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COLLABORANZA! Free Trial of Computer-Based Collaboration Software, May 8-12
During the week of May 8-12, the Internet2 Commons is hosting an online event to showcase a number of computer-based collaboration products. Anyone, anywhere may participate -- you need not be connected to Internet2, though the performance you obtain is related to the speed of your computer and the speed of your Internet connection. The event will be held from 10 AM to 5 PM EDT (GMT-4) each day (hours might be extended).
Participating vendors will make multiple formal presentations and provide expert help desk service to answer your questions. The following tools will be available for evaluation:
- RADVision Click-to-Meet
- Microsoft Conference XP
- EVO
- inSORS (Access Grid)
- Marratech
To take part, you will need to install and activate each one on your computer to try them out. The tools themselves will be used for the presentations and the help desks. Details and Instructions will be provided on the Internet2 Commons web site <http://commons.internet2.edu>. Participants will be entered into a lottery to win prizes, which includes (so far) an IPOD Nano, donated by RADvision.
A concurrent H.323 videoconference will be running in order to test which of the products are truly capable of inter-operating through an H.323 bridge. You will be able to talk with those vendors who have H.323 capability, and with one another to compare notes. Connection instructions will be on the web page.
Lessons learned and evaluations will be gathered to help potential adopters of one tool or another with their decision-making and to help producers improve their products. Everybody wins!
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