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October, 2005October, 2005October, 2005October, 2005
Founded in 2003 (desktop-to-browser communications based on need for integrated MS Office web conferencing at much less expense using increased bandwidth availability and higher performance PCs)
Financed by Don Feddersen – leading venture capitalist First product – ShareGear® (winner of PC Magazine’s Best of the Year
2004; consumer implementation of underlying software architecture)
Technology license agreement with Motorola (4/2005 – NDA; for use in next generation consumer broadband applications)
Second product – Conferral® (web conferencing & collaboration – 9/2005; business implementation of underlying software architecture)
Management– Catherine Feddersen – CEO – Greg Caldicott – VP Sales (IBM)– Steve Lim – VP Development (MIT)– Harold Rhodes – VP Marketing (Parametric)– Steve Patterson – VP Corporate Development
Product Development Team (15 software developers in St. Petersburg, Russia)
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Conferral OverviewConferral OverviewConferral is PC software that equips Microsoft Office so you
can:1. Present Live – free to do immediate, on-the-fly presentations or schedule conferences at appointed meeting times
2. Revise Live – “once & done” real-time file modifications (one & two way)
3. Remote Assistance – remotely operate client’s PC; watch client operate PC
4. Screen Confer – actively demonstrate software (one & two way)
5. Send Large Files – so much better than email, no size or file type limitations
6. Show Video – stream video to attendees to communicate more effectively
7. PC Remote Control – remotely retrieve files and run applications
Conferral User Interface ExampleComplete Integration with Microsoft Office
Conferral User Interface ExampleComplete Integration with Microsoft Office
Presenter / AttendeeBridge
Presenter with Conferral Software
HTTP
HTTPS
(128-bit AES Encryption on
SSL 3.0)
Attendees with web browsers
HTTP
HTTPS
HTTP Re-director &Licensing Server
Data Center
FirewallFirewall
Conferral Network Architecture (Hosted) Fast and easy customer setup; minimal infrastructure
Conferral Network Architecture (Hosted) Fast and easy customer setup; minimal infrastructure
Presenter with
Conferral Software
HTTP HTTP
Attendees with web browsers
Conferral Network Architecture (Direct)
Invisible to customer; eliminates bandwidth expense
Conferral Network Architecture (Direct)
Invisible to customer; eliminates bandwidth expense
SOHO
HTTP Re-director &Licensing Server
Data Center
Presenter / AttendeeBridge
Presenter with
Conferral Software
HTTP HTTP
Attendees with web browsers
Conferral Network Architecture (On Premise)
Increased security; eliminates bandwidth expense
Conferral Network Architecture (On Premise)
Increased security; eliminates bandwidth expense
HTTP Re-director &Licensing Server
Data Center
TestimonialsTestimonials
"As an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teacher, I have been looking for a long time for a web conferencing and collaboration product that is both affordable and easy to use. At last, I found one in Conferral. Unlike other products such as WebEX and LiveMeeting which are very expensive and difficult to use, Conferral provides all the capabilities I need in an easy to use software program, at a price that meets the needs of the education and training market. I gladly recommend Conferral for any academic setting."
- Hilmar Hafsteinsson, Arbaejar-school
“Assisting corporations to receive the maximum economic development assistance for capital expansion requires timely collaboration with clients, brokers, and government officials. Since most are not tech-savvy, we have found that Conferral is by far the very best way to rapidly implement incentive programs."
- Economic Development Group
“If you’re looking for a simple way to fire up a team collaboration session from an Office application, Conferral can provide it for a one-time bargain charge of $199 without any ongoing service fees.”
“Once you install Conferral, you can set up instant meetings from within any Office application or document, or schedule meetings directly from Microsoft Outlook.”
“Conferral works wonders if you want just an easy, inexpensive way to do some basic document sharing, or the ability to show a presentation to a group of up to ten online participants.”
“… Conferral is a bargain, a cinch to use …”
- PC Magazine
“For home office workers, road warriors, and anyone else who needs to occasionally collaborate while away from the office, Conferral delivers a lot of bang for the buck, payable just once.”
"Setting up Conferral was a breeze. The program automatically configured itself to work through my firewall. In addition to adding a ''Confer" menu to Word, PowerPoint and Excel, Conferral adds a toolbar to Microsoft Outlook that helps you easily schedule online meetings, send files, or launch the application."
- Boston Globe