Lately Microsoft and Cisco were having quite a bit head to head battle for VoIP dominance, especially since Cisco’s acquisition of Webex a few months ago. Webex is the market leader in hosted Web conferencing. But now that Microsoft Acquires Tellme Networks, the battle got sweeter, or should I say hotter. On May 3rd, Microsoft announced that it has completed its acquisition of Tellme, the Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of voice services for everyday life, including nationwide (US) directory assistance, enterprise customer service and voice-enabled mobile search. So why not we check out MS Unified Communications, Microsoft’s system that unites all existing communication systems and tools. I have to agree, the idea of uniting all kind of …
About a decade ago virtual meeting, conferencing was just an idea, now that idea not only came into reality but as well flourishing and expending beyond traditional boundaries. A lot of conferencing application/software you will find now which offers us rich arrays of features and functionality to make virtual meeting almost as realistic as the real one. We even have VR (Virtual Reality) conference in Second Life. Sounds the situation is pretty much cool right? But I am afraid it isn’t. When it comes to cost-effective, organized total conferencing solution that you can rely on, only a handful of them will be in your list of choice. First of all you have to understand we are talking about professional solution that fits the needs of from small business to corporation, not individual/personal. For personal solution I am still happy with my Skype, there are plenty more to choose from. Now days a most business needs not only a tele/web conferencing as well as a collaboration method integrated with the solution. Very few software/application currently poses that, if not costumed tailored. Last month I talked about “Microsoft Office Live Meeting”, which is one of the few solutions that made it to this category. Off course Microsoft’s Unified Communication Portal which is still in beta stage is intended to deliver much more sophisticated solutions. Anyway our discussion today isn’t Microsoft’s solution; instead we want to check out “Acrobat Connect Professional” by Adobe. Acrobat Connect Professional is part of adobe’s Acrobat family product line, which can be either Hosted or self-managed solution. Both presenter and participants need almost similar system requirements, though the presenter’s OS (operating system) has to be either windows or Mac. This solution is packed with some serious features all integrated which actually we can get using several solutions elsewhere. Here is the rundown of the key features of Adobe Acrobat Professional- 24/7/365 Personal meeting space Unlike Office live meeting Acrobat Connect Professional meeting rooms are always available via a steady URL. All personal settings/options are automatically saved since the first use, and automatically loaded there on for saving time and efforts. Even the layouts, previous notes, conversation history are saved for further reference if needed.
Sponsored Link In our last set of collaboration tools review we featured two of the most outstanding free online collaboration app. But if you think your choice is just limited to those two only, you are seriously mistaken. There are a bunch of app/software out there which are free (Partial or full). So our intended target would be seek and analyze their offers, pros and cons. Thank you all of who provided their valued feedback through comments (on previous series) as well as via email. Though my plan was to put up the …
Got knack for video editing or just need a professional video editing solution for your video production? Then you got to love this Premiere Pro Creative Suite 3 (sponsored link). A bit pricey but worth every penny you spend for it.With this piece of extraordinary application, even a newbie can do video editing on the fly (Learning curves are higher for advance video editing features). So here is an overview of what this app can bring you-Cross Platform The Adobe Creative Suite Premiere Pro, a completely re-written and supercharged video editing software application available for both Mac and PC users. This A-Z solution for efficient and professional video production includes Adobe OnLocation …
As a developer I naturally lean towards Firefox when it comes to browser choice. But Opera 9.2 Web browser is something to take note of, you have to like it regardless of your open source love or hate. Opera 9.2 is a cross platform browser. You will be shocked, if I say Opera 9.2 supports almost all the popular OS, which are not supported by IE or FF. Opera 9.2 is compatible with- Windows, Solaris Sparc, Solaris Intel, QNX, OS/2, MacOS, Linux Sparc, Linux PowerPC, Linux i386, FreeBSD i386, BeOS. You got to admit that’s a long list of compatibility. The key features of Opera 9.2- Speed Dial The coolest and unique feature of Opera 9.2 is Speed Dial. So what does this Speed Dial do? As the name suggests, it gives you quick access to your favorite/frequently visited sites via keyboard shortcuts or thumbnail click. Speed Dial appears in any new tabbed window you create in Opera. It’s a new way to provide users with quick access to favorite Web sites when a new tab is opened. The new window features nine thumbnails for Web sites you visit frequently. Clicking on any of the thumbnails causes Opera to show you the full Web page. Alternatively, you can open pages by pressing Ctrl+1 through 9. Say it isn’t cool enough? There are more in Opera 9.2, read on. (Click on thumbnail to see larger image).
Last month (I.e. May 2007) Microsoft announced Expression Suit and Silverlight, which will be competing (most probably) with Adobe‘s creative suite and Flash. Though I still noticed flash in Microsoft’s site 
. Microsoft is quietly putting the moves on Adobe’s other popular consumer technology, the Portable Document Format (PDF). XML Paper Specification, or XPS — Microsoft’s new rival to PDF — the Redmond company is making the software for free to both consumers and pros. The rivalry didn’t stop there. Adobe’s Acrobat Connect Professional, the state of the art hosted Web conferencing service is the next target of MS. Live Meeting 2007, Microsoft’s …
Web authoring tools,Applications,Free web page design,Software
There is nothing like Adobe CS3 Web Premium, MS Expression suit (Most probably) when it comes to web authoring. But it’s also true these are good enough when you have it, not many web authors affords £1,400+ (CS3 Web Premium) or £1,000+(TBA- Expression Suit). These two feature rich suit is more than everything you need for web authoring, development, but that doesn’t mean without these web authoring have to be troublesome. So here goes three free tools (PC only, have to research some more for MAC) that …
In the rubble of Microsoft’s greatest creation Windows Vista, another great OS has been lost the focus. The geeks, analysts, news are so busy with Vista, that we forgot MAC OSX –Leopard is also coming out. And no way you can say MAC OSX-Leopard is anyway less innovative than Vista. I agree world’s 75% of computer use, the dominant behemoth Microsoft windows one way or another. But Apple engineering was the first to introduce a operating system that support both Mac and Intel PC, that was MAC OSX-Tiger. Not only over 200 new features but don’t forget the price comparison. Latest Mac OSX …