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8.4 Video Chat Conferencing




Video chat has become very popular for companies to host meetings purely online. This allows all members to meet up in virtual space to collaborate on a project.

The video chat services place everyone into a virtual desktop feeding in a video stream from your computer. NOTE: You must have a webcam available to do this kind of video streaming.

The video conference allows everyone to see each other through the common room. In the common rooms, users can talk and perform desktop sharing with each other.

The video conferencing chat rooms are very similar in function to the desktop sharing as mentioned above.

Some of the video chat systems now operate in the cloud environment; this makes is scalable to mobile devices, allowing allows even more flexibility for users on a conference call. You can connect through your smartphone and have a meeting anywhere you have cell service.

8.5 Instant Messaging

Instant messaging has been around for quite some time, but it really has caught on to business teams and conferences.

There are software packages that allow simple one-on-one video or chat features that can connect you to another user. You might not need a whole team, but just a conference with a single individual.

The instant messaging is powerful, because it allows you to send notes to team members, suppliers, or clients through the web.

The usefulness of the instant messenger to business is when you have information that is not urgent; you can message the other person asking for it. You can multi-task, doing something different while waiting for a quick response.

In a business meeting, you can share information with other members through the messenger and not interrupt the presenter or chair of the meeting.

In some teams, they use the instant messenger to get feedback and record issues in the meeting instead of people speaking out. The recorder of the meeting takes all of the comments and feedback and summarizes it after the meeting is complete. No time is wasted on discussion; it is all done offline.

The top enterprise instant messenger software packages are:


The enterprise instant messenger systems are like the social media, but they have additional security to safeguard the business.

Instant messaging allows users to send and share files instantly. While on chat with team members, you can send a file quickly to them on demand

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