Released on: October 21, 2008, 1:25 am

Press Release Author: BR SANKHLA

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: For organizations that operate on a national or international
level, it is often necessary to conduct business meetings with offices that are far
away from each other.

Press Release Body: For organizations that operate on a national or international
level, it is often necessary to conduct business meetings with offices that are far
away from each other.

This can be accomplished by traveling to different locations to meet in person, but
if something needs to be handled spur of the moment, this is not necessarily the
best solution. Web conferencing has become a standard in interoffice communications
for businesses worldwide, allowing organizations to communicate in real time,
without having to leave their offices. Web conferencing software offers a variety of
ways in which meetings and presentations can be given and attended.

Web conferencing software is used to conduct meetings and presentations over the
Internet. In the early days of the World Wide Web, web conferencing referred to
using message boards in order to conduct group discussions. These discussion boards
were not live, and often discussions took a lot of time to carry out. Now, web
conferencing refers to live or synchronous gatherings via chat rooms or using
different types of software and hardware such as web cams. And more often, VOIP is
being used in the place of chat rooms, which really gives a personal feeling to
meetings. Web conferencing allows issues to be handled with immediacy.

In addition to chat rooms and VOIP, web conferencing software provides the
capability to perform a multitude of functions, including slide presentations,
sharing and amending live spreadsheets, annotations, the ability to highlight points
displayed on a screen, text messaging, and file sharing. Some web conferencing
software even records meetings and presentations for documentation and easy playback
for reference. The trend in web conferencing today seems to be heading toward VOIP
and web cam usage.

For organizations that want to use web conferencing software and technology in their
business dealings, there are a few options. Often, web conferencing is sold as a
service that is regulated by a vendor on a web server. The vendor can charge by the
minute or for a fixed fee, depending on the situation. However, more and more
vendors are beginning to license their web conferencing software, making it
available for organizations to purchase and use on their own web servers.

Web conferencing has its roots in the early days of the Internet. Text chat
capabilities have been around almost as long as the Internet itself. Instant
messaging or web based chat capabilities, made the scene in the early 1990s. Later
in the 1990s, peer to peer communication relying on the bandwidth of the
participants, allowed actual web conferencing to take place. There are many services
and web conferencing software applications currently vying for business. Work is
currently being done to establish a standard for web conferencing, which might
include membership and authorization management, a means to maneuver media mixing,
and a means for notice of conference related changes. These standards will help to
guarantee the best possible service to users, and help to keep prices reasonable.

The use of web conferencing software seems to have become commonplace in the world
of business today. It enables organizations to not only speak to one another in real
time, but allows them to share and modify pertinent information in the form of
graphics, spreadsheets and slide presentations that use to require a plane ride or
waiting for the mail to ship packets of materials and information. The synchronous
capabilities of web conferencing software make it easier for organizations to
operate on a national or global scale, and help to facilitate the success of a
business.

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Contact Details: BR SANKHLA
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