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ALSO CALLED: Communities, Web Communities, Technical Communities, eCommunities, and Online Communities
DEFINITION: A virtual community is a community of people sharing common interests, ideas, and feelings over the Internet or other collaborative networks. A possible inventor of this term and one of its first proponents was Howard Rheingold, who created one of the first major Internet communities, called "The Well." In his book, The Virtual Community, Rheingold defines virtual communities as social aggregations
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Smart Solutions for a Virtual Office with VOIP
sponsored by 8x8, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
Read these three brief case studies to learn how the 8x8, Inc. Virtual Office PBX solution enhanced communications and contributed to a culture of professionalism at three different companies.
Posted: 23 Jul 2009 | Published: 23 Jul 2009
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Big Benefits for a Small business with VOIP
sponsored by 8x8, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
Read this case study to learn how the 8x8 Virtual Office business phone solution gave an independent realtor the equipment and resources necessary to minimize expenses while ensuring maximum uptime and satisfied customers and staff when choosing to franchise with Avalar.
Posted: 23 Jul 2009 | Published: 23 Jul 2009
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Simple, Affordable Disaster Recovery Automation in the Virtualized IT Datacenter
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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In this session, we will review the latest advancements in protecting against disaster in virtual environments and highlight real-world customer experiences.
Posted: 13 May 2009 | Premiered: 13 May 2009
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VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES DEFINITION (continued): … that emerge from the Internet when enough people carry on public discussions long enough and with sufficient human feeling to form webs of personal relationships in cyberspace.Virtual communities might be thought of as subgroups within Marshall McLuhan's notion of cyberspace as a "global village." Before the Web, virtual communities existed on bulletin board services (BBS) and many still do. Some virtual communities or facilitators of them use the metaphor of a coffee house or something similar to help users visualize the community. In general, there are two kinds of communication among virtual … Virtual Communities definition sponsored by WhatIs.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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