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Web Conferencing: The Right Tool for the Job.
There is great confusion as to what exactly constitutes web conferencing; is it simply being able to hold a conference call; or is it being able to communicate someone through a microphone and camera over the internet? Web conferencing is the utilization of the internet to conduct a meeting wherein the participants are geographically inaccessible to each other; instead, each participant connects to the other participants’ computers through software specially developed to for holding web conferencing; the participants are able to see and hear each other, and can communicate with each other as they would in person; participants have access to each other’s data; and all these exchanges on a multimedia platform occur in real time. There are two kinds of web conferencing vendors: those that sell web conferencing as a service; and those that sell web conferencing as a product. The first kind allows their customers to use their web servers to hold their conferences; and they charge based on the amount of time their servers are used. The second kind of vendors licenses their software; companies may purchase the web conferencing software and then conduct their conferences online through their own servers using the vendor’s software. Businesses and individuals have embraced web conferencing because it is inexpensive; travel costs and travel time are greatly reduced; and the technology itself is easy to acquire and can be had at reasonable rates. Fierce competition among the vendors ensures that the prices will remain reasonable; and product innovations and improvements will be maintained at a high level. Apart from monetary savings, benefits beyond pecuniary estimation can be had as well. One general feedback from users of web conferencing is that they are able to collaborate with their colleagues on a new level; since their data can be shared with each other in real time and on a multimedia platform, the flow of ideas are more fluid. Users feel their colleagues are more accessible not just on a professional level but on a personal level as well; this helps foster strong camaraderie among employees within the same division, or employees from different departments in offices located in different parts of the world. Web conferencing enables companies to resolve issues, managerial or technical, faster and cheaper. Web conferencing also makes companies more accessible to their distributors, suppliers and customers; feedback is immediate and queries can be replied to as soon as practicable. Web conferencing has also been used to effectively strengthen the main resource of any company – its employees; training and refresher courses are more convenient and less costly. Web conferencing is a relatively new technology and is currently unregulated; there is no international or national agency that directly governs activities that constitute web conferencing; neither are there any existing local, national or international legislation or treaties that establish standards for the technology, its uses, and its vendors. This temporary freedom from governmental interference explains the leaps and bounds web conferencing has been experiencing over the past years in terms of innovation which translates to lower costs both on the part of the vendors and their customers. Wake Up Richer Every Morning... Instant Internet Business Makes Money Automatically... Thomas Hunter is an Internet marketer, author and publisher and has helped hundreds of people become successful Niche Marketers. Explore the highly profitable world of Niche Marketing at http://SixFigureNiches.com our popular website. Article Source: http://netsalesinc.com If you have a website or ezine you may freely post this article on your site as long as you include the full resource box above. All links must be active / clickable with no syntax changes.
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