WebEx Communications

Description

Getting together should never involve elaborate plans and long journeys according to WebEx Communications. The company is a provider of Web conferencing systems that let parties conduct meetings and share information over the Internet. WebEx's hosted services enable companies to convene with employees, clients, and partners to make presentations, exchange documents, share applications, and edit documents electronically. WebEx also offers services that help businesses provide live, technical support for their customers, accessible through Web browsers.

The company's more than 23,000 customers come from a variety of industries including financial services, health care, telecommunications, and manufacturing.

In 2005 the company acquired Intranets.com, renaming it WebExOne.

j2 Global Communications

Description

Checked your messages? Customers of j2 Global Communications can retrieve e-mail, faxes, and voice mail from a single phone line. Customers receive a private phone number that can handle unlimited incoming messages. The company, formerly known as JFAX.COM, operates primarily under the eFax, JFAX, and jConnect brands and claims more than 11 million phone numbers for customers located in 26 countries worldwide, including major US cities and international business centers such as Frankfurt, London, and Tokyo. The company counts more than 740,000 paid subscribers with the balance of phone lines going to advertising-supported free subscribers.

The company operates a global network based on both traditional phone infrastructure and Internet Protocol (IP) technology. The network is leased from telecom carriers and from colocation providers in the US and around the globe.

Chairman Richard Ressler owns about 5% of the company.