February 15, 2007

Marratech saves 18.900 kg of green house gases

Boras Tidning (in Swedish), writes the Sodra Alvsborg Sjukhus (SAS) that 294 e-meetings where held in 2006. This translates into 2764 less trips and into 18 900 kg in green house gases.

Marratech is installed and in use at SÄS, making us proud to be a contributing factor in helping them reach their environmental goals for 2006 and the future.

Posted by Serge Lachapelle at 11:04 AM | Comments (0)

January 22, 2007

Calling for free... almost :-)

I found myself far from a broadband computer the past few days, but needed to place international calls. The problem is that these calls are very expensive to place from a mobile phone, and I would not want to scare Magnus away from his new job with my phone bills.

Here is a tip.

Marratech's own Manager has two subscriptions. One at Broadvoice ( inexpensive flat rate for USA and Canada) (for the USA and Canada) and one at WX3 here in Sweden.

With just a web interface on my mobile, I log into our Manager and do the following:

1. I press the Dial Out link on the front page.
2. I select a room we created called Phone Booth, select the SIP line with WX3 and dial my mobile number. When it rings, answer.
3. I go back to the Dial Out link. Reselect the room called Phone Booth and select the Broadvoice SIP line. I then dial the number in North America I want to call.

BINGO! Pick up your mobile and you will be talking to the USA for free (apart for a local call charge from WX3) from your mobile in Europe.

With a bit of scripting, this can be made automagically!

What happens is that the Marratech Manager connects both calls for you, making sure that the voice from one call goes into the other and vice versa.

Great way to make cheap international calls when you are on the go.

Posted by Serge Lachapelle at 03:11 PM | Comments (2)

January 17, 2007

Lars goes to Space!

Today, I feel a mixture of sadness and joy. Our CEO and my colleague for the past three years, Lars Persson, announced that he was leaving us and will be heading the Swedish Space Corporation. The announcement can be read here.

It is a very prestigious and demanding job Lars has accepted. The Swedish Space Corporation has just agreed with Virgin Galactic to create Spacesport Sweden in Kiruna. This will definitely put Sweden on the map in terms of space travel.

Lars brought a very positive work atmosphere at Marratech, where openness, constructive feedback and a never-quit attitude helped me and others to perform at our highest level, while having fun doing it.

His nomination at SSC is a stamp of approval for Marratech, proving how much we have achieved with so little ressources. Marratech seems like a good launch platform.. pardon the pun! We are sad to see him go, but happy he found such a great job!

My colleague and Marratech Co-founder Magnus Hedberg will be a very capable interim CEO ( iCEO :-) ) for the time being.

Lars, send us a post card from space will you?

Posted by Serge Lachapelle at 10:22 PM | Comments (0)

January 11, 2007

University of Toronto offering Marratech service to student

Nice to see another Canadian university jumping on the Marratech bandwagon.

Read more at: http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/070109-2851.asp

Posted by Serge Lachapelle at 10:34 PM | Comments (0)