Data Sharing versus Data Collaboration

The main difference between data sharing and data collaboration is that data sharing is one-way sharing of data and files, while data collaboration allows multi-directional sharing of data and files, allowing ideas and thoughts to be communicated interactively among videoconference attendees.

Some videoconferencing equipment may offer data-sharing features, such as sharing PC data or printed materials with remote sites and annotation on PC images with a virtual drawing pen.

Hitachi Software Interactive Communication Systems provide data collaboration via simultaneous multi-point annotation, PC data sharing with remote sites, simultaneous data annotation directly on the screen, and handwriting recognition, for more powerful interactivity and real-time collaboration.

 

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