With possible cases and symptoms already appearing in many countries over the world, a pandemic is a clear concern and travel restrictions are no doubt a wise and safe preventive measure. Travel bans and strict quarantine restrictions on travelers are now the hot topic of discussion, with the World Health Organization expected to make a decision on the pandemic alert level this week that could result in serious implications for travelers.

To gain a clearer understanding of whether a desktop sharing app like Mikogo can in fact battle the swine flu and prevent infection, we’d like to hear from you – the experienced users of Mikogo.

What are your feelings about the current swine flu reports?

Are you more likely to organize web conferences during any time of outbreak? Have you considered changing or canceling any upcoming travel plans? Are you more likely to work from home? For what needs do you foresee yourself using web conferencing in the next days/weeks to avoid traveling and exposure to swine flu?

Please leave your comments below. Looking forward to hearing your feedback.

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In September 2008 alone, Mikogo hosted 51,643 free online meetings with a daily average of 1721 meetings. Such an astounding number of daily meetings shows a great increase in the use of Mikogo. In fact this figure is 20% greater than that of the previous month – which is great to see!
And throughout September, it would appear that Mikogo was used for a little more than just the quick 2 minute remote support session, or occassional 5 minute sales pitch. In actuality, the September 51,643 Mikogo meetings averaged 40minutes.

And what about any new users and growth? Well, yesterday Mikogo reached the 60,000 user mark! Thank you to everyone who has signed up for Mikogo and has contributed to this milestone. When we look back a bit, Mikogo had 30,000 users in mid June – so yesterday’s milestone shows that Mikogo’s user base has doubled since then. On 16th September we announced that Mikogo then had 50,000 users, which means that the latest 10,000 new Mikogo users have joined in under 6 weeks.
Furthermore, Mikogo is proving to be a great global software name, with the September new registered users coming from over 100 separate countries.

In sum, it’s great to see that our users are finding more and more opportunities to employ Mikogo and meet online. It is also fantastic to know that so many people are organizing and participating in online meetings for such long durations.

It would be great to hear how you’ve been benefiting from free desktop sharing over the last months. Please feel free to leave your comments below and let us know how you’ve recently being using Mikogo.

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