Acrobat Connect Pro

Adobe Connect is a market-leading enterprise web conferencing solution used by leading corporations and government agencies to improve collaboration and get work done faster. Based on Adobe Flash technology, it enables you to provide rich interactions, while ensuring easy meeting entry. The solution consists of the following three components:

• Adobe Connect for Web Meetings addresses a full range of online meeting needs, from simple screen sharing to mission-critical, real-time collaboration, and allows your teams to work more efficiently, increasing productivity and helping reduce costs.
• Adobe Connect for eLearning provides novices and experts alike with the capability to create and deliver compelling, self-paced online courses, conduct highly interactive virtual classes, and efficiently manage training programs.
• Adobe Connect for Webinars enables organizations to increase attendance, boost response rates, and generate more interest through rich, engaging, highly interactive online events.

Features Include:

• Web-based virtual conference for up to 100 attendees per meeting.
• Communication via VOIP, integrated phone conferencing, and chat.
• Download and present PPT, SWF, JPEG, MP3, or FLV files directly from your computer.
• Screen share any application or document on your computer with meeting participants.
• Use a whiteboard overlay, share files, and open Web Links within a meeting room.
• Create questions to poll participants during a meeting and broadcast results live.
• Allows for synchronous or asynchronous viewing of meeting content.
• Ability to broadcast video.
• Optionally: “Hosted Access” license – provides rights to publish content files directly to the Adobe server. This stores them in the Content Library for more rapid sharing of large files and more efficient shared hosting.

Platforms:

• Version 7.0
• Windows (Windows XP Service Pack 2 - 7 Compatible)
• Macintosh (Mac OS X v10.4-10.6 (Intel); Mac OS X v10.4 (PowerPC)
• Linux (Ubuntu 10; Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) 4.x, 5.x

Cost:

• Basic Access: $150.00/room/year
• Hosted Access (add-on to Basic Access) $150/room/year
• Phone Bridging Costs: $0.049/minute/caller (Contact: MeetingOne)

Contract Information

• Contract Expiration: 09-03-2012
• Contract Software Contact: Karen Watte (541-737-4130)

License Restrictions:
Use of an Adobe Connect room by an Oregon State University department not currently participating in the agreement is up to the room organizer for each participating group. You may contact the room organizers support list to see if a room is available and the department is willing to host the meeting in one of their room(s). All room organizers can be contacted at Adobe Connect Organizers.

Manufacturer Web Site: http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html.