March 10, 2006 – Chichester, England – WiredRed®,
a technology leader in real-time communications
software, today announced that Tutoreasy is using e/pop®
Web and Video Conferencing software to deliver the
world’s first online educational marketplace, whereby
any individual or organization can teach or learn any
subject -- live and online --using state-of-the-art
conferencing technology.
e/pop Web Conferencing provides the ability to conduct
fully interactive sessions that include multi-party
video, VoIP, plus complete desktop sharing with remote
control, application/document and dynamic presentation
sharing. e/pop is compatible with most web cameras and
can be accessed via leading web browsers and on standard
Internet connections.
Tutoreasy designed its web site to allow users to speak
with each other, see each other and share/create/change
documents together in real-time. The site offers a
plethora of lectures, from Chinese to Welsh, Psychology
to Russian Politics. “Tutoreasy provides access to the
best tutors, wherever you are, at a time that is best
suited and tailored for your exact needs,” explained
Edward Brooks, CEO of Tutoreasy. “It is the perfect tool
for anyone, whatever their education background, to
further their skills whether for business or leisure.”
“When we formed the web site we originally used
Microsoft NetMeeting, although we soon found that it was
not reliable enough and wasn’t able to work behind
firewalls,” said Brooks. “We wanted to give our users a
platform on which they could teach and learn, with
minimal training and no requirement for local technology
investment,” comments Brooks. “Through WiredRed’s e/pop
this has easily been achieved.”
Brooks discovered WiredRed’s e/pop software, which
enables users to conduct online meetings via web
conferencing. From their individual PCs, users of e/pop
can utilise built-in VoIP to communicate and
simultaneously share video, applications, documents and
web browsers in real-time. This was imperative to
Tutoreasy’s business model.
Now, tutors can register on the site for $10, instantly
giving them an innovative way to expand their customer
base and earnings, without the need for traveling.
Tutors can teach as many subjects, and list as many
tutorials as they wish, and can set their own prices.
Students can then drop into the site at any time to see
what teaching is taking place. After clicking on the “Go
To Live Space” button they will be taken through a very
short, firewall-friendly, set up process, then into the
live training area to see what subjects are currently
available and a timetable of upcoming lectures.
“Through implementing e/pop, we have managed to create a
market and offer a service that would not have been
possible 12 months ago,” says Brooks. “We provide a safe
and secure environment for learning and can also save
students, their parents and tutors significant travel
time and costs. In addition, we have provided tutors
with a forum on which they can gain revenue from their
much sought after expertise.”
As the global leader in real-time communication
software, WiredRed is at the forefront of web-based
collaboration applications that significantly reduce
expensive travel costs.
“It is fascinating to see how Tutoreasy is fully
utilising e/pop,” explains WiredRed UK, Managing
Director Tom Sloan. “It is a great example of a how a
good idea and the willingness to embrace technology such
as ours can open up market applications previously
thought impractical.”
About WiredRed
Founded in 1998, WiredRed is a technology leader in
real-time communications. The company’s e/pop product
line is designed to provide busy, security-conscious IT
staff with a fast and easy solution to secure instant
messaging, company-wide alerting and web conferencing
challenges. It licenses e/pop to more than 3,500
corporate and government IT organizations and a growing
network of business partners. WiredRed has offices in
San Diego, California, Chichester, England and Sophia-Antipolis,
France. For more information visit http://www.wiredred.com.
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