One day after announcing record breaking profits for yet another quarter, Google put some of that cash to work, acquiring video-conferencing software from Swedish company Marratech AB.
Marratech’s video-conferencing software is based on research that began in 1995 at the Centre for Distance-Spanning Technology (CDT) at Lulea university of Technology, Sweden. The software employs a interactive whiteboard and application sharing and works on PCs running Mac, Linux or Windows, according to Marratech’s Web site.
In a blog post, Google said it bought the software to “enable from- the-desktop participation for Googlers in videoconference meetings wherever there’s an Internet connection.” But the Google spokesperson said there were no announcements to explain how Google plans to make the video-conference software available to Internet users.
One possibility is that Google will roll the software into a software package it’s been marketing to enterprises since earlier this year.
I would like to invite you to a post from where you can access a Fickr collection with several screen captures made while using the excellent Marratech software.
The post is dated April 22, and my blog is at http://collares.blogspot.com