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| employees of any organization to come together. | | | | image using Internet meetings. Internet meetings, for |
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| even family and friends may be located anywhere, | | | | presentations to customers or update a sole |
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| together or collaborate on many projects.The | | | | global offices - in reality a virtual office residing on |
| Internet has brought the world even closer. It has | | | | your desktop. It becomes easy and cost effective |
| taken our ability to share information to a new level | | | | to invite clients from Europe, Africa, or anywhere in |
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| work on Word, Excel or Power Point documents | | | | meetings are a way to meet with one person, ten |
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| Internet meeting attendees view your desktop.With | | | | of travel or locating physical conference rooms.John |
| these capabilities, the options of Internet meetings to | | | | Edmond worked for many years in insurance and |
| help us keep connected are endless. Perhaps a family | | | | finance and now writes on a number of topics |
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