Top 4 Video Conferencing Technology Trends in 2017

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Video conferencing is now an accepted essential
part to bridge communication gaps, as well as
save money and time. Video conferencing
technology has steadily advanced over the course
of recent years to become something that we
finally use in more and more areas, like
business, education, online webinar, training and
medical. 2016 is considered a year of
improvement and widespread adoption of video
conferencing technology, and 2017 brings much
more opportunities and challenges to video
conferencing technology. Therefore, many people
are thinking about a problem What video
conferencing technology trends can you expect to
see in 2017? That is the reason why we write the
article. In this article wed like to run through
some of the latest video conferencing technology
trends emerging through this year so as to look
to the future of video conferencing technology.
1. Cloud-based Platform
The first innovation if were discussing the
video conferencing technology trends is the
infinite potential for cloud-based video
conferencing. It could soon become a common
managed service structure that integrates
messaging, video meeting, dedicated email,
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and videodata collaboration. All of them run
through a large, secure private cloud service.
For companies with existing investments,
cloud-based integrations can connect your
solution with unified communications and
collaboration platforms. For example, many video
conferencing service providers, like ezTalks,
launched a series of professional cloud-based
video conferencing equipment that allows users to
build their own video conferencing platforms but
also comes with a software solution, stable MCU
and peripherals such as webcam and microphone,
which is fully compatible with Windows, Mac, iOS
device and Android phone.
2. Software-based Codecs
There are two codecs that can be used for video
conferencing service hardware-based codecs and
software-based codecs. Generally speaking,
hardware-based codecs are dedicated chips that
encode and decode a digital media stream, which
was once the only way to ensure a quality video
session for a long time. However, these chips
vary from vendor to vendor. There can even be
variables between chipsets from the same vendor,
which limits customization and creates platform
compatibility issues.
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• Luckily, software-based codecs now offer more
  flexibility and customization at a better price
  with no discernible performance penalty.
  Therefore, software-based codecs is now
  increasingly applied to more and more video
  conferencing services.
• Less Cost
• With the wide use of video conferencing software,
  people have no need to spend vast amounts of
  your money purchasing expensive video
  conferencing hardware to do online meetings. In
  the past, video conferencing equipment were quite
  expensive for many small to medium enterprises
  that dont have enough budget. Now, many
  companies are working to create
  consumer-friendly paid versions for their
  enterprise communications. And various kinds of
  free video conferencing tools are springing up.
  For example, ezTalks recently released a free
  100-participant plan that allows up to 100
  participants to join a video conferencing with
  HD quality at a time. That is to say, small
  businesses or start-ups are able to use the free
  trial to have meetings with up to 100 remote
  employees or cooperation partners who live in
  different places for totally free.
• Mobile Video Conferencing
• Video conferencing in mobile devices like iPhone,
  iPad or Samsung phone is being used now but it's
  not as mainstream in the business world. People
  get used to host or join an online meeting with
  video conferencing software on their Windows or
  Mac computers.
• Besides, some video conferencing software arent
  compatible with mobile devices.
• You may try to engage yourself in a video
  conferencing session only to realize you are
  having trouble connecting to the program. All
  systems aren't compatible with each other. Most
  networks will change to IP (internet protocol)
  networks in the near future. This will be good
  news for worldwide businesses. People can host or
  join online meetings by using video conferencing
  software with multiple mobile devices all over
  the country without obstacles.
• Summary

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There are just four video conferencing technology
trends mentioned above to change the way we
interact with one another through video
conferencing services. Apart from them, other
many trends are having positive impact. We
believe that people will be able to enjoy video
collaborations more stably, easily and
efficiently in the future of video conferencing
technology.
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