In recent years, with the development of cloud technology, cloud video conference system emerged as a new type of video conference. Its low cost and ease of use show a strong competitiveness completely different from traditional video conference systems. Specifically, compared with traditional video conferencing, cloud video conferencing has several advantages:
1. The cost is very low. The traditional video conference relies on the accumulation of hardware. If a township wants to hold a party member video conference, it must purchase the corresponding MCU equipment and rent a certain line. There are not hundreds of thousands or even millions of people in the main venue and sub venues that can not get it. At the same time, due to the strong professionalism, the main venue and even each branch venue must be guaranteed by technicians. Cloud video conferencing works through high-quality SaaS services. Data transmission, processing, and storage are all handled by the manufacturer's cloud server. Users do not need to purchase expensive hardware and install cumbersome software. They can conduct efficient remote conferences by simply opening the browser or related software and landing on the corresponding interface.
2. It is applicable to a wide range of platforms. Most of the traditional video conference systems are self built by enterprises and governments, and can only be held in a fixed range of limited places. The cloud conference system can be used not only on computers, but also on tablets and mobile phones; It can be used not only on Windows platforms, but also on Android and ios platforms. This means that participants are no longer limited by time and space, and can participate in the meeting anytime and anywhere, which truly improves the efficiency of the meeting and the user experience of the product.
3. The content is more abundant. The traditional video conference emphasizes more on video and voice, and most of them are one-way, but only the real meeting place is videotaped. The interactivity is seriously insufficient, so the application scope is not wide enough. Cloud video conference not only emphasizes the quality of audio and video, but also emphasizes the collaborative office function of the product. Document demonstration, electronic whiteboard, remote assistance, conference cloud disk, screen sharing, file transmission and other functions meet customers' needs for communication, collaboration and data demonstration interaction from multiple dimensions, and build a holographic communication platform for users. Therefore, cloud video conferencing is not only suitable for traditional conference scenarios, but also for highly collaborative work scenarios such as seminars, training sessions, remote education, telemedicine, and live conference.
4. Flexible conference configuration. The holding of traditional video conferences is often not different from the holding of real conferences, which requires site preparation and equipment debugging. A conference often requires a long preparation time. Cloud conferences can be flexibly used and held anytime and anywhere, leaving aside space and time constraints. In particular, when encountering urgent tasks, participants can join the club immediately after receiving the notice, and the use scenarios are very flexible. In addition, the cloud conference has an incomparable advantage that as long as the cloud center is strong enough, it can even organize thousands or even tens of thousands of people to join the conference, which is unimaginable for any type of conference.
Cloud video conference application scenarios:
Undoubtedly, compared with traditional video conferencing, cloud video conferencing has more significant advantages in convenience, rapidity, and ease of use, so it has broad prospects.
It can be predicted that small and medium-sized enterprises that used to wander outside traditional video conferences will increasingly use cloud video conferences to improve operational efficiency and implement organizational goals. And some scientific and educational organizations that need collaborative office work and data demonstration will become loyal users of cloud video conferences, and then vigorously develop cutting-edge businesses such as remote education and telemedicine. It should also be noted that with the deepening of the reform of public transport, various small conferences, working conferences, and business training organized by the government may also turn to cloud video conferences to reduce costs and administrative expenditures.
Of course, because cloud conferences rely on the Internet to play a role, they will inevitably face some common problems of cloud services, namely the impact of service security, network quality and stability. Therefore, conference scenarios with confidentiality and signal stability requirements, such as large government conferences, military conferences and business secret conferences of large enterprises, will not adopt cloud video conference mode, or will adopt traditional hardware video conference mode to ensure conference security.
However, the development of cloud video conferencing will never stop, just as smart phones replace traditional phones. In the foreseeable future, cloud video conferencing will eventually replace traditional video conferencing in a large area and become the mainstream of the market.
