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One of the main problems I had as a startup founder with getting a good video conference solution for the team was setting up meeting rooms with hardware. There
by lucisferre 10y ago
One of the main problems I had as a startup founder with getting a good video conference solution for the team was setting up meeting rooms with hardware. There are very few good all-in-one solutions out there and most of the ones that do exists (Lifesize, Cisco, etc.) are really expensive and not a great experience either.
I've been fairly happy with Highfive[1], as they are the closest I've been able to get to "plug-and-play" video conference rooms. And for the most part the usability is good. The biggest problem we had was that the app would not work with some other companies we wanted to connect with because of their firewall settings, however they are now supporting WebRTC which means no app, no special firewall settings for guests in your conference. I have yet to try the new WebRTC stuff but overall I can highly recommend Highfive based on our first few months working with it.
[1]:https://highfive.com/ https://highfive.com/
- zamfi 10y agoWere those other companies also using highfive? Or were they using other systems? Webrtc is sadly not immune to firewall issues, so I'd be curious if that actually solves the issue you experienced.
- lucisferre 10y agoNo they weren't. Mostly financial companies with arcane firewall setups. They usually had opened things up only for more popular conference software like GoToMeeting or Skype, so that is one of the problems faced when using a newer technology even if it is a better experience overall. Time will tell if WebRTC solves these issues, it was only just launched this week.