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ZOOMING IN ON AFFORDABLE BUSINESS VIDEOCONFERENCING
While enterprise-level "telepresence" systems have been available for decades, they were inconvenient and hideously expensive, with base systems often topping $100,000. Then along came Apple's FaceTime in 2010, and the world changed. Workers began using FaceTime and a whole host of other consumer-level products while IT departments scrambled to keep up. Conference calling systems, screen-sharing systems, and webinar systems quickly cobbled video into their platforms. Demand soon exceeded capacity - sometimes literally, but more often in performance, stability, and features. Small business users wanted enterprise-level security with a simple click-and-join user experience.
Zoom was designed from the ground up specifically for videoconferencing, webinars, online courses and training, and video...