Voyant refines conferencing software

by Eric Peterson

Business Report Correspondent

WESTMINSTER ? Whether the product is innovative or not, companies rarely make a name for themselves selling to their competitors. This was the situation of the Westminster-based technology division of telecom carrier Frontier Corp, said Bill Ernstrom, then-president of the division.

In the world of Internet protocol (IP) telephony and Web conferencing, ?We saw these excellent opportunities, but we were limited in that we were a competitor to our potential customers.?

The remedy: In August 1999, the management of Frontier’s technology division, Ernstrom included, bought the unit in order to become the independent, privately…