Conferencing

Quick, Easy, and Free Web-Based Conferencing

I found another web-based conferencing service today that looked pretty intriguing, so I decided to give it a try. It is called DimDim. It seems like an odd name for a web conferencing site, but who would have ever thought the word

Cisco Offering Free Webex Accounts – Really!

How many times have you started to sign up for a "free" service only to find out that it is only a trial? Well, when I saw that Cisco was offering free WebEx accounts, I assumed that it was a trial, but I decided to check it out. It turns out it really is free and it is not a trial. So, what's...

Enhancing Cisco Meet-Me Conferencing (Part 4)

Over the last few articles we have been exploring how we can enhance Cisco Communications Manager Meet-Me conferencing. Primarily we have discussed how we can add caller name announcement and reject undesired callers from joining the conference. These enhancements are accomplished by leveraging...

Enhancing Cisco Meet-Me Conferencing (Part 3)

In the last post we started to look at the configuration required to add the ability to have the name of the caller announced and to prevent the caller from joining the conference. So far we have configured the Meet-Me number; now let’s move on to the voicemail port configuration.

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Enhancing Cisco Meet-Me Conferencing (Part 2)

In the last post we discussed that the Cisco Meet-Me conferences lack the ability to announce the name of the caller and allow the caller to be rejected from joining the conference. In this article we are going to start looking at the steps required to add these features to a Meet-me conference by...

Enhancing Cisco Meet-Me Conferencing (Part 1)

A popular feature within Cisco Unified Communications Manager is the Meet-Me conferencing. This feature allows a user to setup a conference call that others can dial into. The configuration and use of this feature are pretty simple. In most cases, simplicity is a good thing. But, simplicity often...