November 7, 2007 // Chicago, IL – Distributed project team members have many tools available to them to stay connected. Simple e-mail and conference calls work fine in many situations but most IOCOM customers prefer the more immersive, real time, and always connected experience they gain from the “Virtual Rooms” provided by the IOCOM software based solution. Virtual rooms allow multiple distributed project members and online communities to meet any time in a “space” deliberately created for their group. The virtual rooms can be publicly available for all users or be encrypted for more secure meetings. These virtual rooms are always available via a single mouse click and you can even park your video and audio streams in the rooms for spontaneous conferences. IOCOM also provides the ability to invite remote individuals into the virtual space for more ad-hoc like meetings. An unlimited number of virtual meeting rooms can easily be created via the IOCOM Unified Collaboration Server (UCS). The rooms are accessed by both room and desktop based IOCOM systems.
Much has been said about the productivity enhancements that virtual environments can bring to a distributed organization. IOCOM increases the value of virtual spaces by actually bringing in live, real time video, audio and data from multiple sites into the virtual realm. By adding the live or “real” element to a virtual venue, IOCOM surpasses the productivity gains that a typical asynchronous or virtual reality collaboration environment provides. The IOCOM online collaborative environment enhances real time interaction by allowing for remote users to share multiple simultaneous video, audio and data feeds into a virtual meeting. The IOCOM experience is even more life like in that the solution allows the participants to use and share the tools they are already familiar with such as Microsoft Office products or even web-based tools. Other feature sets in the IOCOM solution include file share, data share, chat, phone dial in and out, recorder, presence engine for ad-hoc meetings and a scheduler that integrates with MS Outlook and Lotus Notes.
About IOCOM
IOCOM is a Chicago-based software provider that helps keep people connected through video, data and audio conferencing. Its solutions work with virtually any Internet-enabled device, including room systems, PCs, laptops and mobile devices. IOCOM’s focus is on delivering the high performance necessary for smooth audio and video without the cost and complexity of bulkier, proprietary systems. Fortune 500 companies, government and education institutions, researchers, skilled workers, and general consumers currently rely on IOCOM’s solutions. For more information, please visit http://www.iocom.com.