| Web conferencing is a technology that offers many | | | | People can take turns inputting words or even |
| features and functions useful to many large | | | | drawings on the whiteboard. |
| companies and small business owners alike. If you are | | | | Then there is application sharing. This is one of the |
| concerned about the price, no need to worry, there | | | | most popular functions of Web conferencing |
| are Web conferencing solutions available for any | | | | platforms. In fact, nearly 90% of all over Web |
| budget. You can hire a web conferencing service | | | | conferencing users have made use of application |
| provider, or install web conferencing software on the | | | | sharing. It allows people to let someone else access |
| company server. Of course, you need to know what | | | | program functions on their computer during the Web |
| features you can expect to be implemented in a web | | | | conference. |
| conferencing application, so you can choose the | | | | Co-browsing offers the ability to surf the Internet as |
| commercial product or service that is best for your | | | | a group, and is very useful for going through a |
| budget. Knowing the capabilities of a web | | | | company or client website. |
| conferencing application will allow you to get more | | | | Web conferencing applications also offer instant |
| out of it. | | | | messaging or voice Internet call capabilities. These |
| One very useful function of Web conferencing is | | | | allow you to hold numerous types of events online |
| screen sharing. This allows one person to make the | | | | instead of having to host them in real world facilities. |
| view of a single computer screen available to | | | | Such events would include interviews, press |
| everyone else who is participating in the conference. | | | | conferences, training seminars, panel discussions, |
| So if you like, you can run a PowerPoint slideshow or | | | | Q&A sessions, client consultations, and sales |
| presentation on your computer and it will be seen by | | | | presentations, among others. Instant messaging |
| everybody else. In other words, it is just like giving a | | | | software lets the participants type in their |
| presentation to a room of people, except that you | | | | discussions. Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP |
| are doing it online and your attendees are | | | | software allows people to make voice calls to each |
| somewhere else sitting in front of their own | | | | other using broadband Internet instead of traditional |
| computers. | | | | phone networks. You can set up a voice conference |
| Another common function found in Web conferencing | | | | using VoIP, which is much cheaper than an equivalent |
| is a virtual whiteboard. This works much like a regular | | | | long-distance conference call. That would help you |
| whiteboard as used at meetings in the real world. | | | | trim some of your business expenses. |