More and more organizations are shifting in-person events to the web. Adopting web conferencing technology though doesn't have mean abandoning the benefits of in-person events. This month, we'll look at what goes into the production of a large virtual event and examine how to keep it engaging and professional while moving it online.

Going green by using technology to reduce overall environmental impact has become a core tennant of IT, training, marketing, and sales departments worldwide. This month, we'll explore how you can implement strategies to enable a more green workforce and put in place metrics to ensure that you achieve green initiatives while bringing unexpectedly large cost savings to your bottom line.

With an ever growing list of security standards and compliance initiatives that IT applications must adhere to, deciding exactly how to set up your Connect Pro account can be a confusing. Similarly, as your implementation grows so do the demands on providing a platform that is going to scale with increased usage. This month we've decided to focus on helping Connect Pro administrators configure your deployments to best meet these increasing demands and provide tips and tricks for end users on managing meeting security.

At the core of any meeting is the audio. Whether you use Connect Pro Voice-over-IP (VoIP), Integrated Teleconferencing from partners like Premiere Global Services, Meeting One, or Avaya, or you use non-integrated phone audio, you'll learn something new this month that you never knew before. From getting started tutorials to best practices for advanced users, we've covered all the bases in hopes of making you a Connect Pro audio expert.

In these tough economic times companies are looking for ways to do more with less and ensure that they're getting the most out of their workforce. Given that the Sales department is the key revenue center for most companies, it is critical that the sales team is able to to be as streamlined as possible across all facets of their jobs. Since this seems to be such an area of focus for organizations of all sizes and in all sectors, we decided to focus this month on ways to integrate Connect Pro in the selling process.

Enabling Rapid eLearning is a core pillar of Connect Pro. This month we are focusing on topics that will make your training programs more effective whether you are using Connect Pro for live virtual classrooms, on demand courses, or both, you'll find out something you didn't know.

This month we will be exploring Connect Pro and Flash Video. What exactly does this mean? Well there are a variety of ways in which video can be created and utlized within Connect Pro. Among the topics we will be exploring are creating video for use in Connect Pro meetings, using video with Adobe Presenter, and working with meeting recordings. Explore this month's resources and use the Community Forums to ask any questions you may have.

Connect Pro 7, Service Pack 1 is already available for on premise customers and will be made available to customers on the hosted service on November 10th.

Included in this release are bug fixes as well as accessibility enhancements and new language support for Turkish and Russian. Our hosted customers will also see extended meeting overage capabilities and enhanced custom reporting capabilities.

Connect Pro 7, Service Pack 1 is already available for on premise customers and will be made available to customers on the hosted service on November 10th.

Included in this release are bug fixes as well as accessibility enhancements and new language support for Turkish and Russian. Our hosted customers will also see extended meeting overage capabilities and enhanced custom reporting capabilities.