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Web Conferencing: Architecture

Adobe Breeze System Requirements

Breeze 5 Hosted Server

Breeze Role

Supported OS, Browser and Additional Requirements

Breeze Presenter Content Viewers
Breeze Meeting Participants

Windows (98se, 2000, XP)

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0
Netscape Navigator 7.1
AOL 9
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3

Macintosh (OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4)

Safari 1.1, 1.2, 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3

Linux

Mozilla 1.2

Solaris

Mozilla 1.4

Additional Requirements

Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.79 or higher
Macromedia Flash Player 7 or higher for Linux and Solaris
Minimum bandwidth requirement is 56 kb/sec

Breeze Meeting Presenters

Windows (98se, 2000, XP)

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0
Netscape Navigator 7.1
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3

Macintosh (OS X 10.2, 10.3. 10.4)

Safari 1.1, 1.2, 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3

Additional Requirements

Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.79 or higher

Breeze Presenter Authors

Windows 2000 or Windows XP, (English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean versions)
PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint XP (2002), PowerPoint 2003 (English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean versions)
Internet Explorer 6
600 MHz Intel Pentium III processor or equivalent
128 MB of RAM (256 MB or more recommended)
100 MB available disk space
Minimum resolution 800 x 600 (1024 x 768 or higher recommended)

Breeze 5 Licensed Server

Category	Requirements
Supported OS	Windows 2000 Server Windows 2003 Server SP1 (English versions) For other supported languages, please view the system requirements for French, German, Japanese and Korean.
Hardware Requirements	Pentium 4, 2-GHz processor (Dual Pentium 4 or faster recommended) 1 GB of RAM A CD-ROM drive 1 GB of disk space for Breeze installation A minimum of 80 GB of disk space for content storage. Disk space requirements will increase as more content is stored. NTFS file system (FAT32 file systems are not supported) Breeze deployment with SSL enabled SSL Hardware Accelerator or valid OpenSSL certificate For specific configuration requirements, please contact Adobe
Database Requirements	Minimum: Breeze database engine Optional: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4 (English version). Required for Multiple Breeze Communication Server configurations or multi-processor machines with HyperThreading turned on.
Network Requirements	Minimum: 100 MB
Port Requirements	1935 (RTMP), 80 or other HTTP port, 443 if SSL is enabled

Breeze 5 Edge Server (Supporting 250 Users)

Review the tables on this page to determine the system configuration to handle the necessary Breeze Edge Server requirements.

Component	Requirements
Server and Processor	Server with Intel Pentium 4 - 3.2GHz / 1MB cache processor
Memory	1GB of RAM required
Hard Drive	40GB hard drive 7200 RPM or greater required, 80GB hard drive 10k RPM recommended
Network Adapter	TCP/IP network adapter that supports 1Gb over CAT5 Ethernet required
Display	SVGA supporting 800 x 600 or higher resolution
Drive	CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive
Operating System	Supports Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Server Editions

Breeze 5 Edge Server (Supporting 500 Users)

Review the tables on this page to determine the system configuration to handle the necessary Breeze Edge Server requirements.

Component	Requirements
Server and Processor	Server with Intel Pentium 4 - 3.6GHz / 2MB cache processor
Memory	2GB of RAM required, 4 GB of RAM recommended
Hard Drive	40GB hard drive 7200 RPM or greater required, 80GB hard drive 10k RPM recommended
Network Adapter	TCP/IP network adapter that supports 1Gb over CAT5 Ethernet required
Display	SVGA supporting 800 x 600 or higher resolution
Drive	CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive
Operating System	Supports Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Server Editions

Breeze Add-in for Microsoft Outlook

If you want to schedule Breeze meetings within Outlook, you must install the Breeze Add-in for Outlook on each system that has Outlook installed. The following hardware and software are required:

Component	Requirements
Breeze	An active Breeze Meeting account on a Breeze Server version 4.1 r119 or above.
Software	Microsoft Outlook 2000, Outlook 2002, or Outlook 2003
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003
Server and Processor	200 MHz Pentium processor or greater
Memory	32 MB of RAM
Hard Drive	5 MB of free disk space

Eight Steps to a Successful Video or Web Conference
A successful video or web conference can really give a boost to your organization. Online conferencing is now connecting people in a way that was not possible in the pre-Internet era. However, as powerful a tool as online conferencing is, it works best when you prepare your conferences properly. Here are some steps that you can take to help guarant ... click for more on Eight Steps to a Successful Video or Web Conference

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Web conferencing: not as scary as it seems
You've probably heard the buzz about Web conferencing by now. Maybe you've even attended a Web conference or two — an online meeting arranged by someone you work with, or a free "Webinar" hosted by a vendor. But it might not have yet occurred to you that Web conferencing could be a useful tool in your own work. Or perhaps the thought has crossed yo ... click for more on Web conferencing: not as scary as it seems

Link: Web conferencing: not as scary as it seems
Courtesy of David R. Woolley, president, Thinkofit Inc.
Thinkofit Inc.
www.thinkofit.com

Videoconferencing: Security
Any application that gives other people the ability to obtain information from a system or write files to the system must be evaluated for security problems. Electronic communication software must be evaluated in terms of the privacy of the user. Desktop collaboration software involves both these elements.
Whiteboards, application sharing, and fil ... click for more on Videoconferencing: Security

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University of Virginia
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