BT Launches Engage Meeting Manager 2.0

BT (BT) announced the release of Engage Meeting Manager 2.0, an advanced version of BT Conferencing’s Web-based scheduling and automation tool. New features include an intuitive conference wizard, meeting templates, custom directories, B2B scheduling, iCal integration and user interface improvements.

“BT Conferencing understands that customers with limited capex need to make full use of existing equipment as they refresh older units,” said Bob Seidel, vice president of product marketing and sales operations for BT Conferencing’s Video Business Unit. “Engage Meeting Manager is the only single-interface tool in the industry that schedules and automates launch of Polycom, TANDBERG, LifeSize, Cisco TelePresence, and other systems together in the same call. It supports older systems, newer systems, IP, ISDN, standard definition and high definition and behind the scenes, the system has features like Least Cost Routing that address network savings. Customers are also offered dozens of performance and usage reports that can guide optimal video conferencing decisions.”

Engage Meeting Manager 2.0 is available to all BT Conferencing video customers, whether the customer utilizes BT multitenant bridges or their own managed bridging infrastructure. Multitenant customers can use Engage Meeting Manager without incurring additional fees and are able to utilize BT Conferencing’s multitenant bridging at rates that start as low as 25 cents per minute per site for calls scheduled and auto-launched with the tool. Managed Services customers pay a low annual fee for Engage Meeting Manager and are able to schedule unlimited automated call launches.

Engage Meeting Manager is sold through both direct and indirect BT channels.