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500-user access limit for live Webcasts Vendor Info VS Webcasting 2.1, starts at $140,000, with all required components for unlimited on-demand Webcast use and 500 concurrent users for live Webcast use. Virage, (650) 573-3210. www.virage.com |
You can restrict access to any user or group in the directory and restrict viewing to participants who register for the Webcast or were notified in advance. Unfortunately, event notification is limited to users in the directory, though others can register and participate for an event if it is set up that way. Once a Webcast is set up and published, you can operate it in real time.
As event producer, you operate the Webcast and control what the participants see on screen. You have the option to hide or publish participant polls and related documents, and answer questions in real time, to the individual or to everyone. Finally, you can generate reports on participant registrations, polls and questions and answers in HTML, or download them in a CSV (comma-separated values) file and package a Webcast in a Zip file for e-mail delivery.
System Requirements
VS Webcasting supports a standard Intel-based system (minimum Pentium III, 1.3-GHz with 2.5 GB of RAM) and Microsoft Windows NT or 2000. It ships with an Apache version 1.3 Web Server, MySQL database (version 2.23.31) and built-in support for Microsoft Windows or RealNetworks media servers.
With a sticker price of $140,000, VSW is not an entry-level offering. Virage is targeting large enterprises that outsource their Webcasts to service providers, or enterprises that have dabbled with Windows Media Technology and are looking to move up to the next stage of video production.
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