Gurpreet Singh Ubhi

Introduction Features/Capabilities Benefits Types of Systems Major Service Providers Costs Critical Success Factors Additional Information

Web conferencing is used to conduct live meetings or presentations over the Internet. In a web conference, each participant sits at his or her own computer and is connected to other participants via the internet. This can be either a downloaded application on each of the attendees computers or a web-based application where the attendees will simply enter a URL (website address) to enter the conference.

Slide presentations Live video VoIP Web tours Recording Whiteboard with annotation Text chat Polls and surveys Screen sharing/desktop sharing/application

sharing

Training - Run live presentations online utilizing your PowerPoint slides. Show software applications, documents, assign exercises, run polls and tests.

Marketing - Demonstrate software tools and Web sites live on the Internet.

Promotion - Conduct live conferences and presentations with audio and video.

Technical support - Remote control of software and applications. Remote setup and configuration. Troubleshooting at a distance.

Collaboration - Share and visualize documents online and meet to discuss and evaluate work executed.

Communication - Bypass traditional phone lines and discuss with multiple friends and family across great distances effectively and at very low cost.

Web Conferencing Systems “Enterprise” Web Conferencing Systems

The providers of these new online conferencing tools are mostly small and independent companies that can in many cases provide unique service and support to their pool of customers.

Flat Monthly Rate Hosted Solutions Lower Quality

“Enterprise" Web conferencing systems are used to create and manage online presentations and conferences that replace and add upon traditional meetings. The goal is generally one of balancing off the large investments and great number of human resources generally required when large meetings are to be held at physical locations.

Typical Target Audience 50-100 Requires 80 Kbps/per user or more Both Hosted and Non Hosted Solutions present

Adobe Acrobat Connect Convenos Meeting Center Genesys Meeting Center Glance GoToMeeting IBM Lotus Sametime InterCall Microsoft Office Live Meeting WebEx WebTrain

Web Conferencing Solutions Price Business Model

Cata$39.95/month for 3 users 10 users

$49.95/month 50 users $89.95/ month Online Service

Conferral

$2O/mo. unlimited users, unlimited meetings or $200 one-time perpetual

license Desktop Application license

Convoq ASAP $149.95/year Online Service

eBLVD$29.95/mo for 2 users $59.95/mo 5 users

$99.95/mo 10 users Online Service

Eedo WebClass10 users $349.95/ year or 10 users

$99.95/ month Server License

ezWebCar FREE Online Service

Glancefrom $49/month Personal to $ 119/month Corporate flat rate Online Service

GoToMeeting 10 users $468/ year or $49/ month Online Service

Groove $49 (std.), $149 (pro.) Desktop Application license

Instant Presenter$49.99/mo 5 users, $74.99 10 users,

$124.99 20 users Online Service

Ivocalize

$40/mo 10 users, $75/mo 20 users, $150/mo 50 users, Server License $600

10 users Online Service or Server License

Linktivity WebDemo $2,399 5 users, $ 4,500+ 10 users Server License

NetMeeting FREE Desktop Application license

Web Conferencing Solutions Price Business Model

Orbitalk 5 seat $14.95/ month + $10 setup fee Online Service

RoomTalk 5 users $15.00/ month + $10 setup fee Online Service

Session$ 199 one-to-one or starting from $

10,500 for ten usersDesktop Application license or server

solution

SightSpeed

from $ 4.95/month for person-to-person calls to $ 54.95/month for adding

videoconferencing to your web site Online Service

SmartMeeting$ 20/user/month or $15 for 10/person

meeting Online Service

VCOM Central 25 users $24.95/ month + $169.95 once Online ServiceViditel $50/month per user Online Service

VoiceCafe OfficeMaster$65.00/mo 5 users, $130/mo 10 users,

$260/mo 20 users, $25 setup fee Online Service

VoiceCafe SalesMaster$19.50/mo 5 users, $39.95/mo 10 users,

$78/mo 20 users + $15 setup fee Online Service

VoiceCafe VideoCom$32.50/mo 5 users, $65 10 users with

whiteboard & browser included Online Service

Voxwire MeetingRoom$9.95/mo 2 users, $29.95/mo 10 users +

$15 one-time setup fee Online Service

WebConference.com

$69.95/mo 5 users, $99.95/mo 10 users, $149.95/mo 20 users + $29 one-time setup

fee 1 Online Service

WebTrainmax cost is 16.6 cents/per minute/per

user Online Service

Globalization High Travel Costs Speed of Business Availability of Solutions

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