| For organizations that operate on a
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| | options. Often, web conferencing is sold
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| national or international level, it is
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| | as a service that is regulated by a
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| often necessary to conduct business
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| | vendor on a web server. The vendor can
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| meetings with offices that are far away
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| | charge by the minute or for a fixed fee,
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| from each other. This can be accomplished
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| | depending on the situation. However, more
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| by traveling to different locations to
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| | and more vendors are beginning to license
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| meet in person, but if something needs to
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| | their web conferencing software, making
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| be handled spur of the moment, this isn't
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| | it available for organizations to
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| necessarily the best solution. Web
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| | purchase and use on their own web
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| conferencing has become a standard in
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| | servers.
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| interoffice communications for businesses
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| | Web conferencing has its roots in the
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| worldwide, allowing organizations to
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| | early days of the Internet. Text chat
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| communicate in real time, without having
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| | capabilities have been around almost as
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| to leave their offices. Web conferencing
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| | long as the Internet itself. Instant
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| software offers a variety of ways in
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| | messaging, or web-based chat
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| which meetings and presentations can be
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| | capabilities, made the scene in the early
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| given and attended.
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| | 1990's. Later in the 1990's, peer-to-peer
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| Web conferencing software is used to
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| | communication (relying on the bandwidth
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| conduct meetings and presentations over
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| | of the participants) allowed actual web
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| the Internet. In the early days of the
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| | conferencing to take place. There are
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| World Wide Web, web conferencing referred
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| | many services and web conferencing
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| to using message boards in order to
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| | software applications currently vying for
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| conduct group discussions. These
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| | business. This is due in part to a lack
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| discussion boards were not live, and
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| | of standardization of web conferencing
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| often discussions took a lot of time to
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| | software and technology. Work is
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| carry out. Now, web conferencing refers
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| | currently being done to establish a
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| to live or "synchronous" gatherings via
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| | standard for web conferencing, which
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| chat rooms, or using different types of
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| | might include membership and
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| software and hardware such as web cams.
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| | authorization management, a means to
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| And more often, VOIP is being used in the
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| | maneuver media mixing, and a means for
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| place of chat rooms, which really gives a
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| | notice of conference related changes.
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| personal feeling to meetings. Web
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| | These standards will help to guarantee
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| conferencing allows issues to be handled
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| | the best possible service to users, and
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| with immediacy.
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| | help to keep prices reasonable.
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| In addition to chat rooms and VOIP, web
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| | The use of web conferencing software
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| conferencing software provides the
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| | seems to have become commonplace in the
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| capability to perform a multitude of
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| | world of business today. It enables
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| functions, including slide presentations,
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| | organizations to not only speak to one
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| sharing (and amending live) spreadsheets,
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| | another in real time, but allows them to
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| annotations (the ability to highlight
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| | share and modify pertinent information in
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| points displayed on a screen), text
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| | the form of graphics, spreadsheets, and
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| messaging, and file sharing. Some web
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| | slide presentations that use to require a
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| conferencing software even records
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| | plane ride or waiting for the mail to
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| meetings and presentations for
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| | ship packets of materials and
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| documentation and easy playback for
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| | information. The synchronous (real-time)
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| reference. The trend in web conferencing
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| | capabilities of web conferencing software
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| today seems to be heading toward VOIP and
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| | make it easier for organizations to
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| web cam usage.
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| | operate on a national or global scale,
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| For organizations that want to use web
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| | and help to facilitate the success of a
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| conferencing software and technology in
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| | business.
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| their business dealings, there are a few
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