A laptop or phone is enough
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 3:46 am
He noted that SKB Kontur is ready to provide access to Kontur.Tolk to schools and universities within the framework of comprehensive contracts. "This work should be organized at the level of regional ministries so that we understand what volumes and capabilities of the service are required, what form of work can be. Western vendors have set the right trend, in our opinion, related to educational licenses. Licenses that are supplied to educational and commercial institutions should differ in cost and set of capabilities. These are different approaches. We are ready to work out issues specifically with educational institutions and with the structures that manage them," added Pavel Skripnichenko.
He noted that it would be unlikely belize whatsapp resource to deliver the service completely free of charge. "If we are talking about a cloud version, when all data is stored on the vendor's side, this is a more promising option. Schools do not always have enough equipment to raise their own servers. At the same time, the vendor bears the costs of server maintenance, to ensure the salaries of engineers who work with these server capacities. It is also necessary to purchase the servers themselves. If we are considering the option of complex delivery and placement on the servers of the education department or regional ministry, this requires work on implementation, providing technical support in order to provide high quality service," said Pavel Skripnichenko.
Boris Popov, Director of Business Development at VINTEO, noted that a PC, laptop, mobile phone or tablet is sufficient to work in most modern videoconferencing systems. "However, with high demands on the quality of video communication, when working with small details - for example, in medicine, including in operating rooms, or discussing drawings - increased demands will be placed on the user's computer or a switch to a videoconferencing codec will be recommended," said Boris Popov.
The head of Kontur.Tolk, Pavel Skripnichenko, noted that regular laptops, phones or tablets are also enough to conduct online classes in Tolk. "It used to be a paradigm that the user should somehow prepare to use an IT solution. In the 21st century, the situation has changed. The vendor's responsibility is to adjust the service to the user's tasks, to make it convenient for him to work. And we support this strategy. Tolk works fully in any popular browser, including on mobile devices. The service also has applications for MacOS, Windows and Linux, as well as smartphones on iOS and Android," said Pavel Skripnichenko.
Webinar Group Director of Work with Educational Organizations Tatyana Fedotova noted that nothing needs to be installed to use the platform from a personal computer or laptop - a browser is enough, and to connect from mobile devices you will need to download the Webinar application for Android or iOS.
"To make the start as simple as possible, we always help connect and configure the system, and also organize training for teachers. If an educational organization needs to conduct hybrid classes (some students are in the classroom, some connect remotely) using special equipment - monitors, video conferencing terminals, cameras and soundbars, this can also be done using the Webinar platform. Hybrid audiences from Webinar are already being tested by several universities, including those that have recently been disconnected from MS Teams," said Tatyana Fedotova.
How does this work
Independent IT expert Vadim Plesskiy told ComNews that modern videoconferencing systems have a client-server architecture, so the best quality of communication is provided through servers located in the country where the videoconference participants are located. "There is a central server - or rather, a group of servers providing various services - and clients. Clients can be for a desktop (Windows, Linux, MacOS), mobile devices (smartphones, tablets with Android, iOS) or for a browser (web). When using videoconferencing inside Russia, it is quite logical that the server should be located inside Russia, and it is best to place it at the operator's traffic exchange point - for example, on M9. In Russia, there are many traffic exchange points with fiber optic connection at speeds of 10 Gbit and higher. The possibility of organizing videoconferencing inside Russia using the capacity of Russian data centers does not raise any doubts," the expert noted.
He noted that it would be unlikely belize whatsapp resource to deliver the service completely free of charge. "If we are talking about a cloud version, when all data is stored on the vendor's side, this is a more promising option. Schools do not always have enough equipment to raise their own servers. At the same time, the vendor bears the costs of server maintenance, to ensure the salaries of engineers who work with these server capacities. It is also necessary to purchase the servers themselves. If we are considering the option of complex delivery and placement on the servers of the education department or regional ministry, this requires work on implementation, providing technical support in order to provide high quality service," said Pavel Skripnichenko.
Boris Popov, Director of Business Development at VINTEO, noted that a PC, laptop, mobile phone or tablet is sufficient to work in most modern videoconferencing systems. "However, with high demands on the quality of video communication, when working with small details - for example, in medicine, including in operating rooms, or discussing drawings - increased demands will be placed on the user's computer or a switch to a videoconferencing codec will be recommended," said Boris Popov.
The head of Kontur.Tolk, Pavel Skripnichenko, noted that regular laptops, phones or tablets are also enough to conduct online classes in Tolk. "It used to be a paradigm that the user should somehow prepare to use an IT solution. In the 21st century, the situation has changed. The vendor's responsibility is to adjust the service to the user's tasks, to make it convenient for him to work. And we support this strategy. Tolk works fully in any popular browser, including on mobile devices. The service also has applications for MacOS, Windows and Linux, as well as smartphones on iOS and Android," said Pavel Skripnichenko.
Webinar Group Director of Work with Educational Organizations Tatyana Fedotova noted that nothing needs to be installed to use the platform from a personal computer or laptop - a browser is enough, and to connect from mobile devices you will need to download the Webinar application for Android or iOS.
"To make the start as simple as possible, we always help connect and configure the system, and also organize training for teachers. If an educational organization needs to conduct hybrid classes (some students are in the classroom, some connect remotely) using special equipment - monitors, video conferencing terminals, cameras and soundbars, this can also be done using the Webinar platform. Hybrid audiences from Webinar are already being tested by several universities, including those that have recently been disconnected from MS Teams," said Tatyana Fedotova.
How does this work
Independent IT expert Vadim Plesskiy told ComNews that modern videoconferencing systems have a client-server architecture, so the best quality of communication is provided through servers located in the country where the videoconference participants are located. "There is a central server - or rather, a group of servers providing various services - and clients. Clients can be for a desktop (Windows, Linux, MacOS), mobile devices (smartphones, tablets with Android, iOS) or for a browser (web). When using videoconferencing inside Russia, it is quite logical that the server should be located inside Russia, and it is best to place it at the operator's traffic exchange point - for example, on M9. In Russia, there are many traffic exchange points with fiber optic connection at speeds of 10 Gbit and higher. The possibility of organizing videoconferencing inside Russia using the capacity of Russian data centers does not raise any doubts," the expert noted.