Products

IEEE Web Conferencing recognizes the following product classifications:

Preferred Products
Preferred Products are enterprise grade, rated as leading industry solutions, and meet IWC criteria for functionality, security and cost. IEEE Web Conferencing (IWC) support is available as necessary.
Recommended Products
Have been endorsed by IEEE Web Conferencing as acceptable for conducting online meetings, and in most cases, negotiated rates apply. However IWC does not certify performance, and administration and support is not available. Prospective users are fully responsible for product evaluation, acquisition, administration, and payment. Recommended products can be beneficial to IEEE Regions, Sections, Chapters with severe budget limitations, and other unique needs who prefer to operate autonomously.

FEATURE	Preferred		Recommended
FEATURE	MS Office Live Meeting	Adobe Acrobat Connect	WebEx (Premiere Global)	Genesys Mtg. Center	PresenterNet.com
Cost	See Service Options & Fees	See Service Options & Fees	.24c/min/con (with audio)	.06c/min/con (with audio)	From 39.95 per month
Requires Desktop Installation	Yes, ActiveX	Yes, Flash	Yes; Java	Yes, Java	No
Host/Presenter OS	Windows	Windows, MAC, Linus	Windows; Mac OS 9.0	Win2K, SP3,	Windows, MAC. Linux
Attendee OS	Windows; Mac OS 10.3; Solaris 9.0	Windows, Mac OS	Windows; Mac OS 10.2+; Linux 7+	WinXP/SP2, Vista, MAC OS X 10.2 Linux + Kernel 2.2.14	Windows, MAC, Linux
Browsers supported	Internet Explorer 6.0; Netscape 7.2; Mozilla Firefox 1.4; Safari 1.2	Internet Explorer 4.0; Netscape 4.0; Mozilla Firefox 1.4; Safari 1.1; Opera 7.0	Internet Explorer 5.0; Netscape 4.7; Safari 1.1; Mozilla Firefox 1.4		Safari 1.2.4 & 2.0, Opera 8.0 for Widows and MAC, MSIE6, Ntescape, Mozilla
Record and playback capabilities?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Whiteboard	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
VoIP	Yes (full duplex*)	Yes (full duplex)	Yes	Yes (full duplex)	Skype Audio
Video	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Polling	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Presenters can create or modify a meeting room layout or upload content in preparing mode, changes will not be displayed until Preparation mode is deactivated.	No	Yes	No	No	No
SSL Encryption	Yes, standard	Yes, optional	Yes, optional	Yes, optional	No
Single Vendor Support	No	Depends on setup	Yes	Yes	No, Skype support separate if used
* Full Duplex allows for both one-way and two-way VoIP. note: Skype is a third-party provider, promoted by PresenterNet.com. IWC does not support, or endorse the SKYPE product. SKYPE users assume all security risks. per minute rates are charged per connection.