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WEBconferences are just like normal meetings but they are conducted virtually over the Internet. Presenters can give PowerPoint presentations, consult documents, use interactive on-screen graphics and even vote or display the results of collaborative efforts. This eco-logic axis, is a new challenger on the WEBconference industry, Tele-efficiency, who supports it. Their service, better known as Conferenceware, is registered in the technological ecosystem. It integrates with Outlook in order to plan a meeting and to invite contacts and with Skype a voice over IP worldwide network. It includes a free audioconference service, in which the participants just make a long distance call, with accesses in North America and Europe, even better, free, with Skype. According to the Forrester consulting firm, the WEBconference market has had a 28% annual increase in the last 5 years and this progression should continue until 2011, going from 700 million to 2,8 billions a year. Better know for its app...

Video Conference Trends

By Jimmy Sturo Videoconference trends have been changing as fast as technologies related to it do. The economic landscape and general changes in the way business is conducted is forcing businesses to embrace a more "mobile" lifestyle, of which videoconferencing is a big part. Video Conference Usage The number of business using videoconferencing technologies increased starting 2001, as reported by leading teleconferencing service providers Deutsche Telekom, Worldcom, and BT. Their studies show that conglomerates and multinationals are replacing in-person meetings either audio, web or video conferencing. The trend is good news to providers, big and small. They have since seen phenomenal growth year after year. The Move to Videoconferencing Even businesses that only used videoconferencing as temporary solutions before are now moving to more regular subscriptions. More and more employees and executives express their preference for conferencing technology to cut down on travel cos...

Toll Free Conference Calls

Conference calls are a convenient method of communicating with a lot of people all at once. Technologies today allow many different types of conference calling. For a small business, simple 3-way calling may suffice. This feature is available through your telephone company and whatever long-distance rates you have on the phone that originates the call will apply. When several people located in many different places need to access conference calls, a conference call company can provide this service. A basic conference call service offers audio conference calls (also called teleconferencing) over the telephone. Usually, you have the option of toll-free calls or flat-rate calls. “Toll-free” is sort of a misnomer because “toll-free” does not mean it’s entirely a free call because the person or business that hires the conference call company pays for the service. Toll-free conference calls are free for the participants. With toll-free packages, participants use a toll-free number to dial in...

Phone Conferences Via Web Conferencing

By Dean Iggo Holding phone conferences via web conferencing is an emerging field in conference call technology. More people are now able to access the Internet at lightning fast speeds. Faster speeds means incredible amounts of data can be transferred and shared instantly. To take advantage of this many companies are holding their phone conferences in via a web conferencing service. While in most cases a company chooses to use either phone conferences or web conferencing, a combination of the two is truly important step to increasing the usefulness of conferencing. Why is that? Well for starters with the introduction of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) calling services, it is becoming easier to make phone conference calls to either toll or toll free numbers. A VoIP line isn't necessary; many companies are still using a regular telephone. To complete the voice portion of a teleconference, the normal steps apply, calling a number and inputting a pass code. So far this is pretty st...

Affordable Conference Call - Why and How it Benefits Your Business & Family Life

By Arindam Chattopadhyaya Affordable conference call has changed communication method of business houses. Inexpensive multi party quality audio and video conference call has also changed family and social lives. Benefits of conference call a. Working manager need not to worry of signing fat telephone bill at the end of the month so no need to take any prior approval. Affordable conference call empowers people to take quick decision. b. Organization can be in touch with its customers and employee very easily. Decision can be taken after an involved conference call. Just imagine, how much travel cost and time company can save. b. People who are traveling can remain in touch with their near ones at home. Inmates of a family can all join in a conference call to greet somebody or to have a simple chat. Affordable net based conference call makes all these possible. Some people also use conference calls for social reasons. c. Audio and video conferences are extremely helpful for patients as t...