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Microsoft Live Meeting Alternative ?
Is there a good alternative to MS live meetings - possibily a way to host the same service in house ?
The only feature of Live meeting we use is the Share application (desktop and control). I fear we cannot justify the price, however would like to know of the good alternatives which do the same or similar thing.
Can anyone help ?
Thanks
GISVPN
The only feature of Live meeting we use is the Share application (desktop and control). I fear we cannot justify the price, however would like to know of the good alternatives which do the same or similar thing.
Can anyone help ?
Thanks
GISVPN
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http://www.webex.com/ft/index.php?t=x3&c=1&TrackID=1001681&hbxref=
just found this. check it out
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just found this. check it out
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Thanks for all the comments, looking initially at www.Webex.com it looks more expensive than Live Meeting.
Johan - Yes, as mentioned before the problems with Netmeeting, Dameware and alike, not firewall friendly at all and with Dameware you have to open specific port AND will only remotely install on Windows XP Pro, not home edition which is a huge problem sometimes for our clients, plus with XP Pro and Dameware you have to turn off simple file sharing - extra big headache which is not needed. Live Meeting has none of that, just click on a link. ;)
Hey War1 will check it out ;)
Johan - Yes, as mentioned before the problems with Netmeeting, Dameware and alike, not firewall friendly at all and with Dameware you have to open specific port AND will only remotely install on Windows XP Pro, not home edition which is a huge problem sometimes for our clients, plus with XP Pro and Dameware you have to turn off simple file sharing - extra big headache which is not needed. Live Meeting has none of that, just click on a link. ;)
Hey War1 will check it out ;)
If you want to automatically work around firewalls, SKYPE is the most adept at this. I have never seen an installation where Skype doesnt work, because it has a whole series of ports it tries until it finds one for the installation that works. Skype also has a video option, I have not tested it. It is the best voice conferencing and group conferencing software made, now with large collaberative groups, but havent tested video yet.
www.skype.com - check it out, now 28,000,000 strong.
It is also free, and best of all, uses unique site-to-site encryption, so no conversations can be hijacked.
www.skype.com - check it out, now 28,000,000 strong.
It is also free, and best of all, uses unique site-to-site encryption, so no conversations can be hijacked.
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Thanks, war1
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Thanks, war1
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Hello thank you for everyones comments. There was no better alternative, we chose to go with Microsoft Live Meeting in the end !
Thanks for all the comments they did help evaluate the alternatives.
GISVPN ;)
Thanks for all the comments they did help evaluate the alternatives.
GISVPN ;)
Hi Gisvpn tx for the points
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Thanks for the CNET review link very useful.
The reason for using a collabrative software is because of the 1 ease of use - all you have to do is get a user to click on a link from a web site and two it works around firewalls and in nearly every environment our clients are in, i.e. external sites, client sites etc..
Netmeeting is so difficult to get around firewalls and across networks, it costs too much to support and resolve problems in actually getting it to work and is certainly not user friendly for the average person, only tech professionals. Same with Real VNC and DameWare (which is great for internal network). But still with these I tend to find im nearly *always* trying to get them to work. With Live Meeting never ever had a connectivity problem so is ideal for what we need.
The only thing left i would like to ask is, is there an option to self hosts something like Live Meeting. I know Live Meeting it is not, but are there any alternatives which allow you to host the meetings on your own servers?
Thanks
GISVPN