Macromedia Breeze is positioned in the "visionary" quadrant in Gartner's 2004 Magic Quadrant report on Web conferencing. With Breeze, Macromedia is delivering the first rich Web communication system, allowing organizations to communicate, collaborate, and train via a single, easy-to-use, integrated solution that includes everything from live meetings to on-demand presentations.

"We're very pleased to be recognized by Gartner after being on the market for only one year," said Tom Hale, general manager, Macromedia. "Breeze is redefining Web conferencing by offering a breadth of capabilities for live and on-demand presentations, customizability, and extensibility. Customers are adopting Breeze because it provides a unique and useful solution for online communication."

Breeze uses the \Macromedia Flash Player, already installed on more than 98 percent of browsers, to deliver instant Web meetings without requiring special plug-ins or media players. Other capabilities unique to Breeze are the searchable content library, which enables users to immediately locate stored presentation assets and recorded meetings through keyword search, and the "always available" nature of Breeze Live meeting rooms. Because Breeze Live meeting rooms retain assets and notes between sessions, users can quickly restart recurring meetings, increasing convenience and ease-of-use.

Breeze was evaluated based on the "completeness of vision." According to Gartner, enterprises "who desire more than a slide-sharing event should look to visionaries who provide more advanced capabilities." Gartner defines vendors listed in the visionary quadrant as having a clear vision of market direction and are focused on preparing for that, but they can still improve in terms of optimizing service delivery.

Macromedia Breeze leverages the Macromedia Flash Player to deliver voice over IP, video, application and screen sharing, and rich content to anyone with a Web browser. For more information, or to sign up for a trial account, visit www.macromedia.com/go/breeze.