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WebEx acquired the company '''Intranets.com''' in 2005 which provided strategic entrance into the small- and mid-size business market through Intranets.com customer base of businesses with less than 100 employees. WebEx acquired the ability to offer online collaboration tools such as [[Internet forum|discussion forums]], [[document sharing]] and [[calendaring]] while Intranets.com provided access to the WebEx communications environment for its customers.{{ref|intranets.com}} On 13 May 2005, WebEx announced that Min Zhu was stepping down as WebEx's CTO and WebEx leadership, and retiring to mainland [[China]] where he would serve as a "WebEx Fellow." [http://biz.yahoo.com/e/050517/webx8-k.html] |
WebEx acquired the company '''Intranets.com''' in 2005 which provided strategic entrance into the small- and mid-size business market through Intranets.com customer base of businesses with less than 100 employees. WebEx acquired the ability to offer online collaboration tools such as [[Internet forum|discussion forums]], [[document sharing]] and [[calendaring]] while Intranets.com provided access to the WebEx communications environment for its customers.{{ref|intranets.com}} On 13 May 2005, WebEx announced that Min Zhu was stepping down as WebEx's CTO and WebEx leadership, and retiring to mainland [[China]] where he would serve as a "WebEx Fellow." [http://biz.yahoo.com/e/050517/webx8-k.html] |
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On 13 May 2005, WebEx announced that Min Zhu was stepping down as WebEx's CTO and WebEx leadership, and retiring to mainland [[China]] where he would serve as a "WebEx Fellow." [http://biz.yahoo.com/e/050517/webx8-k.html] This was amid public controversy arising out of a spate of lawsuits between Zhu, WebEx and their former business partner Michael Zeleny for various torts, including breach of contract and defamation. |
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WebEx was peripherally involved in a legal dispute between Min Zhu, his daughter [[Erin Zhu]] and their former business partner Michael Zeleny. Part of this campaign included a public protest by Zeleny over his allegations of sexual abuse against Zhu. This protest, at WebEx's User Conference in San Francisco [[May 3]], caused the event to be canceled. Zeleny alleges that Zhu retired in response to the publicity surrounding his publishing his daughter's allegations, but these allegations have as yet not been reported by any reputable independent sources. |
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Central to the controversy was Zeleny making public Min Zhu' daughter [[Erin Zhu|Erin Zhu's]] claim of childhood [[sexual abuse]] against her father, made in a deposition in Santa Clara County Superior Court. Zeleny's claims, and corporate counter-claims, were settled out of court. Zeleny [http://www.livejournal.com/users/larvatus/29125.html alleges] that Zhu retired in response to the publicity surrounding his publishing his daughter's allegations of sexual abuse. |
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| Company type | Public Incorporated |
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| Industry | Telecommunications software and services |
| Founded | February 1995 |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, California (United States) |
Key people | Subrah S. Iyar (Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer); Bill Heil (President and Chief Operating Officer); Min Zhu (Founder, former Chief Technical Officer and Director) |
| Products | WebEx Meeting Center; WebEx Enterprise Edition; WebEx Presentation Studio; MyWebExPC. |
| Revenue | $US 249 Million (2004) |
Number of employees | ~1800 (Dec 2004) |
| Website | http://www.webex.com/webexhome.html |
WebEx Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: WEBX), is a company that provides online meeting, web conferencing and video conferencing services. Its products include "Meeting Center", "Training Center", "Event Center", "Support Center", "Sales Center" and others.
The term "WebEx" is also used sometimes as a substitute for "web conferencing", such as "We'll WebEx on Thursday morning for our weekly meeting".
History
WebEx was founded in 1996 by Subrah Iyar and Min Zhu. Zhu co-founded Future Labs (one of the first companies to produce multi-point document collaboration software) in 1991. Zhu met Iyar, then a vice president and general manager of Quarterdeck Inc., when Quarterdeck acquired Future Labs in 1996. Iyar was named president of Future Labs, which had been made a Quarterdeck subsidiary and the same year Iyar and Min went on to co-found WebEx.
WebEx acquired the company Intranets.com in 2005 which provided strategic entrance into the small- and mid-size business market through Intranets.com customer base of businesses with less than 100 employees. WebEx acquired the ability to offer online collaboration tools such as discussion forums, document sharing and calendaring while Intranets.com provided access to the WebEx communications environment for its customers.[1] On 13 May 2005, WebEx announced that Min Zhu was stepping down as WebEx's CTO and WebEx leadership, and retiring to mainland China where he would serve as a "WebEx Fellow." [2]
Zhu/Zeleny controversy
On 13 May 2005, WebEx announced that Min Zhu was stepping down as WebEx's CTO and WebEx leadership, and retiring to mainland China where he would serve as a "WebEx Fellow." [3] This was amid public controversy arising out of a spate of lawsuits between Zhu, WebEx and their former business partner Michael Zeleny for various torts, including breach of contract and defamation.
Central to the controversy was Zeleny making public Min Zhu' daughter Erin Zhu's claim of childhood sexual abuse against her father, made in a deposition in Santa Clara County Superior Court. Zeleny's claims, and corporate counter-claims, were settled out of court. Zeleny alleges that Zhu retired in response to the publicity surrounding his publishing his daughter's allegations of sexual abuse.
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Notes and references
- ^ Solhein, Shelley (August 8, 2005). "WebEx tools get Intranets infusion". eweek.