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Billions of people are sitting at home today, and the world has not stopped. We continue to communicate, have fun and work. It turned out that you can not come to the office at all and feel quite at ease. It is clear that developers live like this for a long time. Today, accountants, lawyers, financiers, marketers, PR managers, miscellaneous consultants, as well as a wagon and a small trolley of various sellers, were added to them.

Against this background, there was a desire to look around and review the existing software on the organization of remote workstations. In general, it would be great from your comments to learn about some undeservedly forgotten software. Feel free to share your life hacks and best practices.

Zoom



One of the main satellite services of the current COVID-19 pandemic is Zoom. As the coronavirus spreads around the planet, forcing cities to quarantine and schools shut down, Zoom has become one of the leading tools with which business continues to work and schoolchildren learn.

ZOOM.US is a cloud platform for conducting online video conferencing and video webinars in high definition.

To start using the ZOOM platform, just go through the simple registration process and install the ZOOM client (client ZOOM) on a computer or mobile device for free. ZOOM.US has a full-fledged client for Windows, MAC, Linux, iPhone, Android +, there is an SDK (to write your own client) and a REST API (to integrate zoom.us into corporate business processes).

Pros:

The largest number of possible participants. Up to 100 people in one conference.
Ease of use. The interface is minimalistic, it allows you to launch, join and participate in conferences from any device.

Cons:

Limitations in the free version. Without a subscription, the conference and recording will last no more than 40 minutes. In addition, in the free version, the administrator of the video conference you created can only be you - with a subscription, you can appoint anyone.

Where to download : website , desktop , iOS , Android .

Clickmeeting




The webinar site offers a tool for creating and conducting online presentations, conferences and meetings.

Pros:

Nice design. Ease of use.

Minuses:

  • You cannot copy text from displayed slides;
  • Minor loss and distortion of sound;
  • You cannot adjust the size of the windows;
  • The service is paid. Trial period is 30 days.

Where to download: website

Cisco WebEx




These are cloud-based online conferencing and meeting services with audio, video, and document collaboration tools.

Pros:

  • The web version is full and unique. The service does not need to be installed on a smartphone or computer. All you need is a device, an Internet browser and a stable network connection.
  • Auto switch to speaker camera. The service will not show all participants, but will recognize the speaker’s voice and display it on the screen.
  • Sharing To applications, documents, desktop, video files, web browser, virtual whiteboard, remote computer.
  • Integration with popular applications. MS Office, MS Outlook, Lotus Notes, Jabber, Lync, Skype for Business for scheduling or instant launch.

Cons:

Service is paid. It can be used free of charge during the first thirty days.

Where to download : website , iOS , Android .

Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS)



It is an integrated solution for virtualizing applications, desktops and data. Parallels RAS publishes applications and delivers Remote Desktops and VDI to any device on your network, regardless of their location.

Pros:

Simplicity and usability. Price.

Cons:

Scalability.

Where to download : website

Slack




This is an online service (corporate messenger) for correspondence within a team and a large company.

Pros:

  • for each department (or a specific topic), you can create a separate channel and invite as many people as you like into it;
  • Slack can be synchronized with a considerable number of other services necessary for work, in particular with Google Drive, Google Docs, Twitter, Trello, Google Hangouts, DropBox and others;
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  • the ability to show other users the real-time working screen during video calls and conferences;
  • search function among messages;
  • application usage statistics.

Minuses:

  • Dear upgrade;
  • There is no possibility to use your own hosting;
  • Proprietary application (not free for distribution);
  • Linux clients are extremely memory intensive;
  • The API as a whole is very poor;
  • Missing syntax highlighting function

Where to download: website

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