Introduction

What’s Web conferencing?

› Advantages

› Disadvantages

Kukuxumusu

› Skype

How they use it?

Conclusion

The wish of people to stay in

two places at the same time

is posible in some aspects

with the help of the N.T, that

allow people to overcome

the variables “space” and

“time”

videoconference session via the Internet

Each participant sits at his or her own

computer and is connected to other

participants via the internet

This can be either a downloaded

application on each of the attendees

computers or a web-based application

where the attendees will simply enter a URL

(website address) to enter the conference

Is often accompanied by VoIP technology

(or Voice over Internet Protocol [IP])

Web conferencing offers advantages over

traditional room-based videoconferencing

(applications such as collaborative Web

browsing, file transfer and application

sharing... ,easily supported over the

Internet)

Web conferencing first appeared in the

late 1990s with products such as

PlaceWare, Microsoft's NetMeeting and

IBM's Sametime

Participants do not leave their normal location

Reduce travel. Participants may attend a meeting from their normal work stations, so it reduces:

- time

- cost of transportation

- cost of meals and hotels

- stress

- environmental impact

Zero or very low costs per meeting

Available to anyone with a computer and Internet access

Share screens or specific files with others and allow participants to download them

Text chat during the conference

No expensive equipment to buy or maintain

Easy to use

Network availability influences the quality of the

meeting

User experience may be affected by software or

hardware on the user's personal computer

Participants may not see the event as important

Attendees are subject to personal interruptions

Limited opportunity for interaction

Thriving design business based in Pamplona, Spain.

Distinctive designs and drawings for commercial products

including t-shirts, postcards, ceramics, key-holders ,bags...

Designs are distinctive for

their style and humour

Their most famous designs

involve bulls and the San

Fermín runners in their

traditional red and white

clothing

Set up in 1989 by Mikel Urmeneta (Creative

Director )

In 1996 opened its first shop exclusively selling its

own products

In 1997 it opened its online store

65 employees

SKYPE Web conferencing software

used by Kukuxumusu

Free web

conferencing and

calls to other skype

members

Calls to landlines or mobile phones

anywhere in the

world at rates much

cheaper than any local operator

Now, it’s the world’s most popular and

reliable internet communications

software, with over 405 million registered

users, it’s also an attractive infrastructure

for business applications

Founder and Creative Director is currently based in

New York and remains in regular contact with the

Spanish office via web conferencing

The team use web conferencing to contact with

him facility in order to talk through ideas and show

him product designs.

'Skype allows you to show thing to people very

quickly, which is important in our business’

Kukuxumusu use web conferencing

extensively to talk with colleagues, clients

and suppliers around the world

Every member of staff has Skype, so every department

from sales to design use it to chat with one another and

to contact colleagues, clients and suppliers abroad for

free

Kukuxumusu also make use of the file transfer facility, so

information can be securely sent and received in an

instant

Also, the team liaise with contacts overseas on a daily

basis, and have saved money on their calling costs by

using Skype

Click this link to better understand why is so usefull for them

Nowadays, communicate instantly with any part of

the world is within reach of us thanks to the global

network Internet

At present, there are on the market plenty of

packages that allow make videoconferences

using Internet, some of them completely free and

available to everyone, others are not free, but:

Cost of their licenses represents less than the cost that

would be a satellite link

Getting a small video camera, plus the necessary

software and equipment that have sound cards,

represent an investment far less than the acquire

antennas, earth stations, communication channels,

licensing, etc..

Satellites will soon be displaced ?

other faster and more efficient media, such as

microwave and optical fiber

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