Written by Megan O’Malley

From pools and coffee shops to airports and hotel rooms – virtual business meetings are allowing us to collaborate in places we never thought possible. You now have the power to view multimedia events and webinars by the touch of a blackberry while lounging by the pool. Don’t you just love streaming technologies?

PGiMeet Webcast is a simple way to stream presentations to large target groups. It differs from other conferencing tools in that it provides a more cost-effective means for meetings in which one person speaks to many. Quick, easy access makes viewing flexible – anytime, anywhere. PGiMeet Webcast’s interface doesn’t require timely downloads, making the process of viewing presentations a no-brainer. When hosting a meeting, you can prerecord a webcast or host a live event for thousands to view, using slides, PDF files, or just about any resource you need.

In just a few months since the product rolled out in Europe and North America, customers like you are already using PGiMeet Webcast as a solution for a list of things, including marketing webinars, classroom-styled lectures, town hall meetings, investor relations conferences and product demonstrations. As a new member to our suite of audio and web collaboration solutions, PGiMeet Webcast offers more host flexibility for webcasting, making the presentation process simple and easier for recipients to access, even on mobile devices.

Your meetings should revolve around you. Thanks to PGiMeet Webcast, they can. Just don’t drop your phone in the pool.

 

Written by Megan O’Malley

Shortly after waving and saying good-bye to my friend in Egypt, I logged off Skype and got to thinking. Skype has done wonders for advancing the world of immediate web-based video and audio communication – an area obviously close to our hearts here at PGi.

Now that Skype is catching on, people around the world are recognizing the benefits of web conferencing. Skype is primarily used for friends to keep in touch, but businesses are catching on to the freely-available Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service made available through Skype. Nearly 12 million people in the world are communicating through Skype at any given moment, with approximately 17 million registered Skype users using the service for business purposes.

While Skype is great for free-loaders like myself, there are added benefits to enhancing your web conferencing through paid services-namely security and the ability to converse with more people simultaneously (for more on security with paid conferencing, check out Jill Sciulli’s Why Pay for the Cow?). I love to use Skype to keep up with Cairo, but for conferencing that requires enhanced services for multiple participants and relaying confidential company information, perhaps dropping an extra coin is worth it.

What are your thoughts on Skype? How does the free service compare to other paid web and audio services with a price tag?