Comments on: OT: Web Meeting Software

By: John Neal

John Neal — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:25:45 +0000

Jon,

I’m not a techie, but our head of security is one of the most highly qualified “white hat” guys in the world. if he tells me it’s not secure, I believe him. I will get him to read that white paper and double check though – thanks for the link.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:51:49 +0000

We did use desktop sharing in WebEx. This was one of the features which seemed very slow and shaky compared to my experience with GoToMeeting.

GoToMeeting allows recording of meetings, though I have not tried this feature..

By: Chandoo

Chandoo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:52:42 +0000

We use webex at our workplace to conduct almost 50% meetings. I guess I have grown in to it. Although I am not sure if it allows remote controlling of another’s desktop, we never had such need. Also, I find the record feature of webex pretty neat. We could record entire meetings and playback as needed.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:24:37 +0000

John - Good point. GoToMeeting has posted a whitepaper about online meeting security on their web site. I haven't read it. A quick Google search turned up no meaningful third party links about GoToMeeting security.

By: John Neal

John Neal — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:36:27 +0000

Jon,

have you considered the security aspects of these softwre titles? Goto is banned in the office here as it opens a virtual Citrix session that we can’t control – could give access to our servers for someone we would prefer not to see our goodies.

just a thought.

By: sam

sam — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:50:40 +0000

I use netmeeting…works great

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:42:11 +0000

Ken -

I haven’t used LiveMeeting in around a year. It used to be as fun as WebEx, but it had improved. Not enough for me to want to use it if I had a choice.

Debra -

It’s very easy. When I set up a neeting, GTM sends an email. If the client doesn’t have the software, it downloads it and installs it (with the appropriate security prompts), then it starts up and joins the meeting.

The VoIP is built into GTM, so I don’t need Skype. I have a choice to use a conference call number, VoIP, both, or neither; I generally choose both.

By: Debra Dalgleish

Debra Dalgleish — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:51:01 +0000

Jon, is it easy for your clients to start using GoToMeeting? Do they have to install software? Do you use Skype for the audio?

By: Ken Puls

Ken Puls — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:40:38 +0000

Jon,

I’ve attended meetings run on GoTo Meeting, WebEx and LiveMeeting, although I’ve only ever hosted a LiveMeeting, and that but once.

My GoTo experience has always been a one on one experience, with LiveMeeting I’ve only attended larger presentations, and with WebEx I’ve been in a mixture. One thing I did like about WebEx is that the presenter could see who left their phone on and mute that person. Something I can only wish MS will get as a feature in their product (or teach their staff to use.)

I’m curious if you’ve tried the LiveMeeting software lately. I’m not for or against it, per se, just curious how it stacks up vs GoTo Meeting in your opinion…

By: chip

chip — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:29:42 +0000

Ironically, at this moment I have a spare laptop streaming the recording of a WebEx conference call while I record it via Audacity so that I can convert it to an MP3 and listen to it in my car instead of tied to my computer. WebEx has an export function that continually failed to export after an hour of waiting, and was going to give us a WMV file anyway (which I’m not sure I can convert.) Support has been nonresponsive.

Next time I’ll just tell the team to put a digital recorder next to the phone. It can’t be any worse than the audio WebEx recorded, which I have to Amplify in Audacity in order to make it a usable MP3 file.