VIDERÉ ANNOUNCES NEW INITIATIVE AIMED AT SPECIFIC CONFERENCING NEEDS OF THE LEGAL COMMUNITY

November 15, 2004

Quincy, MA. – Videré Conferencing, a leading provider of video, audio, and web conferencing solutions, announced today that they have developed a new practice area focused on the specific conferencing needs of the legal community. The company also announced plans to open a New York City office in 2005 in order to better serve their many customers with locations in the city.

Videré has completed custom conferencing and audio visual projects with more than twenty law firms to date including five out of seven of Boston’s largest law firms according to data from the Boston Business Journal. These firms include Ropes and Gray, Goodwin Procter, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, Mintz Levin and Foley Hoag. Projects have ranged from process re-engineering, upgrading legacy equipment, audio visual customization, network design, multipoint bridging services and supporting offices in locations outside of Boston including New York, Washington DC and California.

“Law firms offer a demanding environment where there is a higher level of stress and pressure than in the typical office workplace. Senior partners do not have time to learn about how to operate some conferencing hardware when they are trying to start a meeting. Additionally, they need to have their meetings be about the content not about running a piece of technology,” said Videré president Todd Luttinger. “We have developed a series of tools that simplify the process for end users making it much more likely that they will use, and benefit from the technology.”

“Videré’s customer-centric services model is the right approach for the legal community,” said Andrew W. Davis, senior analyst and managing partner at Wainhouse Research. “Many law firms made large capital investments a decade ago in conferencing technology and were left disappointed because it was so difficult to operate. By focusing on ease of use for the end user, Videré is encouraging widespread adoption of this technology across the firm. This ultimately brings a much faster return on investment.”

“Videré has been a great partner to work with,” said Kathleen Heroux of Goodwin Procter. “They bring a deep understanding of conferencing technology and combine that with a really focused customer support program. They have helped us to maximize our investment in this technology by making it accessible to employees at all levels from paralegals to senior partners.”

Videré has the ability to install simple point-to-point videoconferencing as well as complex multi-location design with ISDN or IP networks, multipoint bridging services or audio conferencing solutions that include web-based presentation and collaboration tools. Videré also designs and implements custom audio and videoconferencing rooms and offers a wide variety of training and support programs.

Videré has established partnerships with the conferencing industry’s leading suppliers to provide customers with best-in-class products, enabling the delivery of technology tailored to meet any application or requirement. In addition to the legal community, Videré serves a variety of industries including healthcare, education, government, biotech, financial and professional services.

About Videré
Videré Conferencing, Inc. of Quincy, MA specializes in video, audio and Web conferencing and collaboration solutions for the commercial, education, health care and state government markets. Videré’s expertise includes consultation, design, sales, implementation and support of the leading remote meeting and distance learning technologies. The founders of Videré – Todd Luttinger, Bill Benoit and Steve Cogliano – have over 40 years of collective experience in conferencing systems design, sales, implementation and support.

For more information, visit www.videreconferencing.com

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