New School of Life: Free Web Conference using Dimdim

5 months ago coincidence prompted boss, to search for applications such as Netmeeting or Yahoo Messenger can be used for Video Conference. Free and easy to use. Googling, finally met an interesting application based on web Video Conference, called Dimdim, the address is in here. This is a good news for those who want to use the Video Conference is free and easy. Dimdim own technology platform is built based Web Services 2.0. Built with components such as open source: Mysql, Lighthttpd, Red5, cherrypy, Terracotta, Openoffice.org, etc.

Official Website Dimdim

Video Conference Dimdim application, has 3 web hosting services, the first free attendant with 20, 100 pro with the attendant and the enterprise in 1000 with the attendant. All feature the same is not reduced for both the free, pro and enterprise, than the difference between the amount of attendant, I paid like a pro and enterprise can be customed as customized brand to its consumer in accordance with the desire. In addition, simultaneous meeting facilities only on the Enterprise only.

Creating your account in Dimdim Hosting

If we want to use the free service of web hosting Dimdim Sign-Up live alone, and get a free account. Features are also quite complete, such as desktop and share web pages, share presentations (ppt, pdf), chat, chat and broadcast via webcam video, shared whiteboard, record and playback meetings, and many others. One of the interesting features is the SynchroLive technology, this technology can detect bandwidth, network traffic and their using.

Dimdim Views Log in Dimdim Web Hosting

Ease of Dimdim, we are without having to install anything, just rely on any browser (IE, Firefox, and Safari), which already support Adobe Flash Player 9 and above. While the operation of the operating system is supportted : Windows, Mac and Linux.

Check the OS, and Browser Addon Adobe Flash Player at the time of entry into Dimdim

In the case of integration with other applications is also quite good, Dimdim can be integrated with Zimbra (Email, Messaging and Collaboration Suite), SugarCRM (Customer Relationship Management), Moodle (Course Management System), Claroline (E-learning Management System), docebo (E -learning Management System), we can even integrate with applications that make our own with Dimdim API.

If we do not want to use the version of hosting, and want to build their own applications Dimdim, Dimdim provides a software version of open source comunity and can be downloaded in here. Available versions and source code version package for Centos 5.2 version is available and VMware Appliance if we want to try on the virtual server. In the version of open source community, Dimdim Meeting Portal functionality is not available.

Dimdim overall worth to try to use the Video Conference for free. Happy Testing!

Here are some screenshot in Dimdim Hosting: