OmNovia Technologies explained

omNovia Technologies
Type:Private Company
Foundation:2004
Location:Houston, Texas (United States)
Industry:Software
Products:Web conferencing, webinar and webcasting
Homepage:www.omNovia.com

omNovia Technologies is a software company, founded by Shahin (Shawn) Shadfar in 2004 that provides web conferencing platform for realtime, rich-media online meetings, webinars, webcasts and eLearning sessions with two to 5,000 interactive participants.[1] The company's headquarters is located in Houston, Texas. According to the company, the name omNovia derives from "omni" and "innovation".[2]

Products

omNovia Technologies provides interactive web conferencing and webinar platform for online collaborative meetings, online trainings, remote learning sessions and live webcasting.[3] The web based platform hosts online meetings with up to 5,000 participants in a virtual meeting room. The interactive features of the platform include integrated full 1080p High Definition video[4] and audio, white board, desktop sharing, polling, movie and YouTube player, Q&A Manager, Cobrowser, world map and Twitter integration.[5] The company also provides webcasting and remote support technologies. The company's web conferencing platform also offers the ability of multilingual web conferencing platform, allowing companies to host web conferences in a variety of languages simultaneously.[6]

On April 7, 2009, omNovia was selected as the official webcast technology for the 2009 Digital Energy Conference organized by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.[7]

In November 2011, omNovia was selected by the US State Department for its internal webinars.[8]

About.com recognized omNovia as a "Great Alternative to Citrix GotoMeeting.[9]

Awards

In 2008, omNovia Technologies won the 19th place in FastTech 50 awards program.[10] In 2009 the company was nominated to the same award program.

References

  1. Web site: From Music to Meetings. 2009-10-27 . The Houston Chronicle. 4 February 2009 .
  2. Web site: omNovia Definition . Company Website . 2009-10-28 . 2009-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091029035633/http://www.omnovia.com/company.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Omnovia Technologies Inc - Company Profile and News . 2023-07-28 . Bloomberg.com . en.
  4. Web site: Neurosurgeon Broadcasts Surgeries Live Over the Web. 2011-03-01 . Electronic News Network . 2 November 2010 .
  5. Web site: Unified Communications Featured Article. 2009-10-27 . TMCnet .
  6. Web site: OmNovia Releases Multilingual Web-Conferencing Platform. 2010-08-05 . Phone Plus Magazine .
  7. Web site: omNovia Web Conference Bridges Petroleum Technology Professionals To Universities. https://web.archive.org/web/20090411071902/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2303274.htm . dead . April 11, 2009 . 2009-10-28 . PRWeb .
  8. Web site: Web conferencing evolves with customers' requests. 2012-04-01 . Houston Chronicle .
  9. Web site: omNovia Review - A Great GoToMeeting Alternative . 2011-08-05 . About.com . 2012-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114120730/http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/conferencing-tools-reviews/fr/omNovia-web-conferencing-review.htm . dead .
  10. News: Fast Tech Success Stories . 2009-10-27 . Houston Business Journal . 2008-11-09.