Title: Sonexis ConferenceManager Product Presentation
1Sonexis ConferenceManager Brief Product Overview
Sales (866) 276-6394 info_at_sonexis.com www.sonexis
.com
February, 2003
2Agenda
- What is Conferencing?
- Market Opportunity
- Target Market
- Business Challenges
- Who is Sonexis?
- Product Overview Demo
- ConferenceManager vs. Service Providers
- Next Steps
3What is Conferencing?
- Audio Conferencing The ability to have multiple
parties on a phone call, with or without
services. - PBX conferencing
- 2 or more parties on a single call
- No services
- No additional cost
- SP conferencing
- Many parties on a single call
- Services
- Cost is HIGH
- /user/minute/call
- Additional services -
4What is Conferencing?
- Web The ability to have multiple parties
viewing (in some way) the same screen at the
same time. Not to be confused with video which
is not screen viewing, but the ability to see
the other party in near real-time. - SP Web Conferencing
- Hosted by 3rd party
- Document/application viewing
- High Cost - /connection/month
- Limited flexibility, security, control
5Agenda
- What is Conferencing?
- Market Opportunity
- Target Market
- Business Challenges
- Who is Sonexis?
- Product Overview Demo
- ConferenceManager vs. Service Providers
- Next Steps
6Market Opportunity
- Audio and Web conferencing are a Multi-Billion
dollar industry - WEB conferencing is on the rise- 40 CAGR over
the next 5 years in participants and minutes - By 2005, 70 of knowledge workers in Global2000
companies will have access to this technology - Significant shift towards CPE, gt 60 by 2005
- Focus on Security, Client integration, Business
Process Integration, reporting services - The Meta Group
7Market Opportunity
- Because of the strong ROI for an in-house
solution, the Yankee Group recommends the
following - (1) Enterprises move toward a CPE model because
of the ROI and the ongoing monthly cost savings - (2) VENDORS Resellers should move rapidly to
bring Audio/Web conferencing platforms to
market - The Yankee Group Report, 2002
8Agenda
- What is Conferencing?
- Market Opportunity
- Target Market
- Business Challenges
- Product Overview Demo
- ConferenceManager vs. Service Providers
- Next Steps
9Target Market
- Existing Users of SP Conferencing ANY company
using a service provider is a potential customer.
Sonexis offers control, flexibility, security and
a great ROI. - New Users Companies that can improve business
processes, reduce travel, touch customers and
potential customers more frequently, qualify
prospects.
10Target Market
- Government
- Local, State, Federal
- Education
- Colleges
- Project Management
- Construction
- Multi-site Organizations
- Franchisees (regional)
- Franchisers
- Travel agents
- Etc.
- Distributed workforce
- Sales
- Tech support
- Finance
- Insurance
- Real Estate
- Knowledge Workers
- HR
- Training
- Help Desk
11More than just a meeting metaphor
Business Processes
Conference Room
Sales MKT AR/PR
Call Center CRM
Help Desk
E-Learning
ERP
12Agenda
- What is Conferencing?
- Market Opportunity
- Target Market
- Business Challenges
- Who is Sonexis?
- Product Overview Demo
- ConferenceManager vs. Service Providers
- Next Steps
13Business Challenges
- Improve Communications
- Employees, Vendors and Customers
- Improve Productivity
- Reduce and Contain Costs
- Savings and Predictability
- Win and Retain Customers
- More frequent and more effective communications
with customers - Control (and reduce) Expenses.
14The Sonexis Solution
- Improve Communications
- Single Call to deliver message Sales, Marketing,
Customersregardless of location - Deliver multi-media messages via Web
Conferencing - Presentations, Web-Browsing, Collaboration
- Improve productivity
- Enhance employee skill sets More frequent and
more efficient training - Less time out of office
- Less turnover
- Cost Reduction and Containment
- Lower travel costs, time out of office, turnover,
etc. - Predictability of costs own/lease-to-own
provides a fixed cost that does not vary with
usage.
With a SECURE, Easy to Deploy, Easy to Use
Solution!
15The Sonexis Solution
- Win New Customers and Retain Existing Customers
- Reach all prospects economically
- Qualify prospects ahead of a site visit
- Dramatically reduce the cost to acquire
- Proactively demonstrate new features, services,
and products to your existing customers on demand - Impact top line, expense line(s), operating
income - A solution that cuts across the income statement
positively. -
Operating Income
Revenue
Expenses
16Major Tenets of the Sonexis ConferenceManager
- Improves productivity
- Enhances business processes, creating value
- Is easy to use (End User, Reseller and
Administrator), driving enterprise wide adoption - Creates a secure environment
- Delivers media rich collaboration
- Is cost effective, delivering rapid ROI and lower
TCO
17Agenda
- What is Conferencing?
- Market Opportunity
- Target Market
- Business Challenges
- Who is Sonexis?
- Product Overview Demo
- ConferenceManager vs. Service Providers
- Next Steps
18Who is Sonexis?
- Sonexis is the leading provider of in-house
integrated audio and web conferencing solutions
that deliver the most advanced, secure, audio
and web applications to its customers with an
ROI that makes CFOs smile! - Sonexis is a company focused exclusively on audio
and web conferencing
19Sonexis Management Team
President CEO Dan Massiello
- 3Com VP GM, Voice Solutions
- NBX Corp CEO/President (1st IP-PBX Platform)
- ATT/ Lucent VP/GM, Global Small Business Div.
CFO Jim Driscoll
VP Engineering Margaret Hannemann
CTO Jeff Flowers
SVP Product Management Ed Wadbrook
SVP Sales Rick Schonbrun
- 25 years experience
- Co-founder, board member, and CTO at Sonexis and
FaxNet
- 20 years experience
- VP of engineering, FaxNet
- 20 years experience (ATT Lucent, 3COM)
- Strategy Development
- 20 years experience
- CFO of FaxNet
- 14 years experience
- EVP of Marketing for Expanets, VP of Global
Sales for NBX.
Seasoned team of executives who have been
officers of publicly traded companies, and
successfully brought enterprise-class
applications and technologies to the small and
medium business customer.
20We Bring the Right Strategic Partners
Financial
Technology
Customer Teams
Compatibility
Nationwide Sales Team , Field Engineering
Reseller/Partner Network
21Agenda
- What is Conferencing?
- Market Opportunity
- Target Market
- Business Challenges
- Who is Sonexis?
- Product Overview Demo
- ConferenceManager vs. Service Providers
- Next Steps
22Product Overview Demo
- Platform
- Deployment
- Security
- Features
- Demo
- Host Experience with Web GUI
23The Sonexis SolutionIntegrated Audio Web
Conferencing
ConferenceManager
- Easy to Use
- Audio TUI or GUI
- Web GUI
- ADMIN Web GUI
- On-line context based Help
- Point and Click controls
- No operator required
- Easy to Install
- One platform, two applications
- Connectivity to PSTN and IP
- Small footprint (1U) rack mounted
- Plug and Play single purpose system
- Scalable SW License Keys to Grow!
- Lights-out Operation
- Administered via the Web
24Flexible Connectivity/Deployment
Firewall
HTTP SSL
ConferenceManager
VoIP
LAN
PSTN
IP-PBX
PBX
T1/E1- PRI
CAS - PRI
LAN
T1/ E1- PRI
WAN
25Sonexis ConferenceManagerSecurity Levels
- Physical
- Sonexis ConferenceManager integrates within your
existing voice and data network - Network
- Sonexis ConferenceManager resides behind your
firewall and integrates within existing / planned
voice networks - Application
- Multi-level passwords over encrypted links,
harden O/S, Virus / Worm controls, Class of
Service controls - Meeting
- Invitation only,unique, random PIN generator,
room locks, Host control of applications - Content
- Password protected content folders, host
annotation controls, no executable versions of
content stored
26Security
- The ConferenceManager is an in-house system
that sits within your existing security
environment behind your firewall. - All presentations, files, etc. remain within your
environment nothing is uploaded to an external
3rd party server. - Host Authentication is required for both Audio
and Web - Passwords can be assigned to conferences a new
password can be assigned to each conference, so
even recurring meetings are protected. - Unique PIN numbers for each participant can be
created through an on-board random PIN generator!
27Audio Conferencing Features
- 24/48/96 Port PSTN models
- 24 port upgradeable to 48 (SW license key)
- Phone and web controls
- Outlook integration (calendar scheduling)
- Web scheduling with iCalendar object
- IVR for greetings help menu
- Conference announcement options (tone, record
name, none) - Dial in or dial out to participants
- E-mail invitations
- Call detail records
- 30 to 120 ports of H.323 IP audio
- 30 ports for TAPI/WAV
- Plus all features Above
-
28Web Conferencing Features
- 30 to 150 connections
- Base application provides 30 connections
- Upgrades available in packs of 10 up to 150
connections
- Ad-hoc or scheduled meetings
- Document sharing
- Full screen presentation mode
- Interactive Whiteboard
- Annotation
- Follow-me web browsing
- Text chat
- QA, Polling, voting
- Quick invites
- Authenticated host login
- Saved meeting rooms
- Usage reports
- Add Company Logo
Introducing Vanilla Coke!
29ConferenceManager Host Log In
30Host Screen
Prepare Meeting Room
31My Conferences
Control Panel
32Scheduling a Conference
Select type of Conference
33Port Availability
34Details
35Inviting Participants
36Conference Scheduled
37Conference via MS Outlook
Sonexis Applet
38MS Outlook Integration
Schedule a conference use Outlook Contacts
39MS Outlook Integration
Reserve Ports, Set Security, Preferences
40MS Outlook Integration
Audio Web Ports
41MS Outlook Integration
Schedules of Attendees
Set Recurring Meeting
42Audio Conferencing GUI
Participant list
Start Web Conference
Host Controls
Dial-out to participants
43Web Conferencing GUI
Polling
Start Audio Conference
Upload Documents
Attendees
Annotation Tools
Chat (instant messaging) QA (Saved)
44Standard Warranty
- 1 Year Hardware and Software
- Repair or replace if necessary
- 12 Month Software Subscription
- Patches, Minor (dot) releases
- Major SW releases (e.g., 2.0, 3.0, etc.)
- Sonexis Support Web Site
- FAQs, Documentation, Software Downloads
- Next Day Advanced Replacement Available for cost
of shipping - Must ship before 200pm EST for next day
- Training for Administrators, Hosts and
Participants available - Help Desk for all users.
- Extended Customer Care Agreements available.
- Application Modules and Upgrade Packs not
included (video, HW)
45Agenda
- What is Conferencing?
- Market Opportunity
- Target Market
- Business Challenges
- Who is Sonexis?
- Product Overview Demo
- ConferenceManager vs. Service Providers
- Next Steps
46ConferenceManager v. Service ProviderAUDIO
- ConferenceManager
- Ad-Hoc Conferences
- Scheduled Conferences
- MS Outlook Integration
- No bridge Cost
- WEB Browser Admin
- Telephone or GUI Meeting Controls
- Private conferences
- Dial out capability
- Account Codes (R3)
- Start Web Conference from Audio GUI
- CDR Company-to-User level
- Service Providers
- Pre-Scheduled only
- No MS Outlook Integration
- ALWAYS a Bridge Cost
- TUI Controls only
- CDR Generally, only at Company or Department
levelfor a Fee. - Services
- Pay for un-used ports on every call -
47ConferenceManager v. Service ProviderWEB
- ConferenceManager
- Ad-Hoc or Scheduled
- MS Outlook Integration
- No subscription Cost
- WEB Browser Admin
- GUI Meeting Controls
- QA, Chat, Polling, Annotation, Whiteboard,
Co-browsing - Saved Meetings
- Persistent Meetings
- Start Audio Conference from Web Host GUI
- CDR Company-to-User level
- Service Providers
- Pre-Scheduled only
- No MS Outlook Integration
- Uploads to 3rd party server
- No advance set-up of Meeting Room
- Monthly subscription per usernever ends
- Security Issues
- No Saved Meetings
- No Persistent Meetings
- No Document Store
- No ability to start Audio from Web
48Investment Comparison- What does 1000 a month
buy you in conference calls ?
Average Call 6 party call 1 Hour in duration
- Sonexis Model
- 40 Hour Work Week
- 22 Days a Month
- 24 Ports available
- 36 M, FMV, 3 yr WTY
49Case StudiesGlobal System Integrator
- Datatec manages the complete and Voice and Data
communications installation and maintenance of
numerous FT 1000 Business. - Over 400 Field Systems Engineers (FSE) are at
work daily supporting new store or office
openings and re-locations. - Heavy calling volume between Customer Support
Team and FSE - Datatec FSE would calling into supervisors
conference bridges that offered limited
functionality and prices at a premium. - Managing the coordination and communications
between the Customer Support center ( NJ) and
the nationally deployed FSEs This calling
activity, through a global service provide was
costing Datatec 8000 / month and inflexible. - Goal- More flexible, adding WEB conferencing to
current Audio conferencing and lower cost. - Result, SCM creates a virtual customer specific
Meeting room with unique Password detection
allowing for 2 to 50 people to seamless join an
ad hoc call to address the unique site
requirements of its customer. Also eliminated
the need for ACD to handle FSE calls. REDUCED
COST BY 7,000 PER MONTH!
FSE
Sonexis Virtual Meeting Room
Inbound
Inbound
FSE
Customer Support Team
Outbound
Customer
ROI- 4 Month Breakeven
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