Comments on: web-based software for virtual team meetings http://www.paulallen.net/web-based-software-for-virtual-team-meetings/ Internet Entrepreneur Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:45:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anon http://www.paulallen.net/web-based-software-for-virtual-team-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-2609 Anon Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:29:26 +0000 http://www.paulallen.net/?p=1236#comment-2609 After trying DimDim and having found it lacking... I am still in serch of that perfect - easy / robust / cheap - web conference app. DimDim's audio is sub-par. Right now, I'm going thru the list. After trying DimDim and having found it lacking… I am still in serch of that perfect – easy / robust / cheap – web conference app. DimDim’s audio is sub-par. Right now, I’m going thru the list.

]]> By: Angela Bouma http://www.paulallen.net/web-based-software-for-virtual-team-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-2570 Angela Bouma Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:39:07 +0000 http://www.paulallen.net/?p=1236#comment-2570 I am a bit late on my submission I realize but from another post from today it looks as though your team is still looking for the right solution. InteSolv, the company I work for, is an Adobe Connect Pro VAR so right off the bat you know where I am going with my recommendations. However, there are a few unique features that may be important for your team to take into consideration as you continue your search for the perfect web collaboration tool. With Adobe Connect you can brand your meeting rooms not only with URL's (Webex) but with your logo, custom background, color choices for navigating through the room and the entry page to the meeting. If you are going to use these virtual meeting spaces to conduct business outside of your internal audiences, this will be an important feature. A quick rundown of other features that may be of interest: - Breakout rooms - Custom, on-the-fly sizing of pods - Mutliple room layouts within the meeting - Interaction buttons for attendees - On-the-fly attendee permission changes - Easy recording and content storage on your Connect database Please reach out if you have any questions and good luck with your search! Angela Bouma Marketing Director (559) 733 7500 abouma@intesolv.com I am a bit late on my submission I realize but from another post from today it looks as though your team is still looking for the right solution. InteSolv, the company I work for, is an Adobe Connect Pro VAR so right off the bat you know where I am going with my recommendations. However, there are a few unique features that may be important for your team to take into consideration as you continue your search for the perfect web collaboration tool.

With Adobe Connect you can brand your meeting rooms not only with URL’s (Webex) but with your logo, custom background, color choices for navigating through the room and the entry page to the meeting. If you are going to use these virtual meeting spaces to conduct business outside of your internal audiences, this will be an important feature.

A quick rundown of other features that may be of interest:
- Breakout rooms
- Custom, on-the-fly sizing of pods
- Mutliple room layouts within the meeting
- Interaction buttons for attendees
- On-the-fly attendee permission changes
- Easy recording and content storage on your Connect database

Please reach out if you have any questions and good luck with your search!

Angela Bouma
Marketing Director
(559) 733 7500
abouma@intesolv.com

]]> By: Steve Rider http://www.paulallen.net/web-based-software-for-virtual-team-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-2528 Steve Rider Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:01:40 +0000 http://www.paulallen.net/?p=1236#comment-2528 Hi Paul, Thanks for the informative entry. What I've noticed is that there are many web conferencing co.'s out there that offer hosted conferences. A conference solution that I recommend is RHUB's web conferencing and remote support appliance. You can own it which will save you money in the long haul. Better bang for your buck I think. http://www.rhubcom.com Hi Paul,
Thanks for the informative entry. What I’ve noticed is that there are many web conferencing co.’s out there that offer hosted conferences. A conference solution that I recommend is RHUB’s web conferencing and remote support appliance. You can own it which will save you money in the long haul. Better bang for your buck I think. http://www.rhubcom.com

]]> By: Frank Lee http://www.paulallen.net/web-based-software-for-virtual-team-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-2520 Frank Lee Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:08:51 +0000 http://www.paulallen.net/?p=1236#comment-2520 I had my first experience with DimDim yesterday. The first 15 minutes of the call were spent by the hosts resolving login and audio problems, and audio over the browser interface never worked right. However I did find the "mood" setting useful, in addition to the chat feature (neither unique to DimDim, I believe). I had my first experience with DimDim yesterday. The first 15 minutes of the call were spent by the hosts resolving login and audio problems, and audio over the browser interface never worked right.

However I did find the “mood” setting useful, in addition to the chat feature (neither unique to DimDim, I believe).

]]> By: Neil Kay-Jones http://www.paulallen.net/web-based-software-for-virtual-team-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-2497 Neil Kay-Jones Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:02:17 +0000 http://www.paulallen.net/?p=1236#comment-2497 Can we see what you thought about the other companies and what actually made your team choose Dim Dim.? Can we see what you thought about the other companies and what actually made your team choose Dim Dim.?

]]> By: paulballen http://www.paulallen.net/web-based-software-for-virtual-team-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-2496 paulballen Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:45:14 +0000 http://www.paulallen.net/?p=1236#comment-2496 So yesterday after testing several systems our team chose DimDim, but we had trouble getting it working for our morning call today, and we ended up going back to a voice only conference call. I skipped the call to try to get DimDim working. It didn't work in my Chrome browser, so I had to switch over to Firefox. After several minutes, we got 5 of us on the call, but had trouble with audio from a couple of our team. But the whiteboard feature was cool, and screen-sharing of web pages worked great too. The group chat worked fine also. However, the audio problems scared us a bit. So we decided that we may try Adobe Connect tomorrow, which has reportedly been more reliable for people that have used it. (Though we hear it is not as user friendly in its design, and is slightly more costly per month.) Hopefully tomorrow we'll get it working. I don't want to do any more voice-only call-ins. And my main goal with this virtual team software is to make it super easy for any of our remote employees to set up a virtual meeting with one or more colleagues any time, in a matter of seconds, and to be able to share work spaces and look at things together and talk about them, as if they were in the same office. I want to see hundreds of virtual meetings like this every month. The more interaction the better. So yesterday after testing several systems our team chose DimDim, but we had trouble getting it working for our morning call today, and we ended up going back to a voice only conference call. I skipped the call to try to get DimDim working. It didn’t work in my Chrome browser, so I had to switch over to Firefox. After several minutes, we got 5 of us on the call, but had trouble with audio from a couple of our team. But the whiteboard feature was cool, and screen-sharing of web pages worked great too. The group chat worked fine also. However, the audio problems scared us a bit. So we decided that we may try Adobe Connect tomorrow, which has reportedly been more reliable for people that have used it. (Though we hear it is not as user friendly in its design, and is slightly more costly per month.) Hopefully tomorrow we’ll get it working. I don’t want to do any more voice-only call-ins. And my main goal with this virtual team software is to make it super easy for any of our remote employees to set up a virtual meeting with one or more colleagues any time, in a matter of seconds, and to be able to share work spaces and look at things together and talk about them, as if they were in the same office. I want to see hundreds of virtual meetings like this every month. The more interaction the better.

]]> By: Former Yugma employee http://www.paulallen.net/web-based-software-for-virtual-team-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-2488 Former Yugma employee Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:08:09 +0000 http://www.paulallen.net/?p=1236#comment-2488 Things evryone should know about Yugma: -- employees have not been paid -- company is transferring assets to debtors inspite of not paying employee dues -- company has filed for bankruptcy -- company needs to tell it's innocent customers the truth Things evryone should know about Yugma:

– employees have not been paid
– company is transferring assets to debtors inspite of not paying employee dues
– company has filed for bankruptcy
– company needs to tell it’s innocent customers the truth

]]> By: Phill Coleman http://www.paulallen.net/web-based-software-for-virtual-team-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-2484 Phill Coleman Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:23:16 +0000 http://www.paulallen.net/?p=1236#comment-2484 (Disclaimer - I'm on Yuuguu Dev Team) We (unsurprisingly) use Yuuguu for all our IM & web conferencing needs (1:1, group, cross platform screen sharing & remote control, Skype integration etc). We all work remotely and use it for code reviews, design meetings and even our end of the week virtual pint! We've just launched Yuuguu Teams but there is the free version as well as Yuuguu Plus ($15 a month) depending on what you are looking for - details over at http://www.yuuguu.com/pricing/yuuguu-pricing. Regards, Phill. (Disclaimer – I’m on Yuuguu Dev Team)

We (unsurprisingly) use Yuuguu for all our IM & web conferencing needs (1:1, group, cross platform screen sharing & remote control, Skype integration etc). We all work remotely and use it for code reviews, design meetings and even our end of the week virtual pint!

We’ve just launched Yuuguu Teams but there is the free version as well as Yuuguu Plus ($15 a month) depending on what you are looking for – details over at http://www.yuuguu.com/pricing/yuuguu-pricing.

Regards, Phill.

]]> By: Neil Kay-Jones http://www.paulallen.net/web-based-software-for-virtual-team-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-2483 Neil Kay-Jones Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:37:46 +0000 http://www.paulallen.net/?p=1236#comment-2483 Hi Paul, Will be very interesting to see the results of this and i would not want to influence in any way so I would offer my help after you have done the testing so that you take each company and service the same way. Would be really nice to have a chat after the survey and talk more about what you like and what you don't like as we are investing time to find out how our customers work with our software. What i will say is that we are more than just a Online meeting service and this has been very interesting to us. Thank you for including Yuuguu in your evaluation and here are my details. Kind regards, Neil Neil Kay-Jones Marketing and Support Manager Yuuguu neil.kay-jones@yuuguu.com twitter: @NeilKayJones Hi Paul,

Will be very interesting to see the results of this and i would not want to influence in any way so I would offer my help after you have done the testing so that you take each company and service the same way.

Would be really nice to have a chat after the survey and talk more about what you like and what you don’t like as we are investing time to find out how our customers work with our software. What i will say is that we are more than just a Online meeting service and this has been very interesting to us.

Thank you for including Yuuguu in your evaluation and here are my details.

Kind regards,

Neil

Neil Kay-Jones
Marketing and Support Manager
Yuuguu

neil.kay-jones@yuuguu.com
twitter: @NeilKayJones

]]> By: Cary Snowden http://www.paulallen.net/web-based-software-for-virtual-team-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-2481 Cary Snowden Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:19:20 +0000 http://www.paulallen.net/?p=1236#comment-2481 I am looking forward to evaluating your suggestions for our own company. Until now we have used Skype exclusively for teleconferencing; We can connect as many employees as we need, it's simple, cheap (free), and has proven to be extremely reliable. The latest Skype has video conference (one-to-one) and screen sharing (which we use quite frequently to get the point across and save a ton of explanation time). We each have SkypeIn numbers for receiving outside calls and have unlimited calling outbound; all in one tool. We also share files and chat via Skype. As you can tell; I am a big fan of Skype and recommend it often. I am looking forward to evaluating your suggestions for our own company. Until now we have used Skype exclusively for teleconferencing; We can connect as many employees as we need, it’s simple, cheap (free), and has proven to be extremely reliable. The latest Skype has video conference (one-to-one) and screen sharing (which we use quite frequently to get the point across and save a ton of explanation time). We each have SkypeIn numbers for receiving outside calls and have unlimited calling outbound; all in one tool. We also share files and chat via Skype.

As you can tell; I am a big fan of Skype and recommend it often.

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