MeetingZone deploys MetraNet 5.0 and wins prestigious award

MeetingZone, the leading UK conferencing services provider upgrades its award-winning MetraNet platform to v5.0 and wins Frost & Sullivan Innovation Award

Boston, MA and London UK, 1 October, 2007 – MeetingZone has upgraded its MetraNet TM platform from version 3.0.1 to the recently released v5.0.  Impressively, MeetingZone was able to undertake the upgrade itself, demonstrating how MetraTech empowers MetraNet users to gain control of their businesses from an IT perspective.  This can provide a critical advantage in reducing costs, limiting time-to-market, and in ensuring effective IT project management.

MeetingZone’s MetraNet platform has underpinned a recent award for Customer Service Innovation in European Audio Conferencing Services, presented by Frost & Sullivan. In making the award, the judges noted that MeetingZone aims to achieve sustainable competitive advantage through a highly innovative customer service web portal, which provides real time billing and reporting and full conference control.

With MetraNet, MeetingZone's clients are able to gain instant access to their accounts via their own personal web portal, which enables them to view real time billing data and usage reports. Additionally from here they can add users, change conference preferences, manage their conference recordings, schedule one-off conferences and manage multiple accounts and account hierarchies. The secure web portal can also be customised for large clients and white label channels allowing MeetingZone to provide services into a range of non-traditional channels.

Commented Scott Swartz, ceo, MetraTech, “both the Frost & Sullivan Award and the recent upgrade make clear the positive impact of MetraNet on the user’s business.  The unique way in which MetraTech empowers its customers to create and deliver their desired business models can give them a mission-critical edge in highly competitive markets.  MeetingZone ably demonstrates the benefits that MetraNet delivers.”

Added Tim Duffy, chief executive officer, MeetingZone, “The upgrade project ran seamlessly and required a very small internal team with only a little assistance from MetraTech.  MetraNet has empowered our success since MeetingZone was founded and version 5.0 enables us to continue delivering the innovative services that will ensure we continue to lead the market in future.”

About MetraTech
MetraTech Corp. provides the leading Web Services-based solution for billing, customer self-care, and partner management. MetraNet, MetraTech's modular flagship platform, empowers customers to invent new business models and enhance collaboration among IT, business groups and subscribers. MetraTech offers a variety of delivery options ranging from licensing to outsourcing. Headquartered in Boston, MetraTech has offices in San Francisco, Frankfurt, Paris and London. MetraTech is a venture-backed, privately held company whose investors include Accel Partners, Vesbridge Partners (formerly St. Paul Venture Capital), Meritech Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and Lucent Venture Partners. For more information, please visit www.metratech.com.

About MeetingZone
MeetingZone is the UK’s largest independent conferencing services provider and offers customers a high performance, low-cost personalized audio and web conferencing service.  Based near Oxford, MeetingZone was formed in 2002 by Steve Gandy and Tim Duffy, who collectively have over 30 years experience in the technology and telecoms sector.  MeetingZone’s customers including many of the FTSE500 companies in the Financial, Retail, IT, Pharmaceutical and Legal sectors. www.meetingzone.com

MetraTech is a registered trademark, and the MetraTech logo is a trademark of MetraTech Corp. All rights reserved. All company, brand, product, and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Media Contacts

For additional information or to arrange an interview, please contact:
Sarah Bedwell
Mustard PR for MetraTech Corp.
Telephone: +44 (0)1628 502601
Email Address: sarah@mustardpr.com

Keith Brody
Head of Communications
MetraTech Corp.
Telephone: 44(0)7790 245779
Email address: kbrody@metratech.com

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