by Ann Withanee — October 26, 2011—With time always a critical element in meetings, whether by videoconferencing or face-to-face, the ability to improve interaction between all parties can be a time-saver and a financial boon to all users. Bringing in advanced tools for videoconferencing can help speed that process between distant corporate colleagues, or can be used to examine a new product by a vetted vendor.
Online services innovator Nefsis responds to its customer’s concerns: the company, a technology specialist in videoconferencing software and cloud computing online services, has expanded its whiteboard capabilities with the development of new business videoconferencing collaboration tools.
The advanced features let multiple online meeting participants add text, graphics, and hand-drawn objects to the whiteboard, and edit them in real-time. These features are beyond basic whiteboards included in most Web conferencing products, and it goes far beyond H.239 one-user-at-a-time screen-sharing limits found in most hardware-based videoconferencing systems, says Nefsis. The improved whiteboard features deliver more interactivity and a better, seamlessly integrated Web and video conferencing experience an advantage made possible, attests Nefsis, with cloud computing that can easily integrate new software-based features.
Online meeting whiteboards are typically simple “paint” utilities rendering all mouse-drawn inputs on a single, raster-image layer. The Nefsis advanced whiteboard supports multiple layers and several “objects” such as text, graphics, and shape and drawing tool inputs. The various objects can be moved, stretched, and deleted by the presenter and any participant given whiteboard privileges. These additional capabilities are useful for distributed project teams, brainstorming, and inter-office chalk talks where basic whiteboards fall short.
“You can do more than simple painting. Nefsis includes a full multiple-layer model, with various objects and tools that can be moved, stretched, deleted and modified, providing a lot more utility for savvy online meeting users,” said Allen Drennan, Nefsis Chief Technology Officer. “Cloud computing seamlessly integrates HD multiparty video and collaboration tools for our users, without the complexity and IT maintenance burden required by ‘platform’ infrastructure solution suites, video routers, and other pre-Internet video conferencing architectures.” He adds that the Nefsis cloud-based offering is less expensive, automatically maintained, and easier to expand.
The multilayered whiteboard and all Nefsis Web collaboration tools are available now to all Nefsis Professional customers and trial users via worldwide cloud delivery. For a free trial check the Nefsis Web site.
