SAN JOSE CA--(Marketwire - April 21, 2008) - As a part of an ongoing effort to help its
customers to take steps toward becoming greener, WebEx, now part of Cisco
(
NASDAQ:
CSCO), today announced a challenge as a part of its 'Plant-A-Tree
with WebEx' program. From April 21 through May 31, in addition to planting
a tree for each free trial, for every 100 free trials taken Cisco WebEx
will plant an additional 100 trees. The challenge is part of Cisco WebEx's
ongoing efforts to help business reduce their impact on the environment by
reducing the need for travel.
Launched in April 2006, the 'Plant-A-Tree with WebEx' program is an easy
way to experience the business productivity benefits of web collaboration
while helping offset global carbon dioxide emissions. To have a tree
planted, simply go to
www.webex.com/go/zerocarbon to sign up for the
special WebEx Meeting Center free trial, hold two business meetings online
and WebEx will plant a tree in your name through Carbonfund.org. Thousands
of trees have already been planted.
"The program is just one aspect of our efforts to educate and encourage
companies to become greener and more productive," said Joe Schwartz,
director of marketing operations for Cisco WebEx. "This Earth Day, we hope
everyone will join the challenge and take advantage of the opportunity to
help the environment one meeting at a time."
WebEx meetings are a productive alternative to business travel which is a
leading contributor to harmful carbon dioxide emissions. A person who flies
just 30,000 miles a year puts more than 19,100 pounds of carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere. Replacing even a small number of those trips with web
meeting can dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions. For example:
-- Using WebEx instead of one person flying from New York to London for
a team meeting would save 2,690 pounds of carbon dioxide
-- Using WebEx instead of two people traveling from Chicago to San
Francisco for a sales presentation would save 4,696 pounds of carbon
dioxide
-- Using WebEx for a training session with 12 participants flying from
Dallas to San Francisco would save 22,377 pounds of carbon dioxide
Cisco is committed to a high level of environmental responsibility in its
business operations, culture, products and customer solutions. Cisco
believes that technology can transform how the world approaches its
environmental challenges and its vision is to combine the power of
innovation with collaboration to create the most sustainable model for
addressing global climate change. Utilizing collaboration technologies to
reduce business travel and its impact on the environment is the focus of
Cisco's "Carbon to Collaboration" initiative, created in September of 2007
as part of the company's involvement in the Clinton Global Initiative. By
investing in collaboration technologies across the company and encouraging
employees to travel less, Cisco is working to reduce carbon emissions from
air travel by 10% and to increase the overall productivity of its
workforce.
To learn more about how to work green join
WebEx's Green Business
eSummit on April 23, 2008.
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With 2.6 million registered users, Cisco WebEx is a global leader in
on-demand applications for collaborative business on the web. WebEx offers
a full suite of web collaboration applications for both general online
meetings and specific business processes including marketing, sales,
training, and support. Companies of every size gain strategic advantage by
using WebEx to replace high-cost/high-touch interactions with efficient
web-touch interactions. WebEx applications work across firewalls and across
platforms, making them ideal for both internal and external collaboration.
Cisco WebEx provides its services over the WebEx MediaTone Network, a
highly secure global network specifically designed for on-demand
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