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Center of Telework
From 1998 – an office for teleworkers to work together – once or twice a week.
Today only existing at www.fjernarbeid.net on Internet
Many consultans are teleworking from their homes when not travelling to Oslo for meetings.
• Website since 1998 for teleworkers• Telework center• Virtual eworking center on Internet
• Consultant in information• Working at distance• Using train in periods for work in
Oslo
A user oriented study to evaluate low end video
conferencing solutions
Willy BakkeliCenter of Telework
...HOWEVER...
Webconferencing
• We have been trying/using different web communications and conferencing programs.
• Low end solutions – not high end like Tandberg
• Do they really satisfy needs of a teleworker?
iChat Mac
Link: http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/ichat.html http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat/
Conferencing systems
Quite a lot of them
VoiceCafe, iConference etc
The concepts where almost the same.
Start ticket was cheap
To put on modules could be expensive – in the long run.
Example picture from VoiceCafe
Discussion
• The technical solutions and standards make a rigid framework of the products functionality.
• Behind different interface furnishes, we often find the same standards and techniques.
• High pricing does not always means highest quality for low end video conferencing users.
The goal is to make a framework based on own experiences, user reports of practical use and testing of many video conferencing solutions in different communication situations.
How to evaluate low endwebcommunication and –conferensing
systems/programs
• Installation simplicity/complexity • User interface • Functionality • Virtual environment• Bandwidth capabilities (– more up)• Organizational environments • Pricing