IBM released Version 8.2 of its hosted web conferencing service, and announced a new distribution partnership.

“IBM today introduced its the newest cloud service for Web conferencing, Lotus Sametime Unyte 8.2. IBM also announced a new distribution partnership with InterCall to deliver Lotus Sametime Unyte’s intuitive online meeting capability to InterCall customers worldwide.

The partnership with InterCall brings together two worldwide leaders in the conferencing and collaboration space, as market indicators show a growing business demand for online collaboration services. InterCall is the latest service provider to bolster its portfolio with a cloud-based solution from IBM, enabling businesses of all sizes to use the Lotus Sametime Unyte Web conferencing service to collaborate anywhere on the globe. The integrated Sametime Unyte services will be available to InterCall users on January 1, 2009.”

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