Welcome to Web Conferencing
Web Meeting Article
. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for further reading, click here.
Where Did It Come From? Web Conferencing History
from:Through web conferencing, there is an opportunity to chat and communicate with co-workers, even facilitate meetings, presentations and demonstrations. Web conferencing not just offers communication exchange but also allows participants to trade documents, share applications, access desktops, use whiteboards and PowerPoint.
How did this technology started?
Lucy P. Roberts, author of “History of Web Conferencing - Multifunction Conferencing Comes of Age” (2004) traced the roots of web conferencing long before there is internet.
The University of Illinois developed a system known as PLATO during the 1960s. This is for their Computer-based Education Research Laboratory (CERL). This is just a small system supporting just a single classroom of terminals connected to one mainframe computer. In 1972, the terminals being supported by PLATO increased to over a thousand.
Although PLATO was long before internet technology and it is mainly designed for computer-based education, it paved several communication features that became the foundation for web conferencing and instant messaging. PLATO Notes, was the world’s first online messaging boards, while Personal Notes is used for electronic mails. Talkomatic is used for real-time instant messaging or for chat. PLATO even developed a tool for monitor mode or remote screen sharing.
David Wooley, creator of PLATO Notes in 1973, eventually designed Lotus Notes which was released in 1989. Lotus Notes is mainly an e-mail client, but it can also be used as an instant messaging client, browser, notebook, and calendar reservation client. Roberts cited that Lotus Notes was the first commercially released product that offered document sharing, user-created data-bases and remote location communication.
The PLATO technology gave birth to several communication tools that paved the way for web conferencing. But it wasn’t until mid-1990s that the complete web conferencing started to shape up and become available in the market.
Roberts cited PlaceWare as one of the first companies to provide complete web conferencing. It was developed by Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in the 1990s. In 2003, Microsoft acquired PlaceWare and renamed its core product Microsoft Office Live Meeting.
Meanwhile, file sharing started proliferating the World Wide Web. Peer to peer (P2P) file sharing refers to sharing of file containing audio, video, data or anything in digital format. With peer to peer file sharing, peers act as equals, the roles of clients and servers are merged. There is no central server that manages the network nor a central router.
Peer to peer file sharing was seen as a way of hosting web conferencing, rather than running the application through a single server. With this P2P format, it is more dynamic and involving.
Groove was the first to apply the P2P concept in web conferencing. It was released on 2000 and was upgraded in 2002 with impressive results. WiredRed Software, in 2003, released the first web conferencing software that does not require significant installation time.
Most web conferencing providers offer packages that contains voice over IP,co-browsing and application sharing, additional features that can be readily available like polls, event management, PowerPoint presentation, playback, recording and live annotation and mark-up.
With a lot of web conferencing providers and vendors in the market today, web conferencing is becoming more and more common. A lot of people are using this technology in their businesses and companies. New development in the web conferencing system is inevitable due to competition and continuous technological innovation.
Web Meeting News
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Bulldogs hang on against Indians, advance to district final - KC Community News
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Bulldogs hang on against Indians, advance to district final KC Community News By Bill KnustPOSTED: 8:15 pm CST February 22, 2012 INDEPENDENCE -- Much like the first meeting between Kearney and Fort Osage, this game too came down to the wire. The only difference is this game wasn'ta mid-December meeting. This game was a do-or-die ... |
California requires Google, Apple and other tech giants to enforce privacy ... - San Jose Mercury News
 Marketing Land | California requires Google, Apple and other tech giants to enforce privacy ... San Jose Mercury News By Mike Swift SAN FRANCISCO -- Amid growing worry about sensitive consumer information being siphoned up by mobile apps, state Attorney General Kamala Harris on Wednesday announced a privacy deal with the six largest mobile Web providers that will ... State attorneys general: Google privacy changes appear to harm consumers 36 State Attorneys General Call For Privacy Meeting With Google Attorneys General Challenge Google on New Privacy Policy |
Club news for Hernando County - Tampabay.com
Club news for Hernando County Tampabay.com Web: brooksvillerotary.org. Hernando Beach Yacht Club: Meeting and dinner, 5 pm Wednesdays, 4163 Shoal Line Blvd. Membership is open; boat ownership is not required. Contact fleet captain Bob Chandler, (352) 799-6068. hbyachtclub.com. |
WEB SPECIAL - Day under the Dome - Manchester Journal
WEB SPECIAL - Day under the Dome Manchester Journal Thursday afternoon also saw a very crowded room where the House Health Care Committee was meeting one floor above. This is, or rather was, the committee hashing over the details of the wide-ranging and highly controversial healthcare reform bill, ... |
CRF Health Launches New ePRO Solution for Data Collection in Late Phase Studies - PharmaLive.com (press release)
CRF Health Launches New ePRO Solution for Data Collection in Late Phase Studies PharmaLive.com (press release) Plymouth Meeting, PA – February 21, 2012:? The new web-based tool, TrialMax Web™, is set to change the way late phase study teams collect patient data by offering a tailor made solution with important patient usability benefits. |
Agriculture conference highlights opportunities - Fremont Tribune
Agriculture conference highlights opportunities Fremont Tribune The Governor's Ag Conference is one of my favorite annual agriculture events because it serves as a venue for frank discussion and dialogue about how our state's number one industry has fared in the past year and what we can look forward to in the ... |