ATLANTA, Nov. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- PGi (NYSE: PGI), the world's largest dedicated provider of collaboration software and services, today launched iMeet Central, its online team workspace and project management product.

iMeet Central provides centralized workspaces for internal and external teams to share and collaborate on files, manage projects, automate processes, review and approve creative assets and - with the click of a button - launch iMeet meetings. With robust reporting and administrative capabilities, cloud-based iMeet Central is easy to use and easy to implement without involving technical teams or IT resources. The new iMeet Central brand is being rolled out to the half a million users of Central Desktop, which PGi acquired in 2014.

"To drive results, teams need to be productive wherever and whenever they choose. iMeet Central delivers on this promise of anywhere, anytime work by removing all boundaries--including location and time--to collaboration," said J. Scott Tapp, EVP Sales & Marketing, PGi. "We're excited to welcome iMeet Central is an important addition to the iMeet portfolio."

In addition to the new brand, iMeet Central has continued to evolve with new features designed to enhance the usability and extensibility of the product, including:


    --  Stronger project scheduling and file management. More granular calendar
        management and scheduling lets project managers tightly control projects
        and deadlines. The ability to attach and manage files directly within
        tasks improves context and speeds up the process. Additionally,
        proactive notifications around dependencies tee up resources sooner for
        the next step in a project to promote a more productive experience.
    --  New API enhancements to enable more integrations. Developers can now use
        the new JSON-based REST API to integrate with legacy systems or develop
        their own applications to accomplish tasks such as logging time data for
        enhanced client billing, kicking off projects and workspaces instantly
        and using callbacks to notify other applications of project status.
    --  Flexible, global cloud infrastructure provides better international
        access. By partnering with a leading cloud provider, iMeet Central can
        now leverage an even larger global footprint and physical infrastructure
        without sacrificing security or performance for clients outside of the
        US.

In addition to team workspaces and project management, PGi's expanding iMeet portfolio of unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) products also includes all-in-one web, video and audio conferencing, webcasting, a smart calendar app and integration with all popular video room systems and endpoints. PGi recently launched iMeet Sales Accelerator to helps sales professionals prospect smarter and close deals faster with powerful video-narrated presentations.

For users that depend on Central Desktop, now iMeet Central, to get their daily work done, a full support guide is available online in the application help center. For more about iMeet Central, visit imeetcentral.com.

To learn how the iMeet portfolio can help your business grow, visit pgi.com/imeet or contact a PGi representative at 866-755-4878.

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About Premiere Global Services, Inc. PGi
 PGi is the world's largest dedicated provider of collaboration software and services. We created iMeet((R)), an expanding portfolio of purpose-built applications designed to meet the daily collaboration and communications needs of business professionals, with solutions for web, video and audio conferencing, smart calendar management, webcasting, project management and sales acceleration. PGi's award-winning UC&C solutions help nearly 50,000 businesses grow faster and operate more efficiently. To learn more, visit us at pgi.com.

Statements made in this press release, other than those concerning historical information, should be considered forward-looking and subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Such forward- looking statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are made based on management's current expectations or beliefs as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. A variety of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in PGi's forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following factors: competitive pressures, including pricing pressures; technological changes and the development of alternatives to our services; market acceptance of PGi's UC&C SaaS solutions, including our iMeet(R) and GlobalMeet(R) solutions; our ability to attract, retain and expand the products and services we provide to existing customers; our ability to establish and maintain strategic reseller and distribution relationships; risks associated with global economic or market conditions; price increases from our telecommunications service providers; service interruptions and network downtime, including undetected errors or defects in our software; technological obsolescence and our ability to upgrade our equipment or increase our network capacity; concerns regarding the security and privacy of our customers' confidential information; future write-downs of goodwill or other intangible assets; greater than anticipated tax and regulatory liabilities; restructuring and cost reduction initiatives and the market reaction thereto; our level of indebtedness; risks associated with acquisitions and divestitures; indemnification claims from the sale of our PGiSend business; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights, including possible adverse results of litigation or infringement claims; regulatory or legislative changes, including further government regulations applicable to traditional telecommunications service providers and data privacy; risks associated with international operations and market expansion, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; and other factors described from time to time in our press releases, reports and other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or a person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason.

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