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VIDEO CONFERENCING
More Web conferencing services are rolling out the red carpet for desktop Linux users -- but very few take them through the front door.
Web conferencing software lets colleagues, students and researchers from all over the globe collaborate. We tested nine products and awarded our Editor's Choice to two: One for its hosted offerings; the other for its in-house applications.
It's cheap, it's easy and it saves money. Web conferencing may have had a bad name in the past, but it no longer does. Top experts tell why you need it now.
Web conferencing services let users attend meetings, share documents and collaborate on files without leaving their desks. Of the four we tested, our Editor's Pick showed promise with strong meeting execution, good support and reasonable pricing.
Will expand its conferencing capabilities by combining existing conferencing products with Spectel's on-premise and service provider conferencing solutions.
With travel budgets slashed and airlines going bankrupt, applications by Citrix, Convoq, Elluminate, Microsoft and Webex can keep you in touch.
The IP Videoconferencing Solution for K-12 allows combines Cisco's IP VC 3500 series videoconferencing software with Tandberg's 6000 MXP codec technology.
Enterprises and service providers are moving to consolidate conferencing capabilities.
Cisco unveils software for its mid- and upper-range Internet-based telephones that will add real-time video conferencing and collaboration for less than $200 per user.
At under $3000, Polycom aims to push high-quality videoconferencing to the executive desktop
IP telephony is growing rapidly worldwide, in large part due to the adoption of IP-based videoconferencing by multinationals, according to a recent global survey conducted by Australian developer Integrated Research.
The latest upgrade to the MCS is the first to enable true triple-threat conferencing, integrating mixed audio, video, and IM into one solution.
In 2006, look for stable communication technologies such as e-mail and videoconferencing to converge on your network with new media like blogs and podcasts.
Latest upgrade that adds video recording to Web conferencing software and service.
BT is integrating Microsoft Live Meeting subscriptions with its audio conferencing service.