Technologies used by virtual teams edit
Skype[4] is a software technology that helps to replace the need for face-to-face communication between virtual team members.[1] Skype works by presenting peer-to-peer VoIP features (voice over Internet Protocol) that gives a virtual team the ability to be able to make telephones calls from computers anywhere in the world.[1] This translates into reduced expenses because telephone calls made with Skype travel over the company's data network rather than the phone company's network.
TelePresence[6] is the brand name of an enterprise videoconferencing system that was created by Cisco Systems.[2] Sumner Lemon, a journalist for IDG News Service, was all praises for the videoconferencing system that includes "life-size, high-definition video...the screens create the illusion of a virtual table, with up to 12 participants seated around the same table."[2] In early 2010, Cisco Systems began marketing a newer, enhanced version of its TelePresence 3000 series enterprise videoconferencing system called Cisco CTS 3210, that seats up to 18 participants on one side of the virtual table."[3]
Zoho Creato[7] is an easy-to-use software used to build a shareable online database system that collects and stores data in cyberspace.[4] According to the company's website, the database software "is a web based software that helps you create online database apps to organize your business information."[4] Zoho Creator offers an "organized mechanism for storing, managing and retrieving business information over the web, anywhere, anytime."[4] In addition, Zoho Creator is built on a web-based platform that is scalable, and this translates into a product that can easily be integrated into the existing technological infrastructure of any virtual team.[4]