In the early days finding a web conferencing service that did anything beyond the basic was not easy. Now it’s the norm! Especially with a company like Go To Webinar and GoTo Meeting. These web conferences were often held on Internet forums and bulletin boards that could only support the most basic text conversations. Graphics and other data could not easily be shared between colleagues. In recent years, however, a web conferencing service like Go To Webinar has changed the landscape forever. These web conferencing products have become considerably more advanced. Here we’re going to take a look at the types of applications available to business people.

The primary method of web conferencing is still screen sharing, though this is becoming more and more advanced as time goes by. What this means is that colleagues on different sides of the world can effectively see what each other are displaying on their computer screens. These web conference applications, like Go To Webinar and Go2Meeting, make this possible by allowing clients and colleagues separated by great distance able to communicate and share data at the click of a mouse.

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You have heard the networking term SIP, but what is it? SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol, in which a phone company delivers telephony services over a wire called a “trunk”. This trunk connects a business’ PBX (private branch exchange) to a PSTN (public switched telephone network). The actual trunk hardware carries the phone calls from the business site to the PSTN, giving the business their phone service. The advantage of using a SIP trunk is that it replaces physical cables with telephone service over a data network. This data network can consist of a dedicated line, a shared connection with a data service or even by using the Internet for connectivity.

While SIP trunking services have been around since 2005, getting businesses to accept this form of technology have been difficult. The main reason being, most network managers don’t fully understand what a SIP trunk is or how it works. Another reason is businesses are only now understanding the need for this technology for their businesses. For companies looking to use VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology, they should also consider SIP trunks.

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