Video Conferencing for Online Meetings
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Marine Stationed in Iraq, Meets His Daughter Through Video Conferencing
September 9th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
Cpl. Brandon Hotard, A Marine stationed in Iraq, met his newborn daughter for the first time through a video conference. The video conference was setup in Connecticut, through the efforts of St. Francis Hospital and the Freedom Calls Foundation. The foundation has built a satellite network to keep families connected through the limited Internet infrastructure […]
Video Conferencing Allows Overseas Military Father to See Birth of Child
July 9th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
Video conferencing not only provides companies with instant access to employees and clients, but can also bring families separated by great distances together for special events. Such was the case for a marine based in western Iraq, who was able to see the delivery of his son via a video conference.
Lance Cpl. Corey Ashcraft, 20, […]
Video Conferencing on a Budget
June 6th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
Videoconferencing and online meetings, which instantly bring together video and audio communication between multiple participants in disparate geographic locations, traditionally has been seen as an expensive solution best suited for large companies with global offices and deep pockets. While those enterprises are still enthusiastic users of videoconferencing, the variety of solutions today, along with a […]
Free Video Conferencing with OpenMeetings
May 23rd, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
OpenMeetings is free web-based video conferencing application, allowing you to video conference, whiteboard, and instantly share your desktop. It is currently under development, and the code is available on the Google Code Website:
http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/
The cross platform, cross browser and Flash-based application can upload office files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and will convert it on the fly using […]
Why Your SMB Should Invest in Video Conferencing
May 13th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
Why are SMBs investing in video conferencing? Here are some of the key benefits to integrating online video conferencing into your business model:
Travel cost savings: Not only do businesses save on airfare costs, but also on hotels, meals, phone charges and other incidental expenses which are easy to identify and track.
Productivity: Employees who are not […]
Cisco Installs 500th Telepresence Room
April 30th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
Today, networking giant Cisco proudly announced the installation of its 500th telepresence room. The Cisco telepresence room is essentially a room dedicated to video conference meetings, however it’s unlike any videoconference you’ve ever been in.
The room has a semi-circle table for your local members to sit at, and three high definition screens that simulate the […]
Video Conferencing Brings Congressman to Classroom
April 26th, 2008 by Video Conferencing Expert
Seventh grade students at Calloway County Middle School in Kentucky had the opportunity Thursday afternoon to video conference with Congressman Ed Whitfield. The Congressman discussed his role in the federal government, and then spent the rest of the session hosting a question-and-answer format, where the students brought up the issues that were important to them […]