conference Center 2000
Free live, online demonstrations of the latest in Web conferencing=2E=20
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TIPS AND HINTS=20
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* Rev Up Remote Workers
According to Olsten Center research, 74 percent of North American=20
companies expect telecommuting to increase this year=2E
Keep your remote workers involved by holding virtual=20
meetings using PlaceWare Web conferencing=2E Remote employees can=20
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RED HOT NEWS=20
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PaineWebber Uses PlaceWare for Key Announcement=20
PaineWebber's agreement to purchase J=2EC=2E Bradford & Co=2E was=20
announced via PlaceWare Web conferencing to audiences throughout=20
the world=2E When looking for business-critical reliability,=20
PaineWebber choose PlaceWare=2E Discover how you can hold virtual=20
analyst briefings and press tours with PlaceWare=2E
Xerox Hosts Online Sales Conference for 1,900 Attendees
No need to make your salespeople travel to days and days of=20
meetings=2E Stay productive and still get the message out with=20
Web conferencing=2E=20
http://www=2Eplaceware=2Ecom/solutions/corp=2Ehtml
PlaceWare and 2Bridge Agreement
Open-platform 2Bridge eHubs are enhanced using PlaceWare's=20
advanced-technology features to enable sharing whiteboard=20
and dynamically created information=2E=20
http://www=2Eplaceware=2Ecom/news/2000/20000424=2Ehtml
LA Times: Power of PlaceWare
Lawrence Magid discusses the power of collaborative=20
communications with PlaceWare=2E According to the article,=20
meeting attendees =22pay more attention to what is being=20
discussed=22 and can =22see concepts and comments displayed=20
on the screen while talking=2E=22
http://www=2Elarrysworld=2Ecom/articles/sb_outlining=2Ehtm
InfoWorld Rave Review
=22It looks as though the competition will have a hard=20
time matching its =5BPlaceWare's=5D excellent scalability=20
and very high usability standards=2E=22=20
http://www=2Einfoworld=2Ecom/articles/ic/xml/00/03/27/000327icplace=2Exml
Business Week: Tools of the Remote Trade
According to consultant Gil Gordon, remote workers=20
can take =22collaboration one step further by using the=20
Web conferencing service PlaceWare=2E=22
http://www=2Ebusinessweek=2Ecom/2000/00_13/b3674058=2Ehtm
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Workers</font></TD>
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Your Creative Thinking</font></TD>
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Power of PlaceWare</font></TD>
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Tools of the Remote Trade</font></TD>
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