Free offers by Technology vendors best suited for Online Education, Business, Startups, Entrepreneurs, Schools, Hospitals and many more for a limited time during the coronavirus-crisis.
Paid version of Cloud platforms now available for free to stay productive while you are quarantined and social distancing measures during the pandemic.
A rundown of best free products and services to navigate the coronavirus crisis.
ZOOM Cloud Meetings
Zoom offers quality video, audio, and a wireless screen-sharing performance. There is a spike in demand for the Zoom because of its ease of download and installation. Zoom lifted the 40-minute meeting limit on the free Basic account and also unlimited meetings for up to 100 participants. Zoom free offerings and resources is holding the position as the top downloaded app.
Some of the premium features Educators can benefit from the most during this time include:
Screen sharing, Whiteboarding, Annotation, Breakout Rooms, Virtual backgrounds, In-meeting chat, Local recording, Nonverbal feedback
Linked In is offering 16 free courses for a limited time. Courses to stay productive, use of virtual meeting tools (Microsoft Teams, Skype, Cisco Webex and Zoom), and Get time management tips to stay productive and balanced when working from home part-time or full-time.
Link for free courses by Linked In.
Coursera
The world’s largest online learning platform helping universities and colleges take learning online in response to the corona. Paid courses now for Free to all universities an opportunity for students to gain access to 3,800 courses spanning 400 specializations. Learn skills from top universities for free.
Cisco Webex
Cisco offers free 90-day business licenses for video conferencing/meeting personalized meeting room. webinars, town halls, training, or remote support. Cisco Video Meeting – Free accounts now allows users to host meetings with up to 100 participants for an unlimited amount of time which is otherwise restricted to 3-4 users.
Google Hangouts Meet
Connect face-to-face with team members across the globe with easy-to-join video calls. The paid version of Hangouts Meet will be free to help businesses and schools work remotely with meetings for up to 250 participants. Free until July.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft offering a six-month free trial of Microsoft Teams’ premium. Meet with teams of 10 or 10,000. Host audio, video, and web conferences with anyone inside or outside your organization or go big with live events.
Best suited for hospitals, schools, and businesses.
Zoho Remotely
Zoho Remotely is a suite of cloud applications that contains 11 apps in total. It helps you communicate and collaborate with teams with online meetings, training sessions, keep track of work, and provide remote assistance to your customers anywhere in the world.
- ShowTime – Engagement and training tool
- Writer – Collaborative word processor
- Sheet – Collaborative spreadsheet application
- Cliq – Instant messaging/chat platform
- Show – Business presentation tool
- Meeting – Video conferencing tool
- Sprints – Agile project management software
- Assist – Remote support software
- WorkDrive – Document management tool
- Projects – Comprehensive project management tool
LogMeIn :
Most-reliable remote access with seamless, secure, and super-fast connections software for individuals, small businesses, IT professionals and technicians.
LastPass, LogMeIn Central, LogMeIn Pro, GoToMyPC
Helps to Store, share, and collaborate on files. Print documents from a remote computer to the nearest local printer. Store all your passwords in a secure password vault with LastPass Premium.
Available free for 3 months.
