Dim Dim: Enterprise Web Conference Just Got Easier and Cheaper

Yesterday I was doing a remove programs housekeeping exercise and found that I have 6 web conferencing platforms on my PC. And worse, I cannot get rid of them because we have a client using each.

it's dumb. It wastes space, and I think the amount of time wasted in the Abbott and Costello "who's on first, what do I do next" exercise has been a contributing factor to the economic meltdown. I am kidding, but you get the point.

OK, so now there is Dim Dim, an extremely unfortunate name for a wonderful service. Here's how they describes themselves:

Dimdim is a free web conferencing service where you can share your desktop, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast via webcam with absolutely no download required to host or attend meetings.

Actually, many of you know that Dim Dim isn't new, but I thought is appropriate to cover it as a new item because they just added a bucketload of features that make the platform really remarkable! The list is toward the bottom of this post.

When they say "free", its actually free asterisk as the basic version is free but the pro and enterprise versions have modest costs, in exchange for empowering multiple conferences and up to 1000 viewers. Cool stuff for not a lot of green.

Dim Dim enables you to show pretty much anything on your desktop -- and is also integrated with VOIP phone service so that additional connection costs can be mitigated from distributed organizations.

SO I bet you're thinking, who could possibly need to link thousand of users?

Well, big companies, financial services orgs, e-learning providers, financial analysts. In short, the power users of these platforms. Here
is a small sample of the companies using Dim Dim who clearly prefer its cost structure and massive user versatility:



And with a feature set that now includes all this, who can blame them!

Scalable (from 1-1000 users)
Reliable (99.9% availability)
Flexible (Onsite and Hosted version available)
Secure (Private meetings)
Share & Present Documents (PPT/PDFs)
Share Mac & PC Desktops
Share Whiteboards (new laser pointer & lock)
Share Audio (Built in VoIP mics & conferencing)
Share Video (Live web cams)
2-Way Video Chat (Pro & Enterprise only)
Recording and playback of meetings
Multiple Presenters (Host lets others share)
Public Chat (Instant Messaging
Private Chat(1:1 with any other person)
SynchroLive Co-Browsing
Annotations and Markup tools
Presence indicator
Instant Feedback (Mood & Emoticons)
Scheduled Meetings
eMail & Calendaring (Outlook integration)
Localization
Learning Mgmt System (LMS) integration
CRM integration

Here's a video that spiels the whole ball of wax in 3 minutes.



Cool stuff. A platform you should be a part of. And best of all, users don't need to download anything to join the Dim Dim partay!

Thanks for reading, and don't forget to write.