Net Based Meetings

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Net Based Meetings

• The SUNETs project and serviceImplementation in
  GöteborgPlans for the future

Patrice Worth Göteborgs universitet
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SUNET Net based Meetings

• Goal To make personnel and students in Swedish
  universities start using net-based meetings in
  their daily work
• Competence team members in Luleå, Umeå,
  Stockholm, Göteborg and Lund
• We live as we preach Meeting over the network
  once a week
• Earlier a projectNowadays a service

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www.meetings.sunet.se

• Success stories
• Tutorials
• Recommendations
• Studio systems
• Personal systems
• Forum

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The recommendations

• Conventional Videoconferences
• H.323 over the networkWorldwide standard with
  ISDN compatibility
• E-meetings
• Marratech

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Why Marratech?

• Complete system
• Participants window
• Speaker window
• Chat window
• Whiteboard window
• Viewer window
• Extremely cheep, works well, good support
  Windows, Linux, Mac
• - No compatibility with ISDN and H.323

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The SUNET test sites

• Conventional Videoconferences
• The H.323 bridge in Göteborg
• E-meetings
• Marratech café at SUNET site
• Demo room at Göteborgs university

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The Göteborg implementation

• E-meetings
• Tests with Microsoft Exchange Conferencing server
  and CUSee Me (abandoned)
• Implementation of Marratech4 virtual rooms
• 1 Demo always open
• 1 Private room can be borrowed for 1 day
• 2 really private rooms
• Cost 60.000 SEK 1 Linux server

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The Göteborg implementation

• The buildingConventional ConferencesThe
  Wallenberg conferencing center
• 2 big conference rooms
• 4 seminar rooms
• 2 videoconferencing studios
• Many millions SEK

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The Göteborg implementation

• Videoconferencing facilities
• 2 studios for 5 and 10 persons
• Central bridge equipment
• 12 IP participants
• 10 ISDN participants

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The Göteborg implementation

• Videoconferencing services
• Test center for SUNET customers
• Low cost conferences
• Mainly universities and municipalities
• Customers get own planning and monitoring
  facilities

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Need of collaboration

• Each site is limited
• Limited information about possibilities and costs
• We would like to share!

Contact Patrice.Worth_at_adm.gu.se
Johnny.Widen_at_cdt.luth.se
www.meetings.sunet.se