United Rentals Uses WebEx Interactive Meeting

Sept. 20, 2002
WebEx announced it has signed United Rentals as a new WebEx services customer. United Rentals used WebEx meetings for interactive training seminars, management
WebEx announced it has signed United Rentals as a new WebEx services customer. United Rentals used WebEx meetings for interactive training seminars, management and sales presentations and regional staff meetings. WebEx supports data, voice and video communications and allows United Rental employees to communicate in real-time through a standard browser.

“WebEx has helped us decrease travel costs, increase sales and improve productivity,” said Pat Lourigan, director of Conversions and IT Training at United Rentals. “WebEx fills the gap between a basic telephone call and an expensive face-to-face meeting, making it a valuable part of our company’s communications. We’re using WebEx both externally and internally and every month we see an increase in usage from our 14,000 employees nationwide.”

WebEx provides Web communications services to corporations, technology companies and telecommunications providers worldwide. All of WebEx’s services are built on the WebEx Multimedia Switching Platform and delivered through the WebEx Interactive Network, a high-performance global network specifically designed for real-time Web communications. WebEx’s MediaTone technology allows the WebEx platform to manage complex media types including 3-D objects, streaming media and multi-point video. With hubs around the world and a carrier-class information switching architecture, WebEx provides a superior level of performance, reliability and security.