Ok - this is superbly cool (at least I think so.) WebEx just put up an "activity map" showing the real-time location of all the active WebEx conferences. This uses the Quova GeoPoint technology and is a very visual real-time example of how this works.
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Great for VC-funded CEOs to see what beach resort their investors are actually calling in from.
Thanks to WebEx for doing such a great job.
I'll be back next time.
raj
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, December 8, 2006 12:02 AM
I want to know what conference call was going on in Pago Pago! That's one lonely dot out there in the middle of the pacific.
lol, is it still cool if it's been available as a myspace widget for some time?
http://new.modmyprofile.com/tools/world_visitor_map.php
On the more serious side, though, isn't this mostly a case of "so what" until someone actually does something that sort of data? The Weather Channel was delivering location specific content and advertising 8 years ago using this sort of technology. Am I any more inclined to feel part of a webex community just by seeing that other people around the world are using their services?
It's extra special cool if it's a Myspace widget. Quova has had real time geolocation tech since 1999 and has hundreds of clients doing really interesting stuff with both in and the data. I thought it was a fun real time thing with WebEx, especially since when I was an investor in Raindance (a WebEx competitor), I always thought it would be neat to map all the conference nodes in real time.
The real time and dynamic mapping - with a high degree of accuracy - is actually non-trivial to do.
And - I doubt you care about WebEx any more based on this - my guess is they are just promoting it as (a) a clever thing and (b) demonstration of the reach / range of people using their service at any given time.
, December 9, 2006 12:46 PM
Hey Brard, thanks for pointing this out. I just posted this on my blog at
http://www.ilearnium.com/content/view/3123/118/
I was more impressed with the WebEx numbers than the Activity Map though...
2,000,000 Registered Users
27,000 Customers
50,000 Meetings a day
My real question is whether or not those meetings are individual user sessions or actual meeting with multiple users at each meeting. Regardless, those numbers are substantial.
I expect that this service from Quova is an enterprise level service and not geared to the average blogger eh?
Cheers - Craig
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