Video conferencing has never been popular until the pandemic broke out. In the 2010s it was the exception rather than the rule and businessmen all over the world were more likely to go on a business trip rather than to meet at a virtual event on a regular basis.

Already today there are numerous applications and platforms for video conferencing and collaboration. Some, such as Cisco WebEx, are industry standards but can be expensive. Others are growing in popularity and may even be offered free of charge or at a low cost, such as Zoom, Google Hangouts, GoToMeeting, etc.

Video conferencing is used here and then for various purposes, including webinars, product demos, team meetings, and even job interviews.

We suddenly realized that a virtual conference is indispensable to interact and to do business and it requires high-quality audio and visuals.

Furthermore, the vendors creating these solutions will be hearing more and more complaints about interoperation, the inability to have side conversations, and security of conferences.

Thus, video conferencing still remains problematic and the developers are forced to look at it from all perspectives. But we assume that they should be able to field several potential solutions to tackle all known issues by the end of this year and sure virtual conferencing will play a major role as means of communication in the post-pandemic world.

We would like to address to you in this hard time of the worldwide pandemic, self-quarantine, and isolation to inform you that we fully share the same feelings of surreal and uneasiness. Most of us are being asked to work from home. Social media are full of disturbing posts. But despite all this, we must not forget that after the storm comes nice weather. So what we suggest doing right now is to lie low, try to stay calm and we will be informing you about interesting trends in the world of information technology that always appear.

Hopefully, you’ll have plenty of time to check out what we keep offering to you. Thanks for your understanding and patience, keep washing your hands and — events or no events in the digital world — we’ll see you very soon.