iLinc Wins Frost & Sullivan Award: 2006 Web Conferencing Solutions and Software Excellence in Technology
AWARD DESCRIPTION
Frost & Sullivan’s Excellence in Technology of the Year Award is bestowed upon the company that has pioneered the development and introduction of an innovative technology into the market; a technology that has either impacted or has the potential to impact several market sectors. This award recognizes a company’s successful technology development that is expected to bring significant contributions to the industry in terms of adoption, change, and competitive posture. It also recognizes the overall technical excellence of a company and its commitment towards technology innovation.
2006 Web Conferencing Solutions and Software Excellence in Technology of the Year Award Recipient:
iLinc Communications
Frost & Sullivan’s 2006 Excellence in Technology of the Year Award in the field of Web Conferencing solutions and software goes to iLinc Communications. The award acknowledges the firm’s development of a behind-the-firewall collaboration solution aimed at addressing the needs of users from both inside and outside the network. The iLinc Conferencing Suite provides enhanced levels of data security through use of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Secured Socket Layer (SSL) encryption.
The iLinc suite of products includes a number of discrete components: MeetingLinc, LearnLinc, ConferenceLinc and SupportLinc. The MeetingLinc component is designed for online team meetings and presentations; LearnLinc is customized for virtual classroom experience, online testing, and collaborative and interactive learning scenarios. On the other hand, the ConferenceLinc is suited for webcasts, large scale meetings hosted by investors / stock holders, while the SupportLinc is utilized in situations where problems need to be resolved from a remote location as in a customer support system. The suite provides efficient communication channels for business productivity.
Interestingly, the client side of the system works without the need for third party plug-ins. The server software consists of efficient features for load balancing and for bandwidth reduction, and is capable of working with minimal base servers. A single server has the capability to support up to 500 concurrent users and is scalable to meet an increase in the number of concurrent users.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
To choose the Award recipient,Frost & Sullivan’s analyst team tracks technology innovation in key hi-tech markets. The selection process includes primary participant interviews and extensive primary and secondary research via the bottom-up approach. The analyst team shortlists candidates on the basis of a set of qualitative and quantitative measurements. The team also considers the pace of technology innovation and, the potential relevance or significance of the technology to the overall industry. The ultimate Award recipient is chosen after a thorough evaluation of this research.
MEASUREMENT CRITERIA
In addition of the methodology described above, there are specific criteria used to determine the final rankings. The recipient of this award has excelled based on one or more of the following criteria:
• Number of new technologies developed or introduced
• Significance of a technology/technologies in the industry
• Competitive advantage of technology/technologies vis-à-vis competing ones
• Ease of adoption of new technology/ technologies
• Potential of technology/ technologies to become an industry standard
• General impact of technology in terms of shifting R & D focus 2006
Frost & Sullivan Award: 2006 Web ConferencingSolutions and Software Excellence in Technology
Excellence in Technology Award
The user interface that is available in the administrative area helps in scheduling conferences. Once the event is scheduled the software sends email invites to the participants. The participants have the option of accessing the scheduled sessions either through the administration site or through the link that is sent along with the invite. The software uses the SmartPush technology to save bandwidth, which helps in copying information to the individual PCs before the session.
The iLinc communication suite confirms to Secured Socket Layer (SSL) standards for encryption of front-end transactions. The communication center can be secured during registration, content download and upload, scheduling and management functions. The iLinc client works by downloading an Advanced Encryption standard (AES) encryption key to secure transactions such as text chat, images, audio, video and application sharing, something that is done through SSL so that the key is secured. All session data is encrypted via this key. The process of encryption and decryption of the data at the client end ensures strict levels of end-to-end security. The client secures critical data at the remote server by following a dual security approach, thereby allowing the server to offer efficient performance.
In summary, Frost & Sullivan’s Award for Excellence in Technology of the Year acknowledges iLinc Communications for its outstanding contributions towards the development of web conferencing software that addresses the needs of users from both inside and outside the network, and facilitates creation of a secured collaborative environment.
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