In Exclusive Deal, Samsung Canada Resellers To Offer Multimedia, Social-Network-Style Conferencing Service to Purchasers of Select Netbooks and Laptops 

OTTAWA, CANADA (March 10, 2010) – iotum announced today that Calliflower, its interactive conferencing and collaboration service, will be promoted through the VAR and system integrator channels of Samsung Canada. Under an exclusive agreement from March 1st to April 30th, 2010, Samsung resellers will offer purchasers of selected Samsung netbooks and laptops the first year of Calliflower service free, and will receive commissions when their customers sign up. 

Calliflower applies an engaging, social-networking-style visual interface to the task of conferencing and collaboration, and under standard pricing charges a $50 US monthly flat rate for unlimited use for up to two organizers.  Participants can join through local access phone numbers in major Canadian cities and around the world, or via Skype into a single conference, all while sharing presentations, documents, links, and chats with all those remotely assembled.

Calliflower’s  intuitive controls also allow participants to see the status of other callers and raise hands to request the floor, while also providing call recording, invitations and reminders, integration with calendars, and more. 

“This partnership is a great way to grow customer relationships for our small-business retailers and system integrators, by offering another powerful, money-saving tool alongside our laptops and netbooks,” said Michael Dodgson, Product Marketing Manager for Netbooks at Samsung Canada. “We also see the chance to promote great Canadian technology in a space – teleworking —  that’s very much in demand.”

iotum CEO Alec Saunders, for his part, acknowledged that Samsung Canada’s promotion would provide a great boost to Calliflower’s long-term user base. “We’re so confident in the service and the sales channel, that we’re willing to offer the first year’s service for free – a $600 dollar value,” he said. 

Samsung Canada resellers and retailers will have customers sign up for Calliflower through a web site, entering PC serial numbers for proof of purchase and downloading the client software. 

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About iotum

iotum is a Voice 2.0 company that aims to reinvent business conversations and shape a world of relevant communications where devices, social networks and Web services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with whom they want, when they want and on the device they want.  

About Samsung Electronics Canada Inc.

Samsung Electronics Canada, Inc. (SECA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., markets a broad range of award-winning digital consumer electronics, information systems, telecommunications and home appliance products. SECA upholds Samsung’s mission to provide consumers with innovative digital convergence products that possess exceptional technology, quality, features, performance and value. 

Samsung has been a global TOP sponsor of the Olympic Games since 1998 and has been a presenting sponsor of the Olympic Torch Relay from 2004 to 2008.  Also through Samsung’s Four Seasons of Hope charity, Samsung helps athletes and celebrities raise funds for their respective charities, including the Wayne Gretzky Foundation in Canada.  Samsung is also a proud sponsor of Hockey Canada.

For customer service inquiries, please call 1-800-SAMSUNG (1-800-726-7864), and for more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

Calliflower’s Interactive, Collaborative Conference Calls Can Now be Reached Via Skype ID or Web Button

MIAMI, Fla. (Jan. 21, 2010) — iotum announced today at IT EXPO an open beta program through which customers can access their highly interactive Calliflower conference calls via Skype.  Calliflower, which applies a social-networking-style visual interface to the task of conferencing and collaboration, can now be reached from any Skype-enabled PC or phone as well as from traditional PSTN phones.

Previously, participants could only dial into Calliflower conferences through PSTN access numbers, potentially incurring local charges.  In regions or countries where no such access numbers are available, customers would incur long-distance and even international charges, or use up Skype-out minutes calling access numbers overseas.  Now callers can access Calliflower through a Skype ID – CalliflowerSkype – or via a web button in the Calliflower UI, overcoming this disadvantage.

“We’ve had many requests from potential Calliflower customers who had no local access numbers, especially from  parts of Africa, India, China and the Middle East,” said Alec Saunders, iotum CEO. “Now, as long as they have Skype, that doesn’t matter anymore.”

In addition, users gain from the better audio quality they will enjoy through direct Skype access, as well as from all the visual information, documents and presentations that are shared through Calliflower’s interactive dashboard. These tools go a long way toward improving understanding on international conference calls.

Available on PC, Mac and iPhone, Calliflower makes organizing and participating in multi-party calls simple and engaging.  It allows participants to see the status of other callers and raise hands to request the floor, while also providing interactive chat, document sharing, intuitive conference controls, call recording, invitations and reminders, integration with calendars, and more.

The conference service is available on an unlimited basis for $50 per month for two organizers. Additional organizers cost $25 per month each.

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About iotum

iotum is a Voice 2.0 company that aims to reinvent business conversations and shape a world of relevant communications where devices, social networks and Web services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with whom they want, when they want and on the device they want.

New Software Release Facilitates Seminars, Press Conferences, Classes and More

OTTAWA, Sept. 23 2009 — Web meetings innovator iotum today announced powerful new software that simplifies and enriches its Calliflower service for use by current and prospective online event holders and enterprises.

The versatile collaboration service now allows users to add and change moderators on-the-fly, schedule recurring calls and easily expand online meetings by including participants who are not Calliflower subscribers.

This takes Calliflower farther beyond plain vanilla offerings in a crowded field of one-dimensional conference calling services. It’s already widely used for multifaceted meetings that can include document sharing, text chat and more with far-flung employees and customers. Mobile users can join using their iPhones.

One current customer, inmedia Public Relations Inc., uses Calliflower for internal, media and client calls and now plans to use the new features to enrich a variety of online business meetings and sees events in its future.

“We see the enriched Calliflower service as an enabler for large events for us,” said inmedia Managing Partner Francis Moran. “With offices and clients in three countries, and regular contact with journalists just about everywhere in the world, we’ve already found Calliflower to be powerful, easy-to-use and extremely cost effective.”

“This software release is designed to optimize Calliflower for those seeking to hold events online, such as seminars, classes and press and investor relations gatherings, in a simple and effective manner for organizers and participants,” commented iotum CEO Alec Saunders.

Powerful New Features

iotum has added Simple Sign-in that enables those that aren’t subscribers to Calliflower to easily join events powered by the service.

Targeted at large online gatherings which often include participants from around the world, Calliflower’s new Co-Moderator feature enables one-click sharing or changing of moderators while meetings are in progress. The feature can be used in calls where multiple participants need the floor to give presentations or where one user presents while another manages the ongoing call.

Calliflower’s new Recurring Call Scheduling feature enables event organizers to quickly and easily create and keep events compelling by setting regularly held conference calls. This eliminates repetitive tasks and lets organizers ensure consistency for even the largest online events.

The new features are now available to Calliflower Premium users and are accessed using the company’s function-rich dashboard.

Calliflower Premium is currently available in 31 countries and over 130 cities in Europe, Asia, and North and South America thanks to a sweeping network expansion announced in late June.

Calliflower Premium is priced at $50 per month, for two organizers, with a no-risk 14-day free trial period. Additional organizers cost $25 per month each.

For more information on conference calling collaboration services with Calliflower, visit http://www.calliflower.com.

About iotum

iotum is a Voice 2.0 company that aims to reinvent business conversations and shape a world of relevant communications where devices, social networks and Web services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with whom they want, when they want and on the device they want

iotum today announced the expansion of the international dial-in network for iotum’s Calliflower Premium Conference Calling and Document Sharing service. Now available in 30 countries and over 100 cities in Asia, Europe, and North and South America.

Ottawa, Canada – June 22, 2009 – Flate-rate conference calling from over 100 cities worldwide is now available through iotum. iotum today announced the dramatic expansion of the international dial-in network  for iotum’s Calliflower Premium Conference Calling and Document Sharing service.  New countries and cities have been added to the Calliflower calling network in Asia, Europe, and North and South America.  Calliflower Premium customers can now dial into the conference call service from 30 countries, and over 100 cities around the world.

“Today’s businesses operate globally, and need to stay in contact with workers and customers globally.  Conference calls are the most common tool for managing that contact”, said iotum CEO Alec Saunders. “Until Calliflower came along, hosting an international conference call was an expensive proposition. With Calliflower’s flat rate international conference calls, many of our customers save 90% or more over the cost of their previous conferencing service.”

Calliflower flat-rate conferencing services are now available in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Calliflower Premium is designed to help business users of Web conference-calling facilitate active participation in calls, share agendas and documents, coordinate participants’ schedules, capture and share information discussed during conferences, and manage agreements, action items and follow-ups to keep projects moving.   Calliflower Premium is priced at $50 per month, for two organizers, with a no-risk 14-day free trial period.  Additional organizers cost $25 per month each.

For more information on conference calling and collaboration services with Calliflower, visit http://www.calliflower.com.

iotum is a Voice 2.0 company that aims to reinvent business conversations and shape a world of relevant communications where devices, social networks and Web services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with whom they want, when they want and on the device they want.

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Contact: Alec Saunders, +1 613 482 9088

Adds Key US cities, plus Milan and Rome Italy

Ottawa, Canada – April 7, 2009 – iotum today announced the expansion of the international dial-in network  for iotum’s signature Calliflower Conference Calling and Document Sharing service.  New cities added to the Calliflower international conference call network include Rome and Milan Italy, plus a six additional US cities in California and Florida.  The total number of countries where Calliflower has a local presence is now 18, and over 75 cities.

Increases European footprint by adding Stockholm Sweden, and Sofia Bulgaria

Ottawa, Canada – March 6, 2009 – iotum today announced the expansion of the international dial-in points network for iotum’s signature Calliflower Conference Calling and Document Sharing service.  New cities added to the Calliflower international conference call network include Stockholm, Sweden and Sofia, Bulgaria, bringing the total number of countries where Calliflower has a local presence to seventeen, and over sixty cities.

“The addition of Sofia and Stockholm to the Calliflower International Conference Calling Network is another step forward in our ongoing efforts to provide a comprehensive European conference calling footprint”, said iotum CEO Alec Saunders. “Now customers in both Sofia and Stockholm can enjoy the substantial savings on conference calling that all Calliflower Premium customers get.”

Calliflower Premium is designed to help business users of Web conference-calling facilitate active participation in calls, share agendas and documents, coordinate participants’ schedules, capture and share information discussed during conferences, and manage agreements, action items and follow-ups to keep projects moving.

Calliflower Premium is priced at $50 per month, for two organizers, with a no-risk 14-day free trial period. Additional organizers cost $25 per month each.

iotum is a Voice 2.0 company that aims to reinvent business conversations and shape a world of relevant communications where devices, social networks and Web services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with whom they want, when they want and on the device they want.

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OTTAWA, Canada (February 3, 2008) – iotum™ today announced that its innovative Calliflower conference-calling service is now mobile and available to Apple® iPhone™ users.

With free conference calls, flat rate pricing for unlimited global meetings, local dial-in numbers and document sharing, Calliflower has pioneered a new category of Web-based interactive conferencing. Now, Calliflower on iPhone makes organizing and participating in multi-party calls simple and engaging by allowing participants to see the status of other callers, along with features such as interactive chat, intuitive conference controls, recordings, call archives, invitations and reminders, integration with calendars, and more.

“Users have told us what they like most about Calliflower is that it brings together all the key elements they need for meaningful collaboration into an easy-to-use interactive dashboard,” said iotum CEO Alec Saunders. “Now we’re liberating Calliflower conference calling from the desktop and extending all of its features to the world’s most powerful mobile device.”

“Now iPhone users can easily participate in and manage Calliflower conference calls wherever they are and have the full richness of the Calliflower experience in a mobile environment”, said Saunders. “As of today, Calliflower Mobile on iPhone is in the iPhone App Store.”

Calliflower on the iPhone is free. Users can download Calliflower on iPhone by visiting the iPhone App Store and searching for Calliflower Once loaded on the iPhone, users can create a new Calliflower account from the iPhone, or existing Calliflower users can simply log in using their current Calliflower account.

ABOUT IOTUM

iotum, a Voice 2.0 company, sets out to reinvent business conversations and shape a world of relevant communications where devices, social networks and Web services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with whom they want, when they want and on the device they want. iotum’s business is to design and provide a simple, supportive and intuitive environment to enrich business conversations. iotum’s products and services bring greater meaning and productivity to typically stale and static multiparty communications and meet the growing teleconferencing needs of a broad range of customers across many industries. iotum’s flagship service, Calliflower, makes it easy for people to plan and participate in engaging and meaningful conference calls that bridge business and social networks, and follow up afterward.

CONTACT:  Alec Saunders, CEO – alec@iotum.com, 613-482-9099

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Nov. 12, 2008) — iotum™ today announced that its Calliflower conference-calling service, which makes it easy to plan and participate in highly interactive conference calls that bridge business and social networks, is now mobile and available for users of the Apple® iPhone™.

“Now iPhone users can easily participate in and manage Calliflower conference calls wherever they are and have the full richness of the Calliflower experience in a mobile environment”, said iotum CEO Alec Saunders, who unveiled the new iPhone application at the Under the Radar event.

iotum also announced Calliflower Premium, which introduces document sharing and other new features for business users.

“Users have told us what they like most about Calliflower is that it brings together all the key elements they need for meaningful collaboration into an easy-to-use interactive dashboard,” said Saunders. “Now we’re liberating Calliflower conference calling from the desktop and extending all its features to the world’s most powerful mobile device.”

Calliflower on iPhone
Calliflower on iPhone makes organizing and participating in multi-party calls simple and engaging by allowing participants to see the status of other callers, along with features such as interactive chat, intuitive conference controls, call archives, invitations and reminders, integration with calendars, and more.

Calliflower on iPhone will be free until Jan. 1, 2009, after which it will a one-time download charge of $9.99. The application will be available shortly in Apple’s iPhone App Store.

Calliflower Premium
Calliflower Premium adds a new dimension to the Calliflower dashboard – the ability to share the contents of documents among all participants in a Calliflower conference call, which can enhance team productivity by reaching closure on points of discussion more quickly. Calliflower’s document sharing is entirely web based, and requires no client download, which makes it easy to use.

Calliflower Premium will also support multiple organizers under a single account, and delegate access to allow executives’ assistants to organize conference calls.

In addition, for Calliflower Premium users, Calliflower is being expanded globally via local-dial numbers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and Singapore, as well as via Voxbone’s newly announced iNum ‘883’ global toll-free country code.

Calliflower Premium is designed to help business users of Web conference-calling facilitate active participation in calls, share agendas and documents, coordinate participants’ schedules, capture and share information discussed during conferences, and manage agreements, action items and follow-ups to keep projects moving.

Calliflower Premium is priced at the special introductory price of $50 per month, for two organizers, with a no-risk 30-day free trial period, until Jan. 1, 2009. Additional organizers cost $25 per month each.

iotum is a Voice 2.0 company that aims to reinvent business conversations and shape a world of relevant communications where devices, social networks and Web services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with whom they want, when they want and on the device they want.

Open Beta introduces a fresh new approach to business conversations.

OTTAWA–June 25, 2008—iotum™ today launched the open beta of Calliflower, a visual conference calling service designed to meet the growing conferencing needs of business. As a result of iotum’s positive experience with more than 200,000 users on Facebook, Calliflower expands iotum’s market reach to the rest of the Web. Calliflower features iotum’s signature Web interface—an easy to use, interactive dashboard that makes organizing and participating in multi-party calls simple and engaging.

The free beta launches concurrently with Calliflower Communiqués, a seminar series designed to highlight the unique capabilities of Calliflower, and features high-profile guests interviewed live on the Calliflower service. An evening with William Shatner— famous for his role as Captain Kirk, captain of the starship USS Enterprise in the long-running Star Trek television and movie series—kicks off the program at 6:30 p.m. PDT June 26.

“Today’s businesses want rich conversations. We are building on our social networking expertise to transform traditional conference calling by making it more interactive and interesting without the premium price,” said iotum CEO Alec Saunders. “Calliflower keeps folks from ‘vegging out’ on long, static calls, while creating opportunities for participants to really listen, join in and ‘talk business.’” Calliflower is designed for sharing media and building conversations with the goal of making the entire experience—before, during and after the call —easy and more productive. The service extends beyond traditional calling by providing unique, comprehensive and easy to use tools at no extra cost.

Features

Calliflower streamlines the process of organizing and managing calls by offering:

Caller visualization: See names, pictures and caller status in real time as everyone joins, participates and leaves the call. Callers are identified as they join the call, with their names and (if desired) pictures. The status of their lines (mike open, closed, hand raised to ask a question) is also visible to everyone.

Intuitive conference controls: Participants can access conference controls, the live wall and more from a simple Web interface.

Interactive chat: Participants can engage in a group chat before, after and during the call to share information without interrupting the flow of conversation. From sharing a link or an image to asking a relevant question, the multiparty IM opens a second channel for participants to have richer and more engaging calls.

Call archives: Handouts, agendas and links to files can remain accessible to the right people, long after the call is over.

Invitations and reminders: Receive call invitations and reminders by e­mail or SMS with all the information moderators and participants need.

Easy calendar integration: Manage call invitations, updates and RSVPs with an attached iCal that integrates with any major calendar solution.

PINless connectivity: The participating caller’s phone number becomes the personal PIN, which seamlessly connects callers to every call from anywhere.

MP3 recordings: Moderators can record any call from the Web interface or from the phone. Recordings are available to every participant as MP3 files seconds after the conference is over or the recording is stopped.

Open Calliflower Beta

To start using Calliflower, simply visit http://calliflower.com to sign up.

The Calliflower Communiqués

The Calliflower Communiqués seminar series runs during three months and features some of the best­known and most thought­provoking people from around the world.

June 26, 2008, An evening with William Shatner ­ Up Till Now. Shatner, famous for bringing characters Captain James T. Kirk, Sergeant T.J. Hooker and Denny Crane to life, is one of the most beloved entertainers in the world.

July 10, 2008, An evening with Alan Alda – Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself. Alda, a multiple award­winning actor, is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the television series M*A*S*H.

July 21, 2008, An evening with Peter Senge – The Necessary Revolution.

July 29, 2008, An evening with Al Turtle – The Map to Successful Relationships.

August 6, 2008, An evening with Gabor Mate – In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction.

August 21, 2008, An evening with Ariane de Bonvoisin – Taking Charge of Change.

September 4, 2008, An evening with Ken Blanchard – Being a One Minute Entrepreneur.

September 16, 2008, An evening with Alex Mandossian – The Past, Present and Future of Internet Marketing and Success.

September 25, 2008, An evening with Josh Waitzkin – Perfecting Your Art of Learning.

About iotum

iotum, a Voice 2.0 company, sets out to reinvent business conversations and shape a world of relevant communications where devices, social networks andWeb services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with whom they want, when they want and on the device they want. iotum’s business is to design and provide a simple, supportive and intuitive environment to enrich business conversations. iotum’s products and services bring greater meaning and productivity to typically stale and static multiparty communications and meet the growing teleconferencing needs of a broad range of customers across many industries. Iotum’s flagship service, Calliflower, makes it easy for people to plan and participate in engaging and meaningful conference calls that bridge business and social networks, and follow up afterward.

Three New Partnerships Extend Reach from North America to The World

1. Direct dial from home, office, or mobile. In the United States, Canada and France, users can dial the conference server directly using an ordinary call and be joined to the FREE Conference Calls. Iotum intends to roll out more direct dial countries in the future by recruiting additional partners to service other parts of the world.
2. VoIP. From anywhere in the world, users can call using their PCs. All that’s required is an active Internet connection, and clicking on the FREE Conference Calls application icon in Facebook.
3. Call back. A user can be called back simply by entering into the FREE Conference Calls application on Facebook the phone number where his or her call is to be received.

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Truphone develops Internet Protocol based (IPbased) mobile internet telephony, delivered by means of 3G mobile networks and WiFi networks. The Truphone service enables free and lowcost calls for customers by routing calls via WiFi and the Internet. The service is presently in a ‘beta’ state and offers Voice over IP, SMS over IP and Facebook Calling capabilities. This beta service was announced in mid2006, when Truphone became the first company to introduce true Internet telephony for mass market mobile phones. Truphone is the trading name of Software Cellular Network (SCN). SCN is privately owned, funded by both venture capital investment and angel investors.

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