[Hidden-tech] Remote desktop control software

[Jeremy Dunn]

Andy,

There are quite a few such services.

GoToMeeting is the best (IMO) in terms of usability and reliability.  You 
can have up to 16 people in a session, and you can make _any_ of them the 
presenter, including taking control of their keyboard / mouse; or return to 
sharing your own desktop.  GTM costs $50/month.  (If you are a non-profit 
you can get an annual license for $50 from TechSoup.org. )

There a quite a few products and services that attempt to emulate 
GoToMeeting, with varying degrees of success.  Variables include cost; 
supported O/S & browser; whether you can take control or just show; changing 
the presenter; number of participants, and other variables.  I've tried 5 or 
6 of the list below, and keep returning to GTM even though it costs $.  But 
many people are quite satisfied with one or more of these.

If you try any of these, I personally wouldn't mind getting an update on 
which you like / dislike, and why; and I suspect other HT-ers might benefit 
from your experience too.

- Jeremy

www.yugma.com
www.yuuguu.com
www.vyew.com
www.mikogo.com
www.shareitnow.com
www.glance.net
www.webex.com
www.logmein.com
www.fuzemeeting.com
www.showscreen.com
www.eblvd.com
www.ezmeeting.com
www.beamyourscreen.com
www.gomeetnow.com
www.gatherplace.com


> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:36:06 -0400
> From: "Andy Klapper" <andytk at charter.net>
> Subject: [Hidden-tech] Remote desktop control software
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> I am starting a new consulting contract with a customer with offices in 
> NYC
> and Northampton and they want to be involved in the work that I'll be 
> doing
> for them.  One of the things that we will need for this to work is 
> software
> that will allow two, possibly three, people to share a
> computer/keyboard/mouse so we can collaborate as if we were all standing
> around a single machine in the same physical location.  There appears to 
> be
> several free and for a fee services that allow you to perform some or all 
> of
> what we want, though some are geared towards giving presentations (Goto
> Meeting - I can share my machine to give a presentation) or geared to 
> remote
> support (CoPilot - I can take control of somebody else's computer for the
> purpose of providing remote IT support).  I'd love to have something that
> allows you to do both with true keyboard/mouse sharing so I can release
> control to another engineer and they can then modify code and turn control
> back to me.
>
> Of course free is better, but a small fee for a better experience would 
> not
> be out of the question.
>
> So my fellow consultants in the wilderness do any of you have experience
> with these kinds of tools and can you recommend a good tool and/or service
> for remote collaboration?
>
>
> Andy.
>
> Andy Klapper
> Asgard Technology Group, LLC
> Making Complex Software Simple
> High Speed Multi-Threading Specialists
> 5 Anna Marie Lane
> East Longmeadow, MA 01028
> Andy at Asgard-Tech.com
> (860) 805-1189 (cell)
>
>