omNovia Technologies
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{{Infobox company |
| name = omNovia Technologies
| type = Private Company
| foundation = 2004
| location = Houston, Texas (United States)
| industry = Software
| products = Web conferencing, webinar and webcasting
| homepage = [http://www.omnovia.com www.omNovia.com]
}}
omNovia Technologies is a software company, founded by Shahin (Shawn) Shadfar in 2004 that provides web conferencing platform for realtime, rich-media online meetings, webinars, webcasts and eLearning sessions with two to 5,000 interactive participants.{{cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6245731.html |accessdate=2009-10-27 |publisher=The Houston Chronicle|title=From Music to Meetings|date=4 February 2009 }} The company's headquarters is located in Houston, Texas. According to the company, the name omNovia derives from "omni" and "innovation".{{cite web |url=http://www.omnovia.com/company.html |publisher=Company Website |title=omNovia Definition |access-date=2009-10-28 |archive-date=2009-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029035633/http://www.omnovia.com/company.html |url-status=dead }}
Products
omNovia Technologies provides interactive web conferencing and webinar platform for online collaborative meetings, online trainings, remote learning sessions and live webcasting.{{Cite web |title=Omnovia Technologies Inc - Company Profile and News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0445121D:US |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Bloomberg.com |language=en}} The web based platform hosts online meetings with up to 5,000 participants in a virtual meeting room. The interactive features of the platform include integrated full 1080p High Definition video{{cite web |url=http://electronicnewsnetwork.com/medical/neurosurgeon-broadcasts-surgeries-live-over-the-web-20103920/ |accessdate=2011-03-01 |publisher=Electronic News Network |title=Neurosurgeon Broadcasts Surgeries Live Over the Web|date=2 November 2010 }} and audio, white board, desktop sharing, polling, movie and YouTube player, Q&A Manager, Cobrowser, world map and Twitter integration.{{cite web |url=http://hdvoice.tmcnet.com/topics/unified-communications/articles/59331-omnovia-empowers-its-web-conference-platform-with-new.htm |accessdate=2009-10-27 |publisher=TMCnet |title=Unified Communications Featured Article}} The company also provides webcasting and remote support technologies. The company's web conferencing platform also offers the ability of multilingual web conferencing platform, allowing companies to host web conferences in a variety of languages simultaneously.{{cite web |url=http://www.phoneplusmag.com/news/2010/08/omnovia-release-multilingual-web-conferencing-pla.aspx |accessdate=2010-08-05 |publisher=Phone Plus Magazine |title=OmNovia Releases Multilingual Web-Conferencing Platform}}
On April 7, 2009, omNovia was selected as the official webcast technology for the 2009 Digital Energy Conference organized by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.{{cite web |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2303274.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411071902/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2303274.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2009 |accessdate=2009-10-28 |publisher=PRWeb |title=omNovia Web Conference Bridges Petroleum Technology Professionals To Universities}}
In November 2011, omNovia was selected by the US State Department for its internal webinars.{{cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/business/article/Web-conferencing-evolves-with-customers-requests-3448960.php |accessdate=2012-04-01 |publisher=Houston Chronicle |title=Web conferencing evolves with customers' requests}}
About.com recognized omNovia as a "Great Alternative to Citrix GotoMeeting.{{cite web |url=http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/conferencing-tools-reviews/fr/omNovia-web-conferencing-review.htm |accessdate=2011-08-05 |publisher=About.com |title=omNovia Review - A Great GoToMeeting Alternative |archive-date=2012-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114120730/http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/conferencing-tools-reviews/fr/omNovia-web-conferencing-review.htm |url-status=dead }}
Awards
In 2008, omNovia Technologies won the 19th place in FastTech 50 awards program.{{cite news |url=http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/11/10/focus5.html?page=3 |accessdate=2009-10-27 |publisher=Houston Business Journal |title=Fast Tech Success Stories |date=2008-11-09}} In 2009 the company was nominated to the same award program.