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Article: Web conferencing now a valuable tool. (E-Merging E-Commerce).(Brief Article)
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- Wearables Business
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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Not every Internet business plan looks like a bad idea in hindsight. Long after the dot-corn bubble burst, the sluggish economy and post-September 11 reluctance to travel have proved a boon for companies in the Web conferencing business. The industry took massive strides forward in the waning months of 2001 and is poised to become a shining star of the Internet economy.
Web conferencing is often confused with videoconferencing, but the two have little in common. While the latter involves live, two-way video transmission, Web conferencing utilizes software that allows for text- and graphic-based meetings that can be used for sales and marketing presentations, ...