
Stay connected whilst working from home; some options for you. Pick the right one for your business:
Cisco WebEx
A cloud-based collaboration suite comprised of Webex Meetings, Webex Teams and Webex Devices. Cisco Webex products provide core collaboration capabilities, including video meetings, team messaging and file sharing. The suite is considered a leading collaboration platform in the unified communications and is geared toward small group collaboration as well as enterprise-wide deployments.
Free version:
- Up to 100 participants in each meeting
- Meet as long as you want
- Call-in for audio
- Unlimited number of meetings
- 1 GB of cloud storage
- Video conferencing features
- Webex Teams collaboration features
- Mobile features
- Security features
- Online support
Small teams package starts from £11.25 per month.
Visit there website at https://www.webex.com/
Microsoft MS Teams
The top choice for many (schools included) and it syncs with your Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Free version:
- Unlimited chat & search
- Video calling
- Team & personal file storage (10Gb for team, 2GB for personal)
- Real-time collaboration with Office
Sign up free at https://products.office.com/en-gb/microsoft-teams/free
Zoom
Zoom is fast becoming the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms.
Free version:
- Host up to 100 participants
- Unlimited 1 to 1 meetings
- 40 mins limit on group meetings
- Unlimited number of meetings
- Online support
- Video Conferencing Features
- Web Conferencing Features
- Group Collaboration Features
- Security
Sign up free at https://zoom.us/
Google Hangouts
Secure, encrypted content. Stream conference calls in HD. Hosts up to 50 pax. Gather up to 50 members in a call. Communicate with ease. Real-time collaboration. Automatic file saving. Calendar sharing. Business-grade security. Easy migration.
You just need a Gmail account to access it.
Web version found at https://hangouts.google.com/
Skype
A telecommunications application that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices, the Xbox One console, and smartwatches over the Internet. Skype also provides instant messaging services. Users may transmit text, video, audio and images.
Microsoft® Teams replaces Skype for Business Online as Microsoft’s professional online meeting solution. However, Skype remains widely used, by around 300 million of us.
Download free at https://www.skype.com/en/
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