MEDIA ADVISORY: OpenTok Named Future Ideas Finalist at GigaOm's Future of Work Conference

TokBox to Demo OpenTok, Groundbreaking Group Video Chat Platform


SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - December 7, 2010) - TokBox, a leading multi-way Web video communications provider, today announced it has been chosen as a finalist in the LaunchPad portion of GigaOm's Future of Work conference. Ian Small, TokBox CEO, will showcase how its new OpenTok platform has the power to make workspace tools more collaborative by adding group, face-to-face communication to the experience. GigaOm's Future of Work conference takes place December 9, 2010, at the Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF. The LaunchPad session begins at 5:50 p.m.

WHAT
http://events.gigaom.com/network/10/launchpad/

At LaunchPad, Ian Small, CEO of TokBox, will present the company's new multi-way video chat platform, OpenTok. Drawing on examples such as Google Docs and TokBox partner Assembla, Small will discuss OpenTok's ability to:

  • Enhance existing workspace tools
  • Increase collaboration and improve operational efficiency and productivity
  • Promote team building, accountability and improved information exchange among dispersed teams

WHEN
Thursday, December 9, 2010, 5:50 p.m.

WHERE
GigaOm's Future of Work conference:
Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
1675 Owens Street
San Francisco, CA 94158

ABOUT TOKBOX
TokBox is a leading multi-way Web video communications provider. OpenTok, the company's flagship product, is a game-changing new platform that enables Web sites to weave live, group video conversations into their online experience. Targeted at businesses, entrepreneurs, developers and anyone with a Web presence, the platform harnesses the power of video to drive user engagement with the Web site's content as never before. OpenTok-powered video conversations can be woven into nearly any Web activity or wrapped around a site's content -- from shopping with friends to talking about a breaking news story -- live, face-to-face on the Web. The scalable, customizable platform incorporates quality-enhancing proprietary TokBox technology and accommodates up to 20 chat participants live with thousands watching. TokBox is privately held and headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

For more information, visit www.tokbox.com or follow TokBox on Twitter: @TokBox. Follow the conversation about OpenTok with Twitter hashtag #OpenTok. Also check out samples of OpenTok applications at yapmap.opentok.com and trendtok.opentok.com.

Contact Information:

PRESS CONTACT:
Krista Van Lewen
CommStrat PR for TokBox

303-963-5530