Economy, World Crises Drive E-Conferencing

The economy, the war, and SARS are all feeding demand for e-conferencing services. Since the war in Iraq started, several of Atlanta-based Premiere Conferencing's investment clients have started updating clients via conference calls daily instead of weekly. Premiere saw a 10 to 15 percent increase in corporate use of Web- and audio-conferencing minutes once war seemed likely. Still, it isn’t like the stampede that followed the terrorist attacks of 2001. "If you go back to those days, I think