MegaMeeting.com

MegaMeeting.com
Private
Industry Video Conferencing
Web Conferencing
Webinars
Founded October, 2003 (2003)
Founder Dan Richmond
Scott Goldman
Headquarters Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.
Area served
WorldWide
Key people
Dan Richmond, (CEO)
Scott Goldman, (CTO)
Jason Richmond, (VP Sales)
Tawny Labrum, (Marketing Director)
Andy Saman, (Lead programmer)
Website http://www.megameeting.com

MegaMeeting.com, facilitates web-based conferences complete with real time audio, video, and presentation capabilities.[1] This line of audio and videoconferencing software was developed by Southern California based Internet MegaMeeting, LLC. The MegaMeeting product line was first released in February 2004[2] by a team of marketing and technology experts.

History

In October, 2003 Internet MegaMeeting, LLC was established by Dan Richmond(CEO) and Scott Goldman(CTO). Their first browser based web/videoconferencing system, MegaMeeting, was released in February 2004 shortly followed by the release of MegaMeeting Professional in May 2004 and MegaMeeting Enterprise in December 2004. September 2009, MegaMeeting.com was ranked # 401 on the Inc. 500 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies.[3] In May 2010, MegaMeeting announced the launch of enhanced server-side recording, a new feature which provides users with the ability to record and save their browser-based video/web conferences or webinars.[4][5]

Technology

The MegaMeeting product line use an open architecture and non-proprietary method to allow people to share information and communicate over the Internet. Running off of Flash Communication servers, all Web Conferencing done through MegaMeeting.com include videoconferencing capabilities.

MegaMeeting.com was designed to be operating system agnostic, meaning anyone that is using a Windows, Mac or Linux based machine may participate in a web conference.

MegaMeeting.com Personal and Professional products are all hosted on MegaMeeting.com web servers in a secure data center, using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 128-bit encryption.

The MegaMeeting.com services utilize the Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) over port 1935, as well as the Real Time Message Protocol (RTMPT) over port 80 (tunneling via http) and the Real Time Message Protocol Secured (RTMPTS) over port 443 (tunneling via https) to allow audio, video and text chat to securely be transmitted from computer to computer.

References

  1. "Inc. 500 Company Profile". September 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  2. Good, Robin (2004-05-18). "MegaMeeting Creates Virtual VideoSpaces". Kolabora. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  3. "Top Inc. 5,000 Companies". Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  4. "MegaMeeting.com Releases Enhanced, Server Side Recording". Zebinars. 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  5. "The Grant Parish School Board Uses MegaMeeting.com Video Conferencing to Enhance Education". 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
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