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Web conferencing

Web conferencing refers to a service that allows conferencing events to be shared with remote locations. Most vendors also provide either a recorded copy of an event, or a means for a subscriber to record an event. The service allows information to be shared simultaneously, across geographically...

 software available for various platforms.

Comparison chart

Program	License	Capacity	Linux	Mac OS X	Microsoft Windows	Audio Support	Video Quality	Video Support	Chat Support	Desktop Sharing Support	Upload PPT	Upload PDF	Co-browsing	Mobile Device Support	Break-Out Sessions	Security Access	Encrypted communication
Adobe Acrobat Connect	Proprietary

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BigBlueButton

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system developed primarily for distance education.- Features :As of version 0.71a, BigBlueButton supports multiple audio and video sharing, presentations with extended whiteboard capabilities - such as a pointer, zooming and drawing - public and...

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Saas

SAAS is an abbreviation for* Social Accountability Accreditation Services* Software as a service * Student Awards Agency for Scotland* Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences* South Australian Ambulance Service...

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Cisco

Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...

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GoToMeeting

GoToMeeting is a Web-hosted service created and marketed by Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems. It is a remote meeting and desktop sharing software that enables the user to meet with other computer users, customers, clients or colleagues via the Internet in real-time.- Technology...

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Genesys Conferencing

Genesys provides multimedia collaboration and conferencing services to thousands of organizations worldwide. The company’s primary product, Genesys Meeting Center, is a unified collaboration solution delivered as "Software as a Service"....

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Glance Networks

Glance Networks is software company headquartered in Arlington, Massachusetts. Glance Networks is most notable for Glance, a web-based desktop sharing and web conferencing tool.-Overview:...

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IBM Lotus Sametime

IBM Sametime is a client–server application and middleware platform that provides real-time, unified communications and collaboration for enterprises. Those capabilities include presence information, enterprise instant messaging, web conferencing, community collaboration, and telephony capabilities...

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Microsoft Live Meeting

Microsoft Office Live Meeting is a commercial subscription-based web conferencing service operated by Microsoft. Live Meeting includes software that is installed on client PCs, and uses a central server for all clients to connect to...

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Nefsis

Nefsis CorporationType of Business Entity Private CompanyIndustryVideoconferencing, Web ConferencingFounded1998HeadquartersSan Diego, CA, USAKey peopleAllen Drennan, Founder, CTOSteven Peltier, CEOArea ServedWorldwideWebsite...

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Netviewer

Netviewer AG is a German IT company headquartered in Karlsruhe. The company's software products Netviewer Meet, Netviewer Support, Netviewer Admin, and Netviewer Present provide web conferencing, desktop sharing, and remote maintenance capabilities.-History:...

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Openmeetings

OpenMeetings is software used for presenting, online training, web conferencing, collaborative whiteboard drawing and document editing, and user desktop sharing. The product is based on OpenLaszlo RIA framework and Red5 media server, which in turn are based on a bunch of open source components...

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Eclipse Public License

The Eclipse Public License is an open source software license used by the Eclipse Foundation for its software. It replaces the Common Public License and removes certain terms relating to litigations related to patents....

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Tokbox

TokBox provides a free API that allows anyone to add group video chat features to their own websites. Experienced programmers use the OpenTok API to build custom interactive video chat applications...

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VenueGen

VenueGen is a browser-based web conferencing service created and marketed by The Venue Network. It is a 3D virtual meeting software that enables users to interact with each other using avatars...

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WebEx

WebEx Communications Inc. is a Cisco company that provides on-demand collaboration, online meeting, web conferencing and videoconferencing applications...

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WebTrain

WebTrain Communications provides web conferencing services for educational training, business meetings, presentation webinars and live auctions. WebTrain is a privately held Canadian company established in 1999.-History:...

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Terminology

In the table above, the following terminology is intended to be used to describe some important features:

• Audio Support: the remote control software transfers audio signals across the network and plays the audio through the speakers attached to the local computer. For example, music playback software normally sends audio signals to the locally-attached speakers, via some sound controller hardware. If the remote control software package supports audio transfer, the playback software can run on the remote computer, while the music can be heard from the local computer, as though the software were running locally.
• Co-Browsing
  Cobrowsing
  Co-browsing, in the context of web browsing, is the joint navigation through the Internet by two or more people accessing the same web pages at the same time....
  
  : the navigation of the Web by several people accessing the same web pages at the same time. When session leader clicks on a link, all other users are transferred to the new page. Co-browsers should support multiple frames and support embedded multimedia (e.g., if a page contains a video player, the session leader may commence synchronized playback for all users. Passing URLs via other tools such as a chat or phone and entering them into browser by each user is not considered co-browsing.

• File Transfer: the software allows the user to transfer files between the local and remote computers, from within the client program's user interface.
• Unified Communications
  Unified communications
  Unified communications is the integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging , presence information, telephony , video conferencing, data sharing , call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified...
  
  : Unified communications (UC) is the integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging (chat), presence information, telephony (including IP telephony), video conferencing, data sharing (including web connected electronic whiteboards aka IWB's or Interactive White Boards), call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified messaging (integrated voicemail, e-mail, SMS and fax).