Online Meeting Tools Review

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User-friendliness of the top 5 web conferencing systems

Citrix GoToMeeting 4.0 Netviewer Meet 6.0 Cisco WebEx Meeting Center 8.5 Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Digital Meeting
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First time implementation
  1. Register account
  2. Install software

Bottom line: Quick and easy to install

  1. Register account
  2. Install software

Bottom line: Quick and easy to install

  1. Register account
  2. Install software

Optional: 3. Install add-on features for integration with Outlook and One-Click Meeting - function

Bottom line: Easy to install

  1. Sign up for the Microsoft Online Services (multi-level registration process for initial registration)
  2. Installation of the Live Meeting client and the Outlook add-in

Bottom line: Quick and easy installation but the user has to be patient when registering for the first time

  1. Register account
  2. Verify and activate account (done by customer support)
  3. Install software

Bottom line: Easy installation because users are supported by customer support

Ease of inviting participants to the meetings

Planning is simple and intuitive

Planning is simple by using the session planner in Netviewer or the Outlook add-in

After installing the add-on-feature for Outlook, planning is simple and intuitive.

Average complexity when planning meetings as a result of the variety of meeting options, simple planning after setting the options by default and when using the Outlook add-in.

Average complexity when planning meetings due to the variety of meeting options.

Complexity of the solution (with regard to requirements for training)

Intuitive user interface

Wide-ranging options that can be hidden and revealed using the profile manager

Complex due to the wide-ranging options

Complex due to the variety of functions but the training effort is minimized using clear menu guidance

Intuitive user interface

Review updated June 2009 February 2010 October 2009 June 2009 June 2009