21 posts tagged “webex”

With gas prices at an all time high, it's no surprise that more people are waking up to the benefits of online meetings  and web conferencing. Just look at year of year growth of traffic for top players Webex and GoToMeeting. Now... see below...

Given the number of smaller players and level of hyper competition in the web conferencing space, it's interesting to observe how these small players are growing via their diverse marketing strategies. Here is a snap shot of traffic growth for a couple of the more notable of these smaller emerging players: DimDim, Glance.net, Vyew, Yugma, and Yuuguu.

VoIP Planet has posted a review of Yugma version 3 – Yugma: CoIP (Collaboration over IP) – written by Gerry Blackwell. "Is there room in the market for yet another Web-based collaboration service? After all, we already have WebEx and GoToMeeting, among others. Yugma Inc., a Minneapolis company that recently launched version 3 of its collaboration software, thinks the answer is Yes." Read more...

'Obsolete tools' like e-mail and instant messengers could act as roadblocks for the growth of web collaboration, say experts.

To improve employee productivity, reduce intra-office and long-distance communication costs, and create a huge market opportunity which adds to their bottom line, players like WebEx (a Cisco company), Microsoft and Yugma among others are pushing their online collaboration offerings to enterprises.

Enter two new applications I’ve looked at recently; Yugma and Tungle. Yugma is like WebEx or GoToMeeting. Tungle allows you to more easily schedule meetings across corporate boundaries. Both are exceptionally useful applications.

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.  

 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

Sign up now for a new Yugma Free Web Conferencing account at www.yugma.com/promotions and enter promotion code LC367405. You’ll get Yugma's easy to use web conferencing service with all Premium features activated through May 31^st. After that, your account converts to a Yugma FREE account, which is free forever. You'll find that Yugma saves you a lot of time, saves you a lot of money, and helps you make the world a greener place.

Take for example: If every worker replaced one round-trip car ride each week with a Yugma Conferencing session, there would be a significant reduction in CO2 emissions world wide. Based on conservative assumptions, Yugma would easily save the equivalent of two full days of non-stop driving each year, per person! Imagine the positive impact to our environment. At Yugma, we know it’s possible. We hear from good people around the world every day using Yugma.... all saving a lot of time, saving a lot of money, and all helping to make the world a greener place.

PS - Recommended blog is Another Green World by Judith Lewis at http://blogs.laweekly.com/judith_lewis/

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.