As far as I am aware there are no hosted web-conference services in UG. There are hosted Moodle services available in UG (although host location is actually Ireland if I remember well). See http://www.ewallah.net/
More important question: Why looking at Elluminate? Is Big Blue Button (in combination with Moodle) not a better (at least lower cost and open source) alternative? See: http://bigbluebutton.org/ and http://www.moodlenews.com/2010/some-say-good-bye-elluminatewimba-hello-bigbluebutton/ V On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Gaël Hernandez <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lugers, > > Does anyone know about web-conferencing solutions hosted in Uganda and > offered as SaaS? > > The organisation I'm advising has been testing Elluminate, a proprietary > solution bought by Blackboard and hosted in the US, with good success. > However, license costs are high (10,000$ per year) so from a sustainability > point of view it's not the greatest choice. > > The main goal of the solution is to have a platform to deliver remote > trainings between head office and field offices and also among themselves. > Main functionalities should be interactive whiteboard, session recording, > chat, voice delivery and activity icons between participants (polls, away, > emoticons, etc). > > The IT person of charge of the project doesn't envisage to host the server > in their premises, hence the SaaS. > > Do you know of any Ugandan hosted solution? Any other suggestion? > > Thanks guys, > Gaël > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
