Web Collaboration Options for Businesses
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Aside from having the necessary business applications, your organization’s mobile workforce also has to collaborate. It’s difficult to run a business in one location these days. You will need to move around, contact clients in person and collaborate for business benefits. But implementing efficient collaboration for people on the go is probably one of the biggest challenges that business has to deal with today.
Collaboration comes in two methods: the first one is complete in-house deployment wherein you get complete control but will cost more and add more pressure on your IT team to manage additional components. The second one is more cost-efficient and simpler in that it comes as an on-demand service. Everything will be managed by a third-party provider. All you need to do is pay for the service.
The latter is probably the most popular option these days. Managed hosting requires a couple of components such as internet connection that has decent bandwidth, a computing device such as a laptop or desktop, a web cam, mike and speakers. Here are some of the options for Web conferencing and collaboration available for you.
Cisco WebEx
The MediaTone network is at the core of the various solutions that the company offers SMEs and large scale businesses. The WebEx Meeting Center can accommodate unlimited online meetings through a laptop or desktop. It also allows users to share presentations, web cam, documents and other demo applications.
Citrix Go ToMeeting
This solution is not only used for collaboration, demonstrations and presentations. It also comes with free VoIP calls and phone conferencing among other capabilities. One can also make use of a variety of interactive tools when handling online events.