CC&N Tech Tools Blog-Tip# 4 Mobile Meetings

Put the personal touch back into electronic communication with business video conferencing solutions that allow colleagues and clients to interact even if they’re not in the same room (or on the same continent for that matter!). Here’s a sampling of mobile meeting apps available:

• Fuze Meeting HD (free): Host online meetings via iPad and see real-time screen sharing and HD content. Lets you share documents, control slide presentations, and send instant messages to other attendees.
• WebEx (free): With the WebEx for iPad app, you can participate in a WebEx meeting you’ve been invited to join even if you don’t have a WebEx user account. Simply open the WebEx app for iPad and enter the meeting number. You can participate actively by chatting with the host or other attendees or view shared content. Connect to the audio portion of the meeting through VoIP, or join a teleconference via two-way video conferencing.
• LifeSize ClearSee (fee-based): This virtual machine software from LifeSize enables businesses to extend HD Video to mobile devices like the iPad and Android tablets. Designed for organizations that need to broadly deploy HD video communication to hundreds or even thousands of users , LifeSize ClearSee is simple to deploy and scale across the enterprise.

CC&N Tech Tools Blog-Tip# 3 Document Access and Management

Information is only useful if you can easily organize it and access it. And with well-organized content and an easy-to-access document library on the iPad, business users can turn impromptu meetings into sales transactions and access important business information at a moment’s notice.

• One of the easiest ways to organize your files and folders on your iPad is with file-sharing apps like Dropbox or MobileMe. Both of these reasonably priced apps allow users to sync and share files online and across computers.
• If your company uses Microsoft SharePoint in-house, then SharePlus – Microsoft’s SharePoint Mobile app is a must for your iPad. For $14.99, you’ll be able to sync your iPad with your company’s network, enabling you to collaborate with work colleagues, and share documents, calendars and task lists no matter where you are.
• Showcase presentations with applications such as Keynote, which allows you to open, edit and present both Keynote and PowerPoint presentations. Keynote provides the ability to use templates, transitions and graphics resulting in professional-looking presentations.