16 posts tagged “free”
PBwiki is a super simple wiki for small business. I implemented a PBwiki wiki for my office in minutes. I created and populated pages, downloaded documents, organized the whole thing so that the entire company could easily access and collaborate on team-wide information in a flash. Administration of access and read/write privileges was easy. I highly recommend it as one of the easiest web collaboration tools available. It follows the freemium model; a free basic version, upgradable to activate more advanced features.
I just took a look at what others are says in the blogoshere.... wow, they sure get a lot of mentions in a day. Click here so see the comments from the last 24 hours alone.
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
I've been testing out Mozy's remote backup service for the last few weeks. Works great! I've been traveling quite a bit lately and wanted to have a way to back up my files without having to worry about remembering to do it. With Mozy, I just set it up, selected the folders to back up, and left it alone. I highly recommend Mozy for those of you on the go. Give it a try at www.mozy.com. You can back up 2G for free, works on Mac and PC, and upgrade to unlimited backups for a few bucks a month.
I see a lot of people now using Yugma web conferencing, but many of them have not ventured past the basic screen sharing features. Here is a useful tutorial that people can watch to get a quick introduction to all of the other Yugma features like instant messaging, scheduling, whiteboard, annotations, shared project workspace, recording, and more. If you don't already have a Yugma account, just click here to get a free account. The basic version is free forever.
PS - (6/24/08) More helpful tutorials have just been added at http://yugma.com/support/tutorials/tutorials.php
Attending Macworld this week San Francisco?
Well, you've got to visit Skype booth (#S-1338) to get the latest scoop about Skype. But make sure you also check out Yugma. They will also be exhibiting at Skype's booth and will be demonstrating their super easy-to-use web conferencing app for Mac, PC and Linux.
It's slick! Integrates with Skype. Stop by and see for yourself how powerful and easy it is to use Skype and Yugma together.
BTW, the basic version of Yugma is free forever. Click here to get you own free-forever account.
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Yugma - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS - now twice daily To register, click here: http://tinyurl.com/2lr8bl Yugma
is now hosting LIVE demos daily -- Mondays through Fridays. These live
demos are great for new and existing Yugma users. Yugma is dead-simple
easy-to-use for team collaboration, hosting web conferences, webinars,
and elearning applications. Nevertheless, a lot of people like to "see
before they use." The live daily demos are a great way to see how Yugma
works, and is also a great place to learn how to get the most out of Yugma. Best part if Yugma's basic service is free forever, and works great on both Mac and Windows!!! To attend any of the live demo's you have to register at http://tinyurl.com/2lr8bl . |
Here are three great examples of how small and mid sized businesses are using Yugma to grow their customer base, provide better customer service, and significantly reduce travel expenses (e.g., do more, travel less).
"When inspiration hits, you want to be able to share ideas on the spot," said Christian Erickson, Partner at Zeus Jones. "We find ourselves leaving Yugma open all day long. That way we can show each other what we're doing without having to constantly get up to see each other's monitors." Read more...
Sajan
had used both WebEx and GoToMeeting, but became frustrated with both
because of downtime and expense. "Yugma just works," said Lee. "The
software is quick to download and setup, even if clients have never
used it before." Read more...
“Yugma helps us feel bigger,” said Jeremy Konko from QTags. “Yugma is very easy to use and setup, which is one of the reasons we liked it,” said Konko. Read more...
If you are a SMB business, get your own basic free-forever Yugma account any time at their website.
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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MEDIA CONTACT:
Jonah Cagley
Info [at] yugma [dot] com
Tel. +1-952-400-0357
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One of Yugma 's best kept secrets is the Shared File Space feature. It's a simple yet powerful cross platform utility that lets you easily share files with your team or clients. Sure, you can email files around. But how often have you run into email systems that refuse to accept large files like graphic heavy presentations and videos. The Shared File Space feature gets around this issue. Once you use it for a short while, you realize that it is just like having a shared drive, on the web, at no extra charge. The nice thing about it is that you get 100MB of storage even with the Premium 10 account. That's on top of the 200MB of storage space you get for storing recorded sessions online at Yugma.
Well, we're always trying to make things easier and more useful. So we just recently revamped this feature with a more intuitive look/feel and function. To access the feature, just click the Shared File Space button on the Yugma control panel. The Shared File Space feature allows you to set up different groups with different individuals in each group. For example, you might have different projects. Or you might want to have an internal documents space for your team, and a different document space for your clients to access. To copy files back and forth from the Shared Files Space just select the file(s) and then click the right or left arrow buttons. Premium users can access their Shared Files Spaces at any time. Yugma Free users can only access Shared Files Spaces when they are in a session a Premium user. You can manage the creation of groups and group members from the Action option at the top of the Yugma Control Panel. You can even check the history of who modified the files, and when they were modified -- alla version control. Give it a try. Let us know what you think. *** Here is a demo of the enhanced Shared File Space feature. By the way, the demo was created by using Yugma's simple Recording Feature . It allows you to record what you are doing, upload it to the Yugma website, and then broadcast it to others . Check it out.
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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
