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by wesley.chin

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There are some telecommuters here. Recently, there has been some interest establishing the ability to webcam. I think it would just be something to enhance communications between the telecommuters and the main office. I know that there are several websites that will host the webcam for free. I have not been given specifics about what is needed, but I imagine that since it will be for business, one requirement would be security.

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by wesley.chin

Do you have any suggestions for a strategy? I have been told that it is safe to assume that internal users' systems will in the least be XP Pro, if not Vista.

by dr dij

cartoon about this; Boss is talking to Dilbert who is telecommuting, over a webcam, and says '
how nice it is of Dilbert to dress up in a suit and tie', even tho he's at home.

Next frame shows Dilbert, unshaven, lounging in bathrobe with a puppet of himself held up to webcam :)

by jacemg

First step would he to contract with a consultant to create a secure VPN (Virtual Private Network). When users telecommuting log on to the VPN the traffic will be encrypted and from there you can decide which 3rd party application to use for webcam communications. (Personally I found Windows Live Messenger to be a cut above the rest as far as video quality and sound quality, but it may be worth looking into a commercial program).

by wesley.chin

Have you any experience or heard of how Windows Meeting Space performs?

by older mycroft

'Coz they're all too ugly.

Including me!

Techie all look the same (apart from being male /female).

Most of the faces on TR have the same beard as me - and most of them are ugly.

by jacemg

*Picks himself up off the floor*
Awesome point.

Who knows though, maybe everybody will shave and try to make a good appearance.. this could change lives.

by older mycroft

Like me, my head begins to form just marginally above my shoulders.

This seems to be inherent in most male techies.

Perhaps it has something to do with having spent countless years sitting at a desk, also craning what available neck we tend to have, so as to view TFT LCD screens through increasingly thickening bifocal lenses!

Look out for this type of image in the little header-images from the TR staff!

Just a personal thought! :) :D

by wesley.chin

I've got only one user with Vista (Meeting Space) and most everything else is some flavor of XP (Netmeeting)...

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