Web conferencing platform DimDim exits beta and release source code
Dec 3, 2008 by Mircea Goia MyTestBox News
Dimdim, the world’s open source web conferencing company, today launched its new Dimdim 4.5 edition and simultaneously released the complete source code to the open source community.
With this release, Dimdim officially exits its beta phase while introducing significant new customer-requested features designed to enable businesses, organizations and consumers to cut the costs of their expensive legacy conferencing products while enjoying improved performance, openness and ease of use.
So, if you pay for WebEx conferencing software (or other software like this) now it’s a good time to take a look at DimDim. After all, this isn’t the best economic times we’ve seen so cutting costs where we can should be a priority for all of us.
Dimdim also introduced the new SynchroLive Communication Platform that automatically scales its performance to ensure all live communications are synchronized; whether sharing the desktop, webcam, PowerPoint, whiteboard or web pages. SynchroLive ensures superior performance, security, and always-on reliability, enabling a whole host of collaborative activities that have never been possible before. SynchroLive Co-Browsing is one example of this innovation at work: it is now easy to share your web browsing experience with multiple people.
Simply start a Dimdim room and send anyone your room’s URL. Now as you scroll through any web page SynchroLive lets your guests see what you see as you navigate, scroll and click through web pages at will. For example, a meeting host can view a YouTube video and every attendee will immediately see this video play in their browser. Simultaneously attendees can chat, talk, and see the presenter live using just their browser.
DimDim has three options:
- free (complete feature set and maximum 20 people in a room)
- Pro $99/year (complete feature set including unlimited number of meetings and no software download, maximum 100 people in a room and custom branding)
- Enterprise $1998/year (complete feature set, maximum 1000 people in a room, custom branding and simultaneous meetings)
WebEx, for example, starting price is $59/month. Quite a difference.
Synchronized with the release of Dimdim 4.5 is the launch of “Liberty”, the latest Open Source Community Edition based on the new commercial hosted version. Dimdim has released Liberty’s complete source code under a GPL3 license with no limit to the number of attendees, meetings or mashups that can be created. To ensure setup is as easy as possible, Liberty is also available as a downloadable VMWare Virtual Appliance.
DimDim has also integration with:
- * Zimbra: Dimdim now offers a free zimlet for Zimbra’s open source email system
* Moodle: Dimdim is integrated with version 1.9 of Moodle’s Course Management System
* SugarCRM: Dimdim is integrated with the leading open source customer relationship management system
* Claroline: Dimdim is embedded within with the collaborative learning environment
Checkout the free edition here.
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January 22nd, 2009 at 5:37 pm
je veux utiliser à partir de maintenant Dimdim pour faire des webconférence
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April 10th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
The best resource on the web for finding the right web conferencing vendor, solution, or product is the annual product reviews and Top Ten list from the Web Conferencing Council. This free report is found on their site at HTTP://www.webconferencingcouncil.com. This year’s best of class award went to VIA3 from http://www.viack.com.
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