Conferencing Solutions

Communications has evolved from the humble PSTN telephone to VoIP, Unified Communications and now, video conferencing made easy with webRTC. Any business, small or large, will find innumerable benefits to incorporating video conferencing solution in their business communications. Here are the top 10. 1. Hold a video conference and you are sure everyone attends Announce a conference and invariably you will find that a few invitees may not be able to participate due to distance, prior appointment or inconvenience of travel. The conferencing solution lets them attend using their desktop in office, at home or even their mobile device. 2. Focused discussions A physical conference may extend beyond a specified time limit whereas, within a conferencing solution, you can define start and end time. This gives urgency and focus to discussions. You can get more done in a short time and avoid unnecessary talk.  3. Share documents, make presentations and vid...

VoIP technologies have transformed communication and conferencing. The conferencing scenario has shifted from expensive dedicated hardware to software conferencing solution that needs minimum of hardware. That brings conferencing solution , whether it is audio or video or both within the reach of enterprises of every size from a budding business to enterprise grade corporations.  The best is not necessarily the most expensive but one with a rich feature set, scalable, easy to integrate into existing IT infrastructure and easy to use too. Minimum hardware Ideally the best VoIP conferencing solution in the current situation is one that does not need dedicated hardware. The software solution you choose should be able to make use of an existing desktop with the addition of a mic, headset and webcam or a smartphone. Users can initiate or take part in a conference without the need to install any software in a properly designed and set up video conferencing soluti...

With an abundance of conferencing software to choose from it is easy for businesses to pick the best conferencing software that delivers maximum ROIs. It is just a matter of knowing what to look for and then making maximum use of the conferencing solution. Features It is easy to say “I want everything in an affordable package” but the features should be what will actually help your organization, and more importantly, your employees, accomplish what needs to be done. Carry on audio chats and conferences : Whether it is between departments inside the same building or with branch offices or with customers or vendors, the conferencing software makes the whole process easy. Mobility : Executives in the field may start a conference or take part using their mobile devices from anywhere and at any time. Video conferencing : Audio conferencing may be limiting such as when a face to face meeting or group discussion is desired and it is necessary to sha...

Video conferencing is not one of those things you need once in a while for special occasions in the corporate world. It is now ubiquitous for personal and corporate communications. Productivity increases with increased use of video conferencing. One can opt for popular services such as Skype but that has its limitations from the enterprise perspective. This is where custom video conferencing solution designed and developed for enterprise level audio-video conference can prove to be invaluable. It proves to be the best, both from price and performance perspective. Performance Get Asteriskservice conferencing solution and it comes with an inward Canadian dialing number. At the same time you enjoy the facility of calling numbers across the world. This is one way to go about it. Switch over to WebRTC mode and you sidestep this issue while gaining even more benefits: Do away with specialized hardware for audio-video conference with the Asterisk solution for conf...

When one talks about the best video conferencing software for 2019 it is an easy matter to compare all the free and paid solutions out there. There are about a dozen names like Skype, for instance, that spring to mind. However, there always are limitations. Free ones have more limitations than paid versions but even proprietary paid versions may not be what you expect. A good way to know which the best video conferencing software is is to assess it on merits and parameters such as best ROIs, smoothest implementation, maximum features and ease of use. Features and usability Examine the features of some of the most popular and well known names in video conferencing solution and you will find that each one is geared more towards some specific purpose such as collaboration in one or enterprise level audio and video conferencing in another. There may be restrictions such as number of participants and accessibility on various devices and platforms. Conferencing system may be a ch...

WebRTC arrived on the communications scene sometime around 2011 as a Google initiative supported by tech giants. It is revolutionary and with its advent, traditional video conferencing systems and methods become obsolete. To put it simplistically, WebRTC is an open source technology for communications. It works on Chrome, Safari and Firefox and can be implemented into customized video conferencing solution with a few APIs. WebRTC makes video conferencing easy. Traditional video conferencing solutions relied on dedicated hardware and software. WebRTC rendered all of them obsolete since it integrates into browsers. All one needs is a desktop with a microphone, headphone and webcam or a smartphone that already has all these three built in. A video conference can be initiated with WebRTC conferencing solution at one end and other participants can simply drop in without using any plugin, dedicated hardware or software. Video quality and bit rate adjust dynamically in real ...

Asterisk 15 is out with a new set of enhanced features that portend well for the future of communication. There are noticeable gains in conferencing that set trends in this segment for 2019 and beyond. Multi participant audio-video conferencing gets better The previous version had a single pipe that had to accommodate various frames. This presented performance bottlenecks. The latest version includes streaming and capability to handle multiple in and out audio and video streams. Conference calls become smoother and, as a result lead to widespread adoption, especially video conferencing. Better WebRTC integration WebRTC has gained a name for video and audio chats and conferencing. Now Asterisk includes options that can be configured for WebRTC. Bundle support is also included to allow multiple media streams to utilize the same transport mechanism. In plain words this results in a much improved transformation in audio-video conferencing with the WebRTC layer. D...

It is a quiet revolution in the communication field that has been gaining traction ever since it arrived on the scene about five years ago. The world needs to thank primarily Google and backers like Cisco, Microsoft and Ericsson. That revolution is WebRTC. The traditional method of video conferencing is expensive, resource intensive and prone to issues. One had to put in place dedicated hardware backed by software and then trust internet bandwidth speeds to be maintained to enable jitter-free video. It was a usual practice to create a separate video conferencing room with all associated hardware to enable a video conference. Enterprises also had to pay for software and its maintenance. All these are rendered obsolete since the arrival of WebRTC. WebRTC is blossoming at the right time when enterprises worldwide are laying greater emphasis on video conferencing solutions as a vital tool. It works for departmental collaboration, for collaboration between emplo...