BigBlueButton Web conferencing

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system that uses many of the familiar open-source packages (Flex, ActiveMQ, Asterisk, MySQL, etc) to build a cool web conferencing and collaboration solution. The project started in 2007 at Carleton University by the founders of Blindside Networks.

The cool thing about BigBlueButton is that it’s robust, pretty fast and extremely easy to use. After all, its called the BigBlueButton for a reason. It aims to make web conferencing as easy as pressing a blue button. Try out the Demo yourself to see how simple it is to get started.

If you like it then you can get it as a WordPress Plugin (or plugins for a host of different CMS.) You will either need to host the server yourself (downloadable from Google Code) or alternatively use HostBBB.com (a company offering BigBlueButton hosted service for a nominal fee.)

For more information on this cool project refer to BigBlueButton, and you can also get commercial support through Blindside Networks.