Transform how your team works, be it the educational sector (teachers and students) or the commercial sector (project teams) by using Adobe's Acrobat Buzzword service. Buzzword is a simple yet powerful multi-user document editing service designed to streamline review processes for simultaneous collaborative report writing. Buzzword, may look and behave like a word processor, but it is a web-based server that runs in Flash giving a high-quality graphical and design interface, full document formatting and 'print-perfect' documents in Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, Rich Text and Open Office [1] and across computing platforms. You can create your document within Buzzword or import an existing one. Eliminate the endless back-and-forward and usually large email responses and attachments and keep control of annotations and versions. Control your document access by making certain people 'co-authors' who can edit and other team members 'reviewers' who can only comment. Each reviewer uses a different colour making it easier to keep tabs on who is annotating and there is a feature that enables you to view who is online and editing a particular document. [1] [2] Enterprise, government and educational sectors have found Buzzword to be an integral part of their collaboration process and claim that since adopting the service, they have 'reduced duplicate input and shortened the time it takes to finalise a document from several days to just hours'. [3] For Acrobat.com subscription pricing, please refer to: https://acrobat.com/pricing.html [1] Adobe Buzzword. Retrieved from URL: http://www.adobe.com/acom/buzzword [2] Miller, M. (2009). 'Comparing Google Docs with Competing Cloud Computing Applications'. Retrieved from URL: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p

Fuze Meeting is one of the few browser-based web meeting platforms that allows the participant to not only host web conferences from their computer but to also attend a meeting from their Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry or any Wi-Fi or 3G enabled device [1] Since its 2009 software upgrade, participants can now invite attendees from several e-mail and instant messaging clients such as Microsoft Outlook, Windows Live Hotmail, Google Gmail, Google Talk, AOL AIM, Skype, LinkedIn and Yahoo [2] and works seamlessly with Linux, Mac and PC. Fuze Meeting also integrates with Facebook and Twitter allowing users to announce their audio and web meetings to followers. Fuze Meeting provides high-definition, real-time synchronized desktop sharing for online collaboration of videos, images, documents and PowerPoint presentations (as well as text chat). It does this by operating solely through the browser and Internet cloud (in this instance, the Fuze servers) eliminating the need for downloads or installations. [3] Fuze Meeting's simple editing tools allow for annotations on files or video frames, drawing simple graphics or adding text. [4] Control meetings and content; invite participants on the fly or schedule in advance all through the easy-to-use dashboard. At the end of the meeting hosts are able to publish a Fuze Meeting Replay link for others to review the meeting and its content. Fuze Meeting is free for up to three web users and seven audio users however there are competitive, cost-effective pay-as-you-go, monthly and annual plans to cater for larger numbers of users (for example, at the monthly level, Fuze Meeting costs $29 compared to its competition, WebEx or Go-to-Meeting which cost $49 per month). [5]

References: [1] 'Share your screen with anyone, anywhere, anytime'. Fuze Meeting. Retrieved from URL: https://www.fuzemeeting.com/landing/search-opt/1?mpc=AF-CJN-FMTG-EN-USD-502-00000-50057&AID=10676806&PID=3145600&SID=organic&cj=AF-CJU-FMTG-EN-USD-000-00000-00000 [2] Boulton, C. (2009). 'Fuze Meeting Lets Users Push Meetings to Facebook, Twitter'. Messaging and Collaboration. eWeek.com. Retrieved from URL: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Fuze-Meeting-Lets-Users-Push-Meetings-to-Facebook-Twitter-615426/ [3] Sailors, J. (2009). 'Fuze Box Software Simplifies The Virtual Meeting'. San Jose Business Journal. Retrieved from URL: http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/12/07/focus22.html [4] Stern, Z. (2009). 'Collaborate Online with Fuze Meeting Service'. Software / Services. PC World Business Center. Retrieved from URL: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed/156697/collaborate_online_with_fuze_meeting_service.html [5] 'Web Conferencing Comparison'. Fuze Meeting. Retrieved from URL: http://www.fuzemeeting.com/web-conferencing/comparison

WebEx Online Classroom is the perfect tool for providing live just-in-time online instructor-led training or self-paced training to employees, partners and clients where participants can access either service from their web browser at any time from any place. WebEx Online Classroom allows for easy e-learning/e-training content creation and delivery and with the added e-commerce feature one could turn their in-house training service into a profit-earning centre. [1] Instructors are able to set up remote 'labs' for participants to practice on during any stage of the program, create polls or quizzes, receive instant feedback or track participation and attendance along the way. They are also able to record and archive. [1] WebEx Online Classroom allows for presentation sharing, streaming media or live video, interact in 'real-time' with the participants as well as passing control from user-to-user and share applications simultaneously. [1] Real-time demonstrations provide strategic advantages with respect to: [2] [3] * Rolling out new products faster * Accelerating customer usage of your products * Training new reps and partners * Bringing employees up to speed on new applications * Providing and/or improving remote support to your IT department and client base * Re-train or re-skill personnel who have been injured and/or returning to the workforce [4] The WebEx application has now been made available, free of charge, to Apple iPhone and iPad users. This means that the aforementioned training applications can be delivered to students who are on the move. It also delivers the traditional benefits of WebEx, i.e. virtual meetings and subsequent collaboration, sharing and annotation as well as individual or group chat sessions. [5]

References: [1] 'Online Classroom: Deliver high-touch e-Learning'. Retrieved from URL: http://www.webex.com.au/smb/online-classroom.html [2] 'Delivery high-touch eLearning programs while cutting costs'. Retrieved from URL: http://www2.webex.com/companyinfo/overview/elearning.html [3] Bardwell, M. (2006). 'Canon USA Inc accelerates time-to-market with WebEx'. Retrieved from URL: http://www.webex.com/pdf/casestudy_canon.pdf [4] Telecomworldwire (2008). 'Walter Reed EEOO selects WebEx Online Classroom application to train injured soldiers'. Retrieved from URL: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ECZ/is_2008_April_15/ai_n25157509/ [5] 'Cisco WebEx Meeting Center on the iPad'. Retrieved from URL: http://webex.com/apple/

A low-cost standards-based online video collaboration client, the Radvision Scopia Desktop, provides a 'real-time', seamless, High Definition, audio-video conferencing and data collaboration solution. [2] [4] Radivision's core technology includes multipoint control units (enabling more than 2 sites), gateways (enabling connection of legacy ISDN videoconferencing systems) and gatekeepers (used to manage video calling on the network) and supports both Windows and Mac platforms. This technology provides the ability to integrate with third-party desktop and room-based conferencing systems meeting the demands of high-performance videoconferencing systems with the standard PC and Internet connection. [1] Participants seamlessly connect with other employees, tele-workers, suppliers or clients (using their existing webcam and headset eliminating the need to invest in additional software/hardware) simply by downloading the application for free by clicking on a link contained in a meeting invitation. Conferences are easily scheduled through Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes and the application is both Microsoft and Mac compatible. Meetings can include connections to any standards-based telephone, videoconferencing or telepresence system as well as 3G mobile device allowing for simultaneous audio, video, data and chat. [1] The Scopia Desktop collaboration tool offers: [1] * High Definition viewing of participants as well as content * clear high-quality audio with no delay or distortion * high-quality image maintained even though regardless of internet connection speed * the ability for both in-house/external participants to connect through a built-in firewall traversal feature * meeting mediation * digital recording of the audio, video and data for web streaming The Scopia solution has been adopted by commercial, government and academic sectors looking for a robust, easy-to-use and cost-effective solution to their conferencing collaboration n

References: [1] 'Scopia Desktop' [video file]. Retrieved from URL: http://www.radvision.com/Resources/Enterprise/Demos-Tutorials/scopia_desktop.htm [2] 'Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) deploy Radvision Video Conferencing Solution Enhancing Productivity and Collaboration'. Case Study. Retrieved from URL: http://www.radvision.com/NR/rdonlyres/73B73A0C-B398-4D53-8805-BBD28C79C8E6/0/DTCC_Case_Study_MKTDI24110901.pdf [3] 'University of Houston-Downtown Expands is Video Horizons' Case Study. Retrieved from URL: http://www.radvision.com/NR/rdonlyres/B4135872-55DA-4903-B4C7-5816B3977936/0/UHDcasestudy2007.pdf