omNovia Technologies
 | This article needs to be updated. (February 2023) |
| Company type | Private Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas (United States) |
| Products | Web conferencing, webinar and webcasting |
| Website | www.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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "From Music to Meetings". The Houston Chronicle. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "omNovia Definition". Company Website. Archived from the original on 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ "Omnovia Technologies Inc - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
- ^ "Neurosurgeon Broadcasts Surgeries Live Over the Web". Electronic News Network. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
- ^ "Unified Communications Featured Article". TMCnet. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "OmNovia Releases Multilingual Web-Conferencing Platform". Phone Plus Magazine. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ^ "omNovia Web Conference Bridges Petroleum Technology Professionals To Universities". PRWeb. Archived from the original on April 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ "Web conferencing evolves with customers' requests". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
- ^ "omNovia Review - A Great GoToMeeting Alternative". About.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-14. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
- ^ "Fast Tech Success Stories". Houston Business Journal. 2008-11-09. Retrieved 2009-10-27.