Press Release


Contact: Colin Smith, WebEx Communications
408-566-5694 or colin.smith@webex.com

WebEx Provides Free Collaboration and Web Meeting Services to Relief Organizations and Businesses Affected by Hurricane Katrina

WebEx Pledges Financial and Service Donation to Aid Katrina Relief

SANTA CLARA, Calif., September 7, 2005—WebEx Communications (Nasdaq: WEBX), a provider of collaborative web meeting applications, has created the WebEx Katrina Relief program to deliver services and support to organizations serving Katrina victims and small businesses affected by the hurricane. A WebEx Katrina Relief resource page is available at: http://www.webex.com/go/katrina

The WebEx Katrina Relief program provides:

  • Free Web Collaboration Service— WebEx is providing free services for relief organizations and small businesses affected by the hurricane. The free services are designed to help organizations improve coordination of their relief efforts and businesses replace lost IT infrastructure capabilities. The service capabilities include web meetings, secure document sharing, group scheduling, task management, database applications and contact directories.
  • Financial Support— WebEx is making a donation to the American Red Cross and will match employee donations through the end of the year.
  • Free Web Events and Training Services— Relief organizations looking to raise awareness of specific aspects of their program or to train volunteers can host free online events and training sessions. WebEx event producers will help organizations pull together and host these online events.

“Our thoughts are with the people affected by Hurricane Katrina,” said Subrah Iyar, CEO of WebEx Communications. “WebEx and its employees want to help, and we hope our Katrina relief program will give people some of the tools they need to start rebuilding.”

About WebEx Communications
WebEx Communications, Inc. is the world's leading provider of collaborative web meeting applications. WebEx applications improve collaboration and increase productivity in sales, support, training, marketing, engineering and product design. WebEx delivers its suite of web meeting applications over the global WebEx MediaTone Network, a network specifically designed for secure web collaboration. WebEx Communications is based in Santa Clara, California and has regional headquarters in Europe, Asia and Australia. Please call toll free 877-509-3239 or visit www.webex.com for more information.

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