Free software is becoming available to help businesses cope with the impact of COVID-19. Here’s a list of what’s on offer:
to its advanced Hangouts Meet videoconferencing capabilities for all customers of its G-Suite and G-Suite for Education services. This enables calls of up to 250 people and also allows meetings to be recorded and saved on Google Drive.LogMeIn, which offers the GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar services, has created special bundles of its products to support emergency remote working. As well as supporting virtual meetings, LogMeIn’s software can also help manage remote workers’ devices and apps.
to organizations such as healthcare providers, educational institutions and municipalities. Existing customers can tap these bundles and get site-wide licenses for additional tools for three months at no extra cost.Loom is scrapping a limit on the number of videos that a user can access under its free plan through July 1 and extending the free trial period of its premium Loom Pro service from 14 to 30 days. It’s alsoElectronic information sharing.
. The other applications, which are free for ServiceNow customers and can be accessed by non-customers too, include ones that help businesses deal with workflows associated with sharing COVID-19-related information and situations in which employees have to self-quarantine.for organizations working on coronavirus research, response or mitigation, as well as to local media organizations and scientific publications covering these areas.
. It’s also allowing existing customers to increase their usage of TechSmith’s digital-learning platform and online video-collaboration environment for no extra cost over the same time period.Another software firm whose tools enable remote work, Threads is making its Pro offering, which can support up to 100 members,
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