[technology taskforce] Webconferencing tools matrix - requires update

Fri Nov 2 16:18:18 UTC 2018

Hi everyone,

I believe we’re looking at a two-pronged approach to solving this problem. For our public meetings we have very specific room requirements to support translation and transcription and other unique features. For these meetings we will continue to use Adobe Connect as nothing else really meets all of our must-haves. It’s imperfect and we struggle at times, but it’s hands down the best on the market for our needs.

However, for smaller meetings, conference calls, working groups, secure meetings, etc., I believe we would like to begin using Zoom. I don’t know if the decision is final and perhaps Mark Segal can chime in when he’s back from holiday.

Hope this helps.

Chris Gift

From: ttf <ttf-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of Justine Chew <justine.chew at gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 6:50 PM
To: Technology Taskforce WG <ttf at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
Subject: Re: [technology taskforce] Webconferencing tools matrix - requires update

Yes, I too heard Ashwin Rangan say that ICANN was testing another platform and yes, he would not say which one. Also I recall some time ago of ICANN IT referring to the web-conferencing features wish-list presented in our ICANN60 TTF report as helpful (and Judith can probably say more on this than I can).

In addition, Don Hollander of the UASG reminded me at ICANN63 that we ought to include UA/EAI compliance as a desirable criteria -- I thought this was useful feedback and have inserted this into the matrix.

ps. Olivier - Slack as a potential replacement for Adobe Connect, really? Hmm.

Regards,

Justine
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On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 at 09:19, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca<mailto:alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>> wrote:
In Barcelona, ICANN said they were testing another platform to augment Adobe Connect. They implied it should be deployex soon, but would not say what product it was.
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On November 1, 2018 8:50:14 PM EDT, "Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond" <ocl at gih.com<mailto:ocl at gih.com>> wrote:
Dear Sarah,

in the recent "Adobe Connect scare", ICANN stopped using Adobe Connect for over a month and I guess this provided us with the ability to test other systems, not just as a test, but in a production environment. It turned out that the two systems that were used as an emergency back-up were ill-suited for the job as they missed several features that Adobe Connect has.
Webex came out worse. It seems that as soon as you use it with documents, chat, and several people on the call, the thing just doesn't work well and ends up frustrating everyone to end up hating it. Zoom came out okay but is missing several features, if only the ability to see all of the hands up in the correct order, and by someone else than the host.

In the past we also tested Slack as a potential replacement for Adobe Connect, when ICANN was looking at alternatives. Again, that had many limitations which made our life harder in a production environment.

Kindest regards,

Olivier
On 01/11/2018 22:57, Sarah Kiden wrote:
Hi Glenn,

I am guessing this is for comparison purposes. During the first public forum at the just concluded meeting in Barcelona, a participant asked if ICANN was looking at alternatives for AdobeConnect. I believe looking at them can help us see what features to request for in AdobeConnect if we find something exciting.

Kind regards,

Sarah

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 5:07 PM Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com<mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>> wrote:
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I wonder why we are spending time on alternatives?

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On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:05 PM Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee at gmail.com<mailto:devtee at gmail.com>> wrote:
As a FYI,
Atlassian sells Jitsi, an open-source videoconferencing tool it acquired in 2015, to 8×8
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/29/atlassian-sells-jitsi-an-open-source-videoconferencing-tool-it-acquired-in-2015-to-8x8/ [techcrunch.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__techcrunch.com_2018_10_29_atlassian-2Dsells-2Djitsi-2Dan-2Dopen-2Dsource-2Dvideoconferencing-2Dtool-2Dit-2Dacquired-2Din-2D2015-2Dto-2D8x8_&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=zS0x8pK8z0FnanGSXbXvoRVfpJzE1Xmo0ZZP9Gl3-rw&m=zrCfB4wWX6Bsf4TwpdzXVJvsLfS2tLVS4wIHi8CqoHw&s=qPB2cOK-CaVDmijL4GtRXDlxKyiuvEMbcrPp_Fklfj0&e=>

Shouldn't be any changes to Jitsi. Also another new feature to Jitsi is geographical bridge cascading.
https://jitsi.org/news/jitsi-meet-now-with-geographical-bridge-cascading/ [jitsi.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__jitsi.org_news_jitsi-2Dmeet-2Dnow-2Dwith-2Dgeographical-2Dbridge-2Dcascading_&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=zS0x8pK8z0FnanGSXbXvoRVfpJzE1Xmo0ZZP9Gl3-rw&m=zrCfB4wWX6Bsf4TwpdzXVJvsLfS2tLVS4wIHi8CqoHw&s=fwlcSduxd7ZnaHMY56xuPVWY05B7TG6TUHOotWLqKJY&e=>

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