Cisco WebEx Meeting Center 8.5
Cisco WebEx Meeting Center 8.5
Review: Valid in August 2011
Prices: Valid in August 2011
Detailed review
Cisco WebEx Meeting Center is a web conferencing tool for ad-hoc and scheduled meetings.
The online meeting solution offers a broad range of functionalities, and the host can switch between whiteboard, imported documents, and screen sharing. This is possible because WebEx has separate tags for these options. Now participants can activate their webcams during meetings and have a video conference. Per default the webcams are displayed on the right margin of the console so that participants can continue working on the whiteboard or on imported documents. Videos can also be displayed full-screen should the other online meeting functionalities not be needed. Active Speaker-Technology (only available for Windows) automatically places the current speaker's webcam in the center, which can give you a headache if you are having a discussion with the other participants.
There is a downside to the large number of features. Users have numerous setting options and the arrangement of functionalities on the user interface makes the tool less user friendly.
Bottom line: Cisco WebEx Meeting Center offers a large number functionalities, making the solution a bit too complex and demanding higher learning effort from beginners. Once users have gotten the hang of it, they will really enjoy the online meeting solution.
Scores by category
| Overall Score | 9.3 | |||
| Functionality |  |
Rich set of features; |
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| Usability |  |
Complex due to the wide-ranging options |
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| Meeting Setup |  |
After installing the add-on-feature for Outlook, planning is simple and intuitive. |
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| Software Installation | |
Easy to install |
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| Pricing / Cost Transparency | |
Flatrate for single license for unlimited meetings with up to 25 participants:
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| Security | |
256-bit AES encryption |
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| System Requirements | |
Runs on Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris |
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Third-party supplier
The following overview shows the third-party suppliers that feature Cisco WebEx Meeting Center 8.5 as a component of their web conferencing services. We cannot take responsibility for the currency of featured product versions. The versions offered by third-party suppliers can differ from the versions featured in our ranking.
| Availability | Name |
| US | AT&T Connect |
| US | The Verizon Collaboration Center |
| worldwide | BT Web Conferencing |
| worldwide | Genesys Conferencing |
| worldwide | Arkadin Global Conferencing |
| worldwide | PGI Conferencing |
| worldwide | Intercall - Cisco WebEx Meeting Center |
| Germany, France, Italy, UK | Swisscom - Cisco WebEx |
