Micro Focus Vibe vs. TeamViewer Meeting

I think Micro Focus Vibe is very well suited for organizations that work in a team collaboration front and have to share documents. I think this really shines in organizations that have a standard set of information that gets lost in the sauce because of the sheer amount of people in an organization. In this case, the Wiki is very helpful in this setting. I wouldn't quite recommend this site for video production houses unless you are patient enough to correlate your needs to the many many features available through Vibe...because it all boils down to patience.

Incentivized

Blizz is great for any kind of video conferencing call, it brings a lot to the table and manages to execute its service very well. I would recommend it to anyone that is looking for an affordable and solid video conferencing experience. In my opinion, it would suit both medium and small teams the most.

• Novell Vibe connects GroupWise mail with Vibe natively which means you can access Vibe from within the mail product.
• Once forms and workflows are set up, the access structure on who sees what or not is very effective.
• You can use Novell Vibe as your main intranet with everything from wiki's, blogging and more fully automated and still in synch with your internal organisational structure.
• After playing with it for a while i found that through jsp it is highly configurable.

• Very effective linking of different devices. Easy to join from anywhere/any device by just entering the meeting ID.
• Minimal, intuitive interface that takes very little getting used to. I skipped the help section and still figured everything out within a couple of minutes.
• Pairs with Outlook so you can view all your existing contacts from within Blizz. Really saves time and stops anyone being missed out.
• Can support up to 300 participants.
• Reasonable pricing structure. Free for personal use and still good value for the higher-level packages. You can also add local numbers for free.
• Live text chat for use during a meeting if you have something to say but don’t want to interrupt the presenter.
• A secured connection so there are no issues sending sensitive documents etc.
• The audio and video quality has always been excellent (although I’ve come to expect this from any conferencing software nowadays).

• The most pressing improvement is in printing. In speaking with Novell techs Vibe was designed as a web tool, no paper necessary. However in the real world our folks love their paper printouts. Vibe utilizes views for various functions. A print view that's easily configured would be an awesome upgrade.
• Customized in JSP. Vibe is completely customized using JSP. I don't know it. I'm not a programmer. I can work things out, but programming isn't my forte.

Incentivized

• You can sense that the product is still in development/introduction stages, but has the potential of getting bigger
• Some UI improvements are necessary
• Not a lot of public awareness

It meets our current business needs and provides the scalability we need for future growth. It can be installed on Windows or Linux (Our alpha install was on Linux. Our beta was on Windows. We went with Windows). There are additional features, and application integrations, that we haven't taken advantage as of yet due to the lack of current business needs.

Incentivized

At this moment it still looks you need to do a lot to be able to use it and to be honest that time should be used for work not for configuring a communication tool for the business. Yes I understand that it takes time to learn something to use in the organisation , but with this tool I see the help desk having to answer a lot of questions on how to use it or once someone has done something how to undo it.

The last time I had interaction with Blizz by TeamViewer support was directly on their website in the Help option, I sent them a written message, and in a few minutes, they had already answered me. I think the technical service is efficient.

Incentivized

The implementation was good, it is the follow up that we need to do ourselves that takes time and effort.

The main alternatives were Sharepoint or creating a custom Drupal install. Sharepoint was too expensive and didn't fit into our Novell environment. The Drupal solution we found was beyond our technical ability.

Incentivized

I’ve previously used household names like Zoom and Skype for my video conference calls, but neither provides as much as Blizz in terms of scheduling features. And to be honest, Blizz’s user interface and connectivity are as good if not better than those platforms, despite its relative newness.

• Novell Vibe has increased employee efficiency by providing a central file repository for our team.
• Novell Vibe has increased our customer service capabilities by allowing our team to track customer projects and support issues more effectively.

• Blizz ensures that my service quality rating is not compromised due to bad connectivity. Return on investment is 100%.
• Blizz has a modern and simple design. This makes it easy for the user to get started as there is no learning curve.
• Remote screen share is slick and the Blizz controls on-screen take up minimal space, taking nothing away from the user experience.