A MIT professor had to go to India to participate in a business meeting. He was resting in the Oberoi Hotel, he was rescued miraculously at the 16th floor when the attack took place.

Now you asking yourself, what relationship have this with a videoconferencing?   

If MIT professor has participated in a video conference, his life had not been in danger. It is not matter to live with fear, it is just caution. There are many video conference providers to carry out a multipoint meeting like Vmukti MeetingPlace, it  comes out handy for meetings and conferences without your physical presence.

The cost could be even near of zero, there are Open source application for video audio conference like  Vmukti free package, Open Meeting, DimDim, Webhuddle, and others   

Why do you need to travel across the country or even across the ocean?. These days, the video conference is a very viable alternative and it could save thousands of dollars to you or you company just in a single month.   

Nowadays, where the air traffic is increasing, and by a consequence the accidents too, the use of this helpful technology is very important. So that, you would not need to travel for work meetings, you could save this waste of money, less fatigue, more time with your family, ... the list will be endless.

If your company is a new one, this is the best choice. The teleconferences system allow many peoples connected each others, in some cases there are applications that support unlimited conferences rooms with unlimited users and there in not extra fee for long distance calls.

The common video voice conferences software have some features  like:

• Multipoint Video, Audio
• Multiple on demand sessions
• White-Boarding Tools
• Desktop sharing
• Powerpoint authoring
• Integrated chat
• Browser-Based or Desktop application
• Real time collaboration
• Desktop  Messenger Client Interface
• Participants Desktop Monitoring
• Dynamic Content Management System
• Personal Sharable Customized collaboration  layouts
• 3rd party Module Support
• Application Sharing  and Session recording
• Integrated Collaborative Search
• HD Conference Room module
• IP-PBX Features including telephony, conference, voicemails, IVR and more
• Call center features including Predictive Dialer
• Dynamic Scripting, CRM, Live Dashboard, Campaign management, Tone Detection
• Reports
• 3G Mobile Support for video voice calls
• Unified Communications Interface for FAX, VoiceMail, SMS & A/V Collaboration for Mobile, PDA, Desktop & Web users
  

Do not wait one more time!!! It is easy to find a good video voice conference provider. Here are a good samples of them:

 1. http://www.vmukti.com (unlimited conferences and unlimited user, It has an open source version, so you could installed on your own servers)

2. http://www.webex.com (no free version, 14 days trial)

3. http://www.oovoo.com (free version with six members connected at the same time)

4. http://www.videoconference.com (Flash application, custom conference and 50 simultaneous users)

5. http://www.aplusconferencing.com