Press Release


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

The Gabriel Institute Accelerates the Sales Cycle with WebEx Sales Center

Workforce Management and Employee Assessment Pioneer Optimizes Web-Touch Sales Processes with WebEx Sales Center

SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 16, 2005—The Gabriel Institute, the originator of Role-Based Assessment and the provider of web-based hiring solution www.Tools4Recruiting.com, is using WebEx Sales Center by WebEx Communications (Nasdaq: WEBX) to improve the efficiency of its lead generation, qualification and sales processes. WebEx Sales Center helps sales organizations quickly qualify and close prospects with online sales presentations, team-selling and prospect-branded sales portals.

WebEx applications support both synchronous and asynchronous collaboration and enable organizations to accelerate the pace of businesses by leveraging the web as a channel for collaborative interaction with customers, partners and coworkers. These on-demand applications enhance high-touch business processes such as sales, training and support with efficient web-touch interactions.

The Gabriel Institute (TGI) uses WebEx Sales Center to demonstrate Tools4Recruiting's proprietary selection and screening applications to employers who are interested in improving their talent acquisition and management processes. By adding a web-touch sales channel, TGI has a cost-effective way of selling its products and services that delivers the same levels of interaction and collaboration as its high-touch, live presentations. TGI also uses WebEx Sales Center to create personalized prospect and customer portal sites to post sales collateral around topics such as the hiring process and reducing turnover.

“WebEx online sales calls help us sell smarter, better and faster. What wins a prospect over is the interactivity, collaboration and enthusiasm we demonstrate during the sales pitch where we outline solutions to improve their hiring process,” said Dr. Janice Presser, CEO of The Gabriel Institute. “With WebEx Sales Center, we’ve trimmed our cost-per-lead, are conducting more sales meetings with improved results and are continuing to have quality interaction with our prospects.”

“Sales organizations strive to generate leads and shorten the sales cycle. WebEx Sales Center is helping The Gabriel Institute accelerate its sales process and increase prospect-to-sales conversion rates by enhancing a high-touch sales model with a cost-effective web-touch sales process,” said Felix Litman, senior director of sales and marketing applications, WebEx. “The Gabriel Institute exemplifies how WebEx applications optimize the customer lifecycle and accelerate the business process while simultaneously cutting costs.”

About WebEx Sales Center
WebEx Sales Center was created specifically for sales professionals, with capabilities designed to improve team selling, engage prospects throughout the sales cycle, and provide real-time sales management and analytics. WebEx Sales Center enables sales teams to leverage the power of the web to generate sales leads, qualify prospects, conduct persuasive sales presentations and close deals more quickly. Its seamless integration with leading CRM and SFA applications help sales organizations get more use and value from their sales solution investments.

WebEx Sales Center offers a free 14-day trial. To learn more about WebEx Sales Center or to register for the free trial, go to: www.webex.com/go/sales-freetrialpr

About The Gabriel Institute
The Gabriel Institute is the originator of Role-Based Assessment and innovative source for workforce management, assessment, training and strategic planning solutions. They offer a free trial of their web-based hiring solution, www.Tools4Recruiting.com, on their website, www.TheGabrielInstitute.com.

About WebEx Communications, Inc.
WebEx Communications, Inc. is the leading provider of on-demand collaboration applications. WebEx applications are used across the enterprise in sales, support, training, marketing, engineering and product design. WebEx delivers its suite of applications over the WebEx MediaTone Network, the only global network specifically designed for the delivery of on-demand applications. 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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