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Chapter 6- Assignment
The following are all e-collaboration tools: GoToMeeting, WebEx, and My Web
Conferences. They all are great in their own ways. Being that a newly established Internet
company with 40 employees is looking for the type of collaboration tool to use, one must know
the pros and cons of each one. Presenting the advantages and disadvantages of each one is a way
Citrix Systems”, (Bidgoli, 2014). GoToMeeting has one advantage which is that it is capable of
running on both PCs and Macs (Bidgoli, 2014). Another advantage is that it offers high-
definition video conferencing that allows for one to see one’s fellow meeting attendees (Bidgoli,
2014). A disadvantage is that you have to pay for this service (Clear Touch Interactive, 2018). It
has three service tiers which are Starter, Pro, and Plus (Clear Touch Interactive, 2018). The
lowest tier costs $19 per user/month which is billed annually but if it is billed monthly than it is
$24 (Clear Touch Interactive, 2018). The top tier is $49 per user/month which is billed annually
but if it is billed monthly than it is $59 (Clear Touch Interactive, 2018). Another disadvantage is
that depending on which tier you choose it limits the number of meeting participants (Clear
Touch Interactive, 2018). The lowest tier allows up to 10 meeting participants (Clear Touch
Interactive, 2018). The top tier allows up to 100 meeting participants (Clear Touch Interactive,
2018).
WebEx has one advantage which is you can pay per host rather than per user (Clear
Touch Interactive, 2018). Another advantage is that it includes many features. (Clear Touch
Interactive, 2018). Some features that it includes are screen sharing capabilities, the ability to
join a meeting with one click, easy integration with other productivity tools, and creating
breakout rooms that allows teams to host private meetings within the larger meeting (Clear
Touch Interactive, 2018). A disadvantage is that you have to pay for this service (Clear Touch
Interactive, 2018). It has pricing plans that start from $19 per host/month to $39 per host/month
and it also has an Enterprise package (Clear Touch Interactive, 2018). Another disadvantage is
that it does not have to option to be able to pay annually, it just has plans to pay monthly (Clear
My Web Conferences has one advantage which is that it has meeting “rooms”, this means
that an administrator can give different properties for different purposes: interviews, sales
meetings, team meetings, webinars, etc. (InfoWorld Media Group, 2013). Another advantage is
that you don’t have to install any plug-ins or applications (InfoWorld Media Group, 2013). A
disadvantage is that if you are using a PC or Mac it requires Flash to use your microphone and
webcam and also Java to record your screen (InfoWorld Media Group, 2013). Another
disadvantage is that the UI is currently somewhat unpolished and requires some training for
has different rooms to have a certain type of meeting in (InfoWorld Media Group, 2013). It
shows to have a lot of functions included no matter which plan you use (InfoWorld Media
Group, 2013). It is also much cheaper than the other e-collaboration tool options (Heller, 2013).
“$19 per concurrent meeting per month (10 participants, no included toll-free minutes) to $299
per 2 concurrent meetings per month (1,000 participants, 3,000 included toll-free minutes)”,
(Heller, 2013). It is based off of the meetings rather than paying for each host or user (Heller,
2013). This ends up being very beneficial to the newly established Internet company since they
are just starting out. They can always try it out since it has a 30-day free trail on all of its
Clear Touch Interactive. “Best Video Conferencing for Business: Skype vs. Webex vs.
for-business-vs-webex-vs-gotomeeting/.
www.computerworld.com/article/2485215/enterprise-applications/web-conferencing
shootout-webex-vs-gotomeeting-vs-mytruecloud.html?page=3.
InfoWorld Media Group. “Review: WebEx vs. GoToMeeting vs. MyTrueCloud.” TMCnet
www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2013/10/25/7501686.htm.