The blogosphere is abuzz with Dimdim, a Burlington, Mass., start-up that the bloggerati is saying will be a challenger to Cisco’s WebEx and Microsoft Placeware. The start-up is being launched at DEMOfall07, happening this week in sunny San Diego.
Dimdim is already swimming in a $2.5 million injection from Draper Richards, Index Ventures and Nexus Capital India.
Dimdim is a browser-based service that allows anybody to share their desktop, show slides, as well as talk, listen, chat, and broadcast via webcam. The good thing is it’s available for free and there is no software to download for attendees. It’s apparently a business class service that can be can be used for small gatherings, to seminars with hundreds of attendees, the company claims.
And Om Malik test drove Dimdim:
The service utilizes Adobe’s (ADBE) Flash 9 plugin for all of the multimedia apps. I gave the Dimdim service a brief spin and was impressed by its stripped-down simplicity and the speed with which it loaded into the browser, especially when compared to WebEx’s long startup process.
But that doesn’t mean WebEx (acquired by Cisco Systems for $3.2 billion) has anything to worry about right now, for Dimdim is still a work in progress. Its interface needs tweaking; in fact, it needs to be livened up. After all, web meetings can be fun. too. Nor was I clear as to how secure my information was going to be or where, exactly, all the files that I uploaded went. But I’m sure they will resolve all these issues soon.
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