Video Conferencing Blog

Oh the weather outside is frightful, and the damage it has been causing to the business world is far from delightful.  Winter weather means harsh winter storms.  Torrential downpours, blizzards, ice and snow showers all have been a contributing factor to loss of productivity and money for many businesses.

Unrelenting weather is no excuse as to why a business must close down.  Innovation in technology has provided businesses with tools allowing them to take a stand against Old Mother Nature.  Allowing employees to work remotely through web and video conferencing gives businesses a safety net which not only will protect the business financially, but it will also protect employees from having to face dangerous conditions. Read more »

LOS ANGELES, CA, December 28, 2010 – As one of the leading Mergers and Acquisition (“M&A”) firms, The Transition Companies provides valuation, consulting and execution of M&A sale transactions for hundreds of companies across all industry sectors nationwide.  Headquartered in Dallas, Texas with offices in California, New Jersey and Colorado, The Transition Companies has a dedicated professional team of 105 Associates.  Looking for a way to save time and money as well as increase productivity, The Transition Companies have turned to MegaMeeting.com Web and Video Conferencing.
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Skype outage affecting users around the globe

Twitter users around the globe are taking to the social network to report that Skype is down for them. The tweets started hitting Twitter this morning and continue as of this writing. Users are also reporting that their mobile applications, including those on Android and on the iPhone, are inoperable.  Were you affected?

English teacher wanted a way to help students on Maryland State Assessments

A pioneering program at Catonsville Middle School is helping more students pass state assessments in reading and math.  More than 50 percent of students who had previously not scored proficient on the tests passed last year after participating in the Maryland State Assessment math and reading “blasts” at the middle school, said principal Michael Thorne.
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LOS ANGELES, CA, December 22, 2010 – What do companies like Coca-Cola, Nike, AT&T, Pizza Hut, and Southwest Airlines have in common?  Each one has used a focus group to either create a new product or improve upon a current product.  A traditional focus group consists of bringing approximately 8-12 consumers to one location and through the assistance of a moderator they are questioned and surveyed on their opinion of a certain product.  As with many other industries, those in Market Research, the companies who facilitate focus groups, are finding the rapid growth and usage of new technologies has allowed them to transform traditional focus groups into more innovative and interactive focus groups.
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By 2015 the browser-based web conferencing market is expected to be a $2.85 billion dollar industry. Researchers feel this is due to organizations looking to elevate company productivity, as well as provide a working environment that thrives off of innovation and real-time communications. Read more »

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association is facing tough economic times. During the 2009-2010 school year, the organization was forced to make a bevy of cuts and changes in order to balance the budget.

Business in the Lakeshore School Division in Manitoba, Canada, just got a bit easier.

It was no easy task getting farming information to the most rural parts of India. That is, until the emergence of video conferencing technology.

Officials in Paris, Tennessee, have found that their state-of-the-art video conferencing technology has resulted in a huge leap forward for the Henry County Sheriff’s Department and the Henry County General Sessions Court, reports the Paris Post-Intelligencer.

NASA LEARN, or Learning Environments and Research Network, has teamed up with NASA Explorer Schools to bring the organization’s educational resources to educators via a series of webinars, reports Space Ref.