terça-feira, 31 de janeiro de 2012

Online video conferencing: Switching over to online conferencing with full way video

By James Galloway


Online video conference software is fast becoming a must have tool for any business and even many individuals. It brings great value to the table and continues to develop.

For a long time now group conferencing and meetings have played a large part in any company growth, direction and development. The smaller meetings are generally a group gathered into an office over a coffee with a whiteboard all the way up to the larger meetings which require a hired venue with many thousand attendees.

It is not always practical in costs to arrange meetings in this manner, especially with the current climate. Cutting costs is key to any business in this current climate.

Online conferencing software is perfect for this. Instead of eating into a huge chunk of the companies budget, they can easily using online conferencing to cut their costs to an extreme minimal.

Technology is flying ahead and is enabling some wonderful things online. This technology and advance is conference software is giving a streamlined experience of true global communication and collaboration. This technology is bringing businesses together that were limited geographically and now anybody with an internet connection can take part.

I think you get the idea behind this platform and you can already see the value of it and the potential for your business in incorporating this into your business model. However, when looking at conference providers, especially for the first time, you need to look at some important factors first. Things like number of attendees, connection speeds, operating systems, and more.

Now you just need to work out how you decide on which solution is for you and your business. The pointers I listed above need to be looked at first to help you come up with a satisfying solution. I mean, imagine if your attendees are unable to connect to your meeting due to cross platform issues. This needs to be addressed early on.

It is ok, because I am going to guide you briefly with what I suggest you look for when choosing a video conference provider. I think the best place to start is with the budget and so golden rule number one is to choose a conference provider who charges per room and not per seat. Choosing one which charges per seat can become very costly and eliminates the whole purpose of trying to cut costs in the first place.

The next important pointer is to look out for providers who expect you and your attendees to download and install software. You want to avoid this, in fact you actually want a room which is streamed live from a high speed server, this will eliminate cross platform compatibility issues and make sure everybody can connect.

The two pointers I have addressed above are the two most important things you should look at when choosing your provider and video conferencing solution. Anything after this is literally functions, tools, and features which come with the package.




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