A Vienna-based communications company has adapted its virtual meeting technology so that businessmen and businesswomen can use their iPhones to access it.
Genesys operates a program called Meeting Center 4.0, a Web-based function where individuals can hold meetings online.
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The technology does not require users to download a program to participate in a meeting and is not dependent on software like Java, Genesys spokeswoman Denise Persson said.
Users navigate to a particular site and can access the meeting from there. Participants will no longer need their laptops to conduct their business meetings remotely, she said.
The new Genesys program is supported by the Safari browser, which the iPhone uses, and has been customized so it is easily viewable on the iPhone’s interface.
Users can share documents and view real-time PowerPoint presentations on their phones.
“Our goal is to create ubiquitous access for all participants,” Persson said. The company makes money by charging a per-minute fee to the company hosting the virtual meeting.
The technology does not yet allow participants to view video content during the meetings via the iPhone, because the necessary bandwidth isn’t available, Persson said.
But though many companies are adapting their software applications for the iPhone, companies may be reluctant to switch over to the device for business purposes, particularly if they already use BlackBerrys or Smartphones, said Douglas Rushkoff, a New York-based technology columnist and author of such books as “Cyberia” and “Playing The Future.”
“Macintosh computers are not generally suited for big enterprise solutions,” Rushkoff said.
