9 posts tagged “desktop sharing”
It's good to see that the Yugma desktop sharing tool has made it to Skype's very own short list of valuable "extras" for Skype users. Skype lists their list of "handy tools and plugin's" at http://skype.com/business/tools/extras/ . Yugma is listed first as one of the two desktop sharing tools mentioned.
It's interesting to note that Unyte, a screen sharing app that was heavily promoted by Skype in 2005/2006, and was subsequently purchased in 2007 by IBM, is lo longer listed or mentioned.
(Disclosure: Being as I helped to launch the company's web based service back in 2006, I own some shares in Yugma.)
Robin Good recently reviewed the new version of GoToMeeting -- version 4. The new version comes with some a couple of significant new features like Mac compatibility and VoIP support. Looks like GoToMeeting has been carefully watching Skype and Yugma in their rear view mirror. Skype provides free and low cost VoIP for Windows, Mac, and Linux) and Yugma provides free and low cost desktop sharing tool for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Yugma quietly released it's new Enterprise Service feature a few months ago. They released the new web conferencing feature but never actually announced it in a press release, newsletter, or blog post. But they did recently publically release information on their website, and start talking about it on their daily live online demonstrations.
The new feature allows a user (an "administrator" type) to easily and quickly create free Yugma web conferencing accounts for an entire organization in a matter of minutes. This can can done by simply importing an entire organizations user list (csv format) using the new import feature. I'm not aware of any specific system limits to the import feature... so theoretically, you could import/create as many accounts as you would like to create.
While Yugma has not promoted this feature actively, they did recently publish a tutorial for adminsitrators. The tutorial is buried in Yugma's new tutorial page and can be found at http://www.yugma.com/support/tutorials/enterprise.html. The key advantage behind this new feature is that it lets a user to quickly set up free Yugma accounts for their entire team, company, group, etc.. The free accounts are instantly activated with all of the premium features enabled for the first couple of weeks, and then then the accounts automatically revert to the basic online meeting service level for free, forever. The basic version allows users to instantly launch real-time desktop sharing sessions for virtual project team meetings, online presentations, sales training, customer training, contract reviews, budget planning... you name it. According to the tutorial, to create a group of accounts, a user must first create a "group admin account" at http://yugma.com/Enterprise/. After you create the admin account, you then create or import multiple user accounts.
By the way, after the accounts revert to basic accounts, you (the "admin") can upgrade any or all of the accounts to the premium service level by simply contacting Yugma's sales team and purchasing a group subscription.
BTW: One of my personal favorite "free features" is the customizable widget that lets you create a co-brand Yugma button for your website, blog, intranet portal, or email signature. Click here for an example. You can create your own customizable widget at https://www.yugma.com/share/widgets/share_tools.php
VoIP-NEWS' Jim Higdon published a list of the five best Extras for Skype .
- Yugma Skype
- Zimbra Inc./Skype Mashup
- Skype on PSP (PlayStation Portable)
- Skylook
- Apple TV Skype Plug-In
Regarding Yugma, he had this to say:
Yugma Skype: Desktop collaboration — pioneered by WebEx Communications — has long been a goal of the broadband age. This type of technology attempts to seamlessly re-create the conference room on users’ desktops, complete with IM (instant messaging), voice, video, a whiteboard, file sharing and more. Several such Skype add-ons have appeared recently, including Convenos and IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte. But these applications were only for the boardroom squares using PCs. No Mac or Linux machines at the meeting, thank you. Thankfully, Yugma Inc. realized that when you cut out the quirky Mac users from the design department and the quirky Linux users from the IT department, suddenly the squares from sales and accounting don’t have much to talk about. So, the company rolled out its Yugma Skype Edition application — the first truly operating-system-agnostic collaboration tool available as a Skype Extra. Oh, and the add-on is Skype Certified, too. You can read more about Yugma Skype Edition in this article.
Related articles:
- Jim Courtney at Skype Journal: The best 5 Skype Extras
- Andy Abramson's VoIP Watch : Top 5 Skype Add ins
For those of you who use Skype , I highly encourage you check out Yugma for Skype. It has all the great features, plus gives you the ability to invite people directly from Skype contact list. I use Skype all the time, and I find Yugma for Skype to be extremely helpful.
YUGMA COLLABORATION TOOL NOW AVAILABLE ON
SKYPE EXTRAS AND OFFERS INTEGRATION WITH
SKYPE CALLING FEATURES
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 – Yugma ™ today announced the launch of their Yugma Skype Edition. The Yugma Skype Edition builds upon Skype's offering by adding real time collaboration and desktop sharing functionality. Yugma has integrated the new functionality in a way that makes it extremely easy for existing Skype users. Once Yugma Skype Edition in installed, simply invite a friend or colleague from your existing Skype contact list, Yugma opens automatically, and sharing begins.
"We wanted to build upon Skype's legendary ease of use," said Karel Lukas, COO of Yugma. "Skype makes it easy for people to stay in constant contact and to communicate with one another spontaneously. We believe collaboration needs to move in the same direction, which is why it was natural for Yugma and Skype to come together.”
“It’s as simple as clicking ‘Start Sharing’ in the Yugma window and your friend can see your entire desktop. Press another button in the window and you can swap the sharing power to them… so users of Windows and Mac can share desktops with each other!” wrote Caitlin of Skype in last week’s Skype Developer Program Newsletter.
"Yugma Skype opens-up the door to contextual, just-in-time collaboration, making it possible for any existing Skype user to start screen-sharing, live annotating or giving remote control of the screen to anyone in a few mouse clicks. What's more impressive is that Yugma for Skype supports up to ten concurrent users and is absolutely free, " said Robin Good, Chief Editor of Master New Media.
Yugma is taking a different approach to collaboration. While the rest of the space is meeting-centric and focused on structured collaboration, Yugma is beginning to change course and take their service in a new direction, taking Yugma beyond the limits of meeting-centric structured collaboration.
Yugma Skype Edition is available for download for Skype users in the Skype Extras section at http://extras.skype.com, or directly from the Yugma website, at www.yugma.com/yugmaskype .
Yugma will hold a live news conference later today to provide a demonstration of the Yugma Skype Edition and to take questions.
Date: September 12, 2007
Time: 1:00 PM Pacific Time, USA (20:00 GMT)
Join the conference by clicking on this link: http://tinyurl.com/32vauz
Call into the Yugma teleconference bridge: +1-218-486-3889
Enter session id: 124-655-247
Yugma is a free web collaboration service that enables people to instantly connect over the Internet to communicate and share content and ideas using any application or software. Whether you are using Windows, Mac or Linux computer, you can connect on-demand and in real-time with co-workers, clients, friends and family - regardless of whether they are across the city, nation or even the globe.
The name Yugma is a word derived from the Sanskrit language meaning "the state of being in unified collaboration." Yugma, Inc. is a privately held venture-backed company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and has offices in the USA, India, Mexico, and Argentina.
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Tel. +1-952-400-0357
I’m in love! The opportunities to grow your business are mind-boggling.
The other day, one client who's down in Kennebunk, Maine, saved 90 minutes of driving time, plus gas and the cost of parking in the Old Port. His investment: 2 minutes in downloading the software. For the small business owner or entrepreneur, you have to give Yugma a look in this "The World is Flat" world we live in. Whether you use their teleconferencing service, call a client direct, or set up a Skype conference to lay on top of a Yugma session, the opportunities to grow your business are mind-boggling.
- Rich Brooks, Flyte - http://tinyurl.com/2ffk4z
This extremely useful app takes desktop sharing and conferencing to the next level.
I actually found this to be one of, if not the most useful apps I've 'played' with to date. I can open it up, tell a friend, or a co-worker to hop on, and we can have a conference. The thing that I really like about this app is that it is all live, fast, and quick. Instead of having to upload or email a file to the other people, I can just pull it up on my own desktop and show it to them.
-Jake Dahn, Center Networks - http://tinyurl.com/28jmqt
Champagne anyone?
Have you ever hastily slapped together a PowerPoint demonstration and felt like you needed some good solid feedback on your spur-of-the-moment masterpiece before you head off to show to a client or whomever might be the informee to your slideshow? Now, what if you were remote, and didn’t have a confidant nearby to say yea or nay? Well, it just so happens that a few enterprising folks behind the conferencing utility known as Yugma thought of very similar potential dilemmas, apparently, because what they’re offering is a solution that rids you and your team or circle of worry. For free. Champagne anyone?
-Paul Glazowski, Profy - http://tinyurl.com/3d7jck
Yugma is one big killer web app—Give it a try!
-TechBuzz - http://tinyurl.com/2epuw3
Live Collaboration Nirvana = Skype + Yugma
Yugma is our latest find, and it is really cool. We are using the free version which is a java-based program that enables screencasting. I can initiate a webconference through Yugma, and our developers can all see my screen as I browse. It also includes markup tools so I can highlight the page so show exactly what I am talking about. Control of the screencast can be passed to any member on the conference.
-Chris Schultz, Voodoo Ventures - http://tinyurl.com/26nmmv
Yugma is brilliantly clear.
Yugma's strapline says it all: free web conferencing, forever, anytime, anywhere, Windows and Mac. It's a beautiful web-based tool for video conferencing, the kind of thing that doesn't need an install from your school IT Technician. It took about a minute to open up, register and get going. Brilliantly clear, with the option to share your desktop (so you can draw, write, illustrate) and a nice set of annotation tools to 'point' out what you're talking about.
-Ewan McIntosh, Edublogs - http://tinyurl.com/yslvn2
Weird name, but Yugma ROCKS for web conferencing!
Easy to use, free, and the product performance is great. Uninstall Yugma?
Yu gotta be kidding.
-The Business Web - http://tinyurl.com/2afmur
I was very, very impressed with Yugma.
I don’t showcase a lot of web applications, but this one is different. Web conferencing is necessary for a lot of businesses. From sales, to web design, and more - any job where you work with a team over a long distance needs web conferencing these days. Mac support in this area is a bit limited, and most services cost a monthly fee, or per session fee…but Yugma is different. All in all, I was very, very impressed with Yugma. If you need to do any web conferencing, either with your clients, or with your co-workers, this is a great free web based solution.
-Michael, Apple Gazette - http://tinyurl.com/ysx2hq
Yugma is the trifecta of easy and effective online collaboration.
I love Yugma. It is extremely painless to setup, use, and it is free to do it. Yugma is a web-conferencing tool that has excellent annotation tools, easy controls, and a simple sign-up process. It took me little more than ten minutes from sign-up to knowing how to use Yugma's tools and launching my first web conference without the trouble that WebEx usually gives me. This is the perfect tool for anyone who is teaching a class, discussing a group project, or even collaborating on a business deal. I can't tell you the many times in the last few months that I wished I had a service like this to illustrate a point visually instead of over the phone.
-Ryan Carter, Download Squad - http://tinyurl.com/24oy74
I can’t stop gushing about Yugma.
I can’t stop gushing about Yugma. It’s finally broken the barrier for inexpensive, interactive screen sharing between Macs and PCs. It’s fast, it works, it’s cheap and seems to have all the core features of the big guys like Webex and GoToMeeting. It amazes me that it took so long for someone to develop a product like this. Nobody has made it this easy to share between platforms.
-HalfDawn - http://tinyurl.com/yux29w
Essential for a total collaborative working environment.
With only a handful of other web conferencing applications currently available, Yugma's free service offers just about the same functionality as with the other paid subscription based web conferencing products. If you're a newcomer to the world of web conferencing, or if you're looking an alternative to your existing application, Yugma is hard to pass on.
-Pear Logic - http://tinyurl.com/2hpow6
By far the best we’ve ever used.
We have been utilizing virtual meeting software for years to meet online with our designers and programmers in Argentina, France and India. Web based programs like GotoMeeting served our needs well for PC based meetings, but once we transfered some of our staff over to Apples we were no longer able to utilize 90% of the virtual meeting services available. Enter Yugma, a really fast and affordable virtual meeting service that is by far the best we’ve ever used, plus it’s cross platform compatible.
-Azin Mehrnoosh, HiDef Web Solutions - http://tinyurl.com/2ff5do
The price and features are fantastic. You can’t beat Free!
Yugma is a new collaboration tool that lets users share a common online visual workspace and their desktops. It is impressive. Yugma offers free web conferencing sessions for up to 10 attendees (free version) to collaborate and share ideas online. It is a cinch to start a session and we use it often for sales and training support at Evolving Solutions and YourTeam Online.
-Chris Nadeau, The Perfect Balance - http://tinyurl.com/2gmb5q
Wow!
Free web conferencing tool. There are premium subscriptions available, but this puppy allows you to share your screen, audio conference, include a whiteboard, have chat, and all without ads. It also lets you create a widget that you can add to a website to let users web conference with you in one-click. Wow! Can we say "another virtual reference competitor" y'all?
-Librarian in Black - http://tinyurl.com/2d8775
The easiest conferencing setup on the internet.
If anyone is looking for a cross-platform web conferencing tool this is your answer. This tool will work with PCs and Macs as well as with any web browser. It’s JAVA based and is the easiest conferencing setup I have run across on the internet. I’ve looked at them all from Adobe Connect to WebEx to Microsoft LiveMeeting and none of those products have the cross-platform ease of use as Yugma. And the kicker is that it’s FREE to use!!
-Scottie Scheldberg, Scottie’s Blog - http://tinyurl.com/2heqtz
We just updated the Yugma website so
that once you sign in (and click "remember me") you stay logged in.
And when you are logged into the Yugma website, when ever you click Start
or Join
a session, you’ll now go straight into a Yugma session without being prompted
again for your Username and Password. Additionally, when you are signed in to
the website, Yugma will automatically display your summary of your upcoming
Yugma sessions.
Thanks to all of the members of the Yugma community for your great suggestions. We're making Yugma easier to use every day. By the way, we've got many big and little improvements on the way. Keep sending us your suggestions (at forum[at]yugma.com), and stay tuned.
One last
thing: please remember to tell your friends and co-workers about Yugma. You'll
automatically be entered to win this month's "Tell a Friend" sweepstakes for the 80GB iPod.
Minneapolis, MN (PRWeb) April 4, 2007 -- Yugma (www.yugma.com), a free web collaboration service, will be exhibiting at the Web 2.0 Expo, being held in San Francisco, CA from April 15 through April 18, 2007. But that’s not all. Yugma invites you to be a presenter.
In addition to exhibiting, Yugma will transform booth #322 into a virtual stage. We believe good ideas deserve to be shared, regardless of the resources of their creators, and we’re creating an opportunity for people to do just that. The project is being called Stage 2, and we are currently seeking individuals and companies who wouldn't otherwise have a presence to share their content with physical and virtual attendees at Web 2.0.
If you have content to share (best practices, innovative idea, new invention, product or service), please visit http://www.yugma.com/stage2 to read more information about participating. Please respond quickly, as time and space are limited.
About Yugma, Inc.
Yugma provides the ability for people to connect on-demand and real-time with friends, family, clients or employees whether they are across the city, nation or even globe. Share your content and ideas through Yugma’s easy to use, cross-platform, secure and reliable collaboration service. Yugma, Inc. is a privately held venture-backed company headquartered in Minnesota, USA, and has offices in Minneapolis and India. Yugma earns revenue through its premium services. For more information, visit www.yugma.com.
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Contact Information
Lisa McCue
Yugma
+1-952-698-1144
At Yugma, we think web collaboration is for everyone, not just people in big companies. That’s why we created the world’s only completely free, cross-platform collaboration solution. It allows anyone, anywhere to work together.
Now, we’re taking that same vision to the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco on April 15-18, 2007. We believe good ideas deserve to be shared, regardless of the resources of their creators.
That’s why we’ve created Stage 2.
Think of Stage 2 as a forum for ideas and thinking that otherwise might go unseen.
During the conference, Yugma will use our booth to become a virtual stage for companies and individuals who wouldn’t otherwise have a presence.
If you have content to share (best practices, innovative idea, new invention, product or service), send us the details in the form found at http://www.yugma.com/stage2/. All submissions need to be received by Friday, April 6, 2007, 11 p.m. CST to be considered. Go to http://www.yugma.com/stage2/ to see the submission form.
