When researching a web based meeting platform for a company, you need to look at some significant components. To start, you would do well to understand that there exists a lot of false information. Be on the lookout for this when you are considering the different choices you have when deciding upon an online conferencing service. Let’s go over what I discovered. Or, if you are in a hurry you can go immediately to my web based meeting blog to find out the service I decided upon and why.
A number of companies, while lower priced or even free, might over promise and not be able to deliver. While some other services can cost your company 1000′s of dollars and may be a lot more than you really need. The point is, with the fast progress in technology over the past decade, getting an affordable service that suits your needs is not that hard, and you don’t have to spend weeks fact finding or put out thousands of dollars to be happy with your choice.
When my graphic design business made the decision to delve into using a web based meeting system in order to cut down on our travel costs, it went to me to do the legwork. I reluctantly agreed because my other option would be no job! To my amazement it only took a few days to search out a great solution. I decided I’d write my findings down to save others in search of a web based meeting service the time of poring through the internet for quality advice. I even put up a short blog telling how I made the decision that my business and I were content with.
My initial concern was cost. My business is a small startup and my first searches unearthed software with price ranges into the thousands of dollars. Not going to cut it! I said to myself. However these were leading edge web conferencing systems, installations, etc. All that we needed was at best a trouble-free way to communicate online visually. As a matter of fact, even if we did go with the more expensive solution, the costs would have feasibly reimbursed themselves in a matter of months.
My second interest was security. This was one thing I didn’t think about starting out, but later I recognized how pivotal it was. Our company which is involved with copyrighted designs is wary of divulging any type of visual data on the web. The free utilities that are out there just were not what we were looking for. By and large, there is no security. The high priced services definitely featured the best levels of encryption on the market. Nevertheless I felt that our choice would serve our particular needs as it comes with end to end SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and advanced 128 bit encryption. This is the exact encryption that all online banks employ.
You might want to check out more of my findings at the link below. Once you get to the blog you can learn precisely the company we chose to use for our business and an updated review of that company. Also, you will learn some direction on how to best utilize the service to your company’s advantage.
Get the full story on Howard’s investigation of web based meeting services. Head over to Howard Armstrong’s blog at www.webbasedmeeting.net.
