I-Open Beta yethula indlela entsha yezingxoxo zebhizinisi.
I-OTTAWA–Juni 25, 2008— i-iotum™ namuhla yethule i-beta evulekile ye-Calliflower, insizakalo yokubiza imihlangano ebonakalayo eyenzelwe ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zebhizinisi ezikhulayo zemihlangano. Ngenxa yesipiliyoni esihle se-iotum ngabasebenzisi abangaphezu kuka-200,000 ku-Facebook, i-Calliflower yandisa ukufinyelela kwemakethe ye-iotum kuyo yonke i-Web. I-Calliflower ine-interface ye-Web ephawulekayo ye-iotum—ideshibhodi elula ukuyisebenzisa, esebenzisana nayo eyenza ukuhlela nokuhlanganyela ezingcingweni zamaqembu amaningi kube lula futhi kuhehe.
I-beta yamahhala yethulwa kanyekanye neCalliflower Communiqués, uchungechunge lwengqungquthela olwenzelwe ukugqamisa amakhono ayingqayizivele weCalliflower, futhi lubonisa izivakashi ezisezingeni eliphakeme ezaxoxwa bukhoma ngenkonzo yeCalliflower. Kusihlwa noWilliam Shatner — odume ngendima yakhe njengoKaputeni Kirk, ukaputeni we-starship i-USS Enterprise ochungechungeni oludlala isikhathi eside lweStar Trek ithelevishini namabhayisikobho — luqala uhlelo ngo-6: 30 ntambama PDT Juni 26.
“Amabhizinisi anamuhla afuna izingxoxo ezicebile. Sakha phezu kobuchwepheshe bethu bokuxhumana nabantu ukuze siguqule ukubizwa kwengqungquthela yendabuko ngokwenza kube okusebenzisana kakhulu futhi okuthakazelisayo ngaphandle kwentengo ephezulu,” kusho i-CEO ye-iotum u-Alec Saunders. “I-Calliflower ivimbela abantu ukuthi 'bangadli' izingcingo ezinde, ezingashintshi, ngenkathi idala amathuba okuba abahlanganyeli balalele ngempela, bajoyine futhi 'bakhulume ngebhizinisi.'” I-Calliflower yenzelwe ukwabelana ngemidiya nokwakha izingxoxo ngenhloso yokwenza lonke ulwazi—ngaphambi, ngesikhathi nangemva kocingo—lube lula futhi lukhiqize kakhudlwana. Le nsizakalo idlula ukubizwa kwendabuko ngokuhlinzeka ngamathuluzi ahlukile, aphelele futhi alula ukuwasebenzisa ngaphandle kwezindleko ezengeziwe.
Izici
ICalliflower yenza lula inqubo yokuhlela nokuphatha izingcingo ngokunikela:
Ukubona ngeso lengqondo umuntu ofonayo: Bona amagama, izithombe kanye nesimo somuntu ofonayo ngesikhathi sangempela njengoba wonke umuntu ejoyina, ehlanganyela futhi eshiya ucingo. Abantu abafonayo babonakala njengoba bejoyina ucingo, ngamagama abo kanye nezithombe (uma befisa). Isimo semigqa yabo (i-mike ivuliwe, ivaliwe, isandla siphakanyisiwe ukubuza umbuzo) siyabonakala nakubo bonke abantu.
Izilawuli zengqungquthela eziqondakala kalula: Abahlanganyeli bangafinyelela izilawuli zengqungquthela, udonga olubukhoma nokuningi kusuka ku-interface elula yeWebhu.
Ingxoxo exhumanayo: Abahlanganyeli bangahlanganyela engxoxweni yeqembu ngaphambi, ngemva nangesikhathi socingo ukuze babelane ngolwazi ngaphandle kokuphazamisa ukugeleza kwengxoxo. Kusukela ekwabelaneni ngesixhumanisi noma isithombe kuya ekubuzeni umbuzo ofanele, i-IM yamaqembu amaningi ivula isiteshi sesibili sokuba abahlanganyeli babe nezingcingo ezicebile nezihehayo.
Izingobo zomlando zezingcingo: Ama-Handout, ama-ajenda kanye nezixhumanisi zamafayela kungahlala kufinyeleleka kubantu abafanele, isikhathi eside ngemva kokuba ucingo seluphelile.
Izimemo nezikhumbuzi: Thola izimemo zokushaya ucingo nezikhumbuzi nge-imeyili noma nge-SMS nazo zonke ulwazi oludingwa ngabaphathi kanye nabahlanganyeli.
Ukuhlanganiswa okulula kwekhalenda: Phatha izimemo zezingcingo, izibuyekezo kanye nama-RSVP nge-iCal enamathiselwe ehlangana nanoma yisiphi isisombululo sekhalenda esikhulu.
Ukuxhumeka okungena-PIN: Inombolo yocingo yomuntu oshaya ucingo iba yi-PIN yomuntu siqu, exhumanisa kalula abashaya ucingo kuyo yonke izingcingo ezivela noma kuphi.
Ukuqoshwa kwe-MP3: Abaqondisi bangaqopha noma yiluphi ucingo kusuka ku-interface yewebhu noma kusuka ocingweni. Ukuqoshwa kuyatholakala kubo bonke abahlanganyeli njengoba amafayela e-MP3 emizuzwaneni embalwa ngemva kokuphela kwengqungquthela noma ukuqoshwa kumisiwe.
Mayelana ne-iotum
Iotum, inkampani ye-Voice 2.0, ihlela ukuvuselela izingxoxo zebhizinisi futhi yakhe umhlaba wezokuxhumana ezifanele lapho amadivayisi, amanethiwekhi omphakathi kanye nezinsizakalo zeWeb zisebenza ngaphandle komthungo ukuvumela abantu baxhumane nabantu abafuna nabo, lapho befuna futhi nakwidivayisi abayifunayo. Ibhizinisi le-iotum ukuklama nokunikeza indawo elula, esekelayo nenembile yokucebisa izingxoxo zebhizinisi. Imikhiqizo nezinsizakalo ze-iotum ziletha incazelo ethe xaxa nokukhiqiza ekuxhumaneni okungajwayelekile futhi okuqinile futhi kuhlangabezane nezidingo ezikhulayo ze-teleconferencing zebanga elibanzi lamakhasimende ezimbonini eziningi. Insizakalo ye-Iotum ehamba phambili, iCalliflower, yenza kube lula ngabantu ukuthi bahlele futhi babambe iqhaza ezingqungqutheleni ezibandakanya futhi ezizwakalayo ezibiza lezo bhizinisi ezokuxhumana nezokuxhumana nabantu, bese bezilandela ngemuva kwalokho.
