Company:omNovia Technologies

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omNovia Technologies
TypePrivate Company
IndustrySoftware
Founded2004
HeadquartersHouston, Texas (United States)
ProductsWeb conferencing, webinar and webcasting
Websitewww.omNovia.com

omNovia Technologies is a software company, founded by Shahin (Shawn) Shadfar in 2004 that provides web conferencing platform for realtime, rich-media online meetings, webinars, webcasts and eLearning sessions with two to 5,000 interactive participants.[1] The company's headquarters is located in Houston, Texas . According to the company, the name omNovia derives from "omni" and "innovation".[2]

Products

omNovia Technologies provides interactive web conferencing and webinar platform for online collaborative meetings, online trainings, remote learning sessions and live webcasting.[3] The web based platform hosts online meetings with up to 5,000 participants in a virtual meeting room. The interactive features of the platform include integrated full 1080p High Definition video[4] and audio, white board, desktop sharing, polling, movie and YouTube player, Q&A Manager, Cobrowser, world map and Twitter integration.[5] The company also provides webcasting and remote support technologies. The company's web conferencing platform also offers the ability of multilingual web conferencing platform, allowing companies to host web conferences in a variety of languages simultaneously.[6]

On April 7, 2009, omNovia was selected as the official webcast technology for the 2009 Digital Energy Conference organized by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.[7]

In November 2011, omNovia was selected by the US State Department for its internal webinars.[8]

About.com recognized omNovia as a "Great Alternative to Citrix GotoMeeting.[9]

Awards

In 2008, omNovia Technologies won the 19th place in FastTech 50 awards program.[10] In 2009 the company was nominated to the same award program.

References

  1. "From Music to Meetings". The Houston Chronicle. 4 February 2009. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6245731.html. Retrieved 2009-10-27. 
  2. "omNovia Definition". Company Website. http://www.omnovia.com/company.html. 
  3. "Omnovia Technologies Inc - Company Profile and News" (in en). https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0445121D:US. 
  4. "Neurosurgeon Broadcasts Surgeries Live Over the Web". Electronic News Network. 2 November 2010. http://electronicnewsnetwork.com/medical/neurosurgeon-broadcasts-surgeries-live-over-the-web-20103920/. Retrieved 2011-03-01. 
  5. "Unified Communications Featured Article". TMCnet. http://hdvoice.tmcnet.com/topics/unified-communications/articles/59331-omnovia-empowers-its-web-conference-platform-with-new.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-27. 
  6. "OmNovia Releases Multilingual Web-Conferencing Platform". Phone Plus Magazine. http://www.phoneplusmag.com/news/2010/08/omnovia-release-multilingual-web-conferencing-pla.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-05. 
  7. "omNovia Web Conference Bridges Petroleum Technology Professionals To Universities". PRWeb. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2303274.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-28. 
  8. "Web conferencing evolves with customers' requests". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/business/article/Web-conferencing-evolves-with-customers-requests-3448960.php. Retrieved 2012-04-01. 
  9. "omNovia Review - A Great GoToMeeting Alternative". About.com. http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/conferencing-tools-reviews/fr/omNovia-web-conferencing-review.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-05. 
  10. "Fast Tech Success Stories". Houston Business Journal. 2008-11-09. http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/11/10/focus5.html?page=3. Retrieved 2009-10-27.