Close
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Logo
Logo
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Applications
    • Applications
    • Cloud
    • Development
    • IT Management

    Fuze Meeting Lets Users Push Meetings to Facebook, Twitter

    By
    Clint Boulton
    -
    September 22, 2009
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      Fuze Box, the Web meeting software provider formerly known as CallWave, boosted its Fuze Meeting Web conferencing application with the ability to invite contacts from several major e-mail and instant messaging clients and share meetings via Facebook and Twitter.

      The retooled Fuze Meeting, which Fuze Box launched Sept. 22 at Demofall 09, now allows users to tap into contacts from Microsoft Outlook, Windows Live Hotmail, Google Gmail, Google Talk, AOL AIM, Skype, LinkedIn and Yahoo.

      With one click from Fuze Meeting, users can also now promote Web conferences and other events by shuttling meeting invite links to Facebook and Twitter. This is a key tool to help Fuze Box meet the needs of users who rely on social networks to spread their message and connect with others.

      Patrick Moran, vice president of marketing for Fuze Box, told eWEEK that Web meetings are still a pain to schedule, maintain, invite people, get them in the meeting and start them on time.

      Contacting people to meet is hard enough, which is why Fuze Meeting supports so many e-mail clients and even Skype, whose users can now share presence and chat with other Skype users from within the Web conferencing app. “The goal is to have all of these contacts in the cloud so you can select them and drag them into a meeting,” Moran said.

      Fuze Meeting, which also now handles Microsoft PowerPoint content with better fidelity and high resolution, is a break from traditional Web conferencing apps such as Cisco WebEx and Citrix Go to Meeting. While those applications were designed at a time when the Web was secondary to the desktop, Fuze Meeting leverages high-definition video and lives entirely in the browser, or the Internet cloud.

      Recognizing the increasing importance of businesses keeping employees connected via Web-enabled handhelds such as smartphones, Fuze Meeting also lets users access Web conferences from Apple iPhones and RIM BlackBerry devices.

      Specifically, iPhone users can now schedule and launch meetings directly from the iPhone, or upload media from the iPhone’s camera and photo library and share the content with all meeting participants. Fuze Meeting notifies iPhone users about instant messaging, chat and meeting invitations even when the application is closed.

      However, Moran said users cannot yet host Fuze meetings from their BlackBerry devices. BlackBerry users start a phone conference via Fuze Meeting and can participate in a Web meeting and access high-definition video, view documents and files, and access instant messaging.

      Fuze Meeting is available as a free download on BlackBerry App World for BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphones.

      Fuze Meeting is free for up to three Web users and seven audio users. It offers pay-as-you-go, monthly and annual plans for companies requiring larger numbers of users.

      Clint Boulton

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Big Data and Analytics

      Alteryx’s Suresh Vittal on the Democratization of...

      James Maguire - May 31, 2022 0
      I spoke with Suresh Vittal, Chief Product Officer at Alteryx, about the industry mega-shift toward making data analytics tools accessible to a company’s complete...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      Visa’s Michael Jabbara on Cybersecurity and Digital...

      James Maguire - May 17, 2022 0
      I spoke with Michael Jabbara, VP and Global Head of Fraud Services at Visa, about the cybersecurity technology used to ensure the safe transfer...
      Read more
      Applications

      Cisco’s Thimaya Subaiya on Customer Experience in...

      James Maguire - May 10, 2022 0
      I spoke with Thimaya Subaiya, SVP and GM of Global Customer Experience at Cisco, about the factors that create good customer experience – and...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      GoodData CEO Roman Stanek on Business Intelligence...

      James Maguire - May 4, 2022 0
      I spoke with Roman Stanek, CEO of GoodData, about business intelligence, data as a service, and the frustration that many executives have with data...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Yotascale CEO Asim Razzaq on Controlling Multicloud...

      James Maguire - May 5, 2022 0
      Asim Razzaq, CEO of Yotascale, provides guidance on understanding—and containing—the complex cost structure of multicloud computing. Among the topics we covered:  As you survey the...
      Read more
      Logo

      eWeek has the latest technology news and analysis, buying guides, and product reviews for IT professionals and technology buyers. The site’s focus is on innovative solutions and covering in-depth technical content. eWeek stays on the cutting edge of technology news and IT trends through interviews and expert analysis. Gain insight from top innovators and thought leaders in the fields of IT, business, enterprise software, startups, and more.

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Advertisers

      Advertise with TechnologyAdvice on eWeek and our other IT-focused platforms.

      Advertise with Us

      Menu

      • About eWeek
      • Subscribe to our Newsletter
      • Latest News

      Our Brands

      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms
      • About
      • Contact
      • Advertise
      • Sitemap
      • California – Do Not Sell My Information

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      © 2021 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×