HyperOffice recently launched HyperMeeting, a robust and easy to use web conferencing solution primarily meant for the small to mid sized business segment. Like HyperOffice, HyperMeeting is web based. Users simply need to sign up online and start conferencing.

HyperMeeting includes the usual range of features like PowerPoint presentations, whiteboard, desktop sharing, application sharing, file distribution, full conference recording etc. One unique feature is the ability to easily switch between administrator and audience with a simple click.

But what really sets the solution apart is it’s ability to fully integrate with HyperOffice, HyperOffice’s (pardon the confusion) rich collaboration and messaging suite. The synergies to be had from integrated messaging, collaboration and conferencing are tremendous. This also makes HyperOffice’s the most comprehensive web based productivity suite, even exceeding Google products (google does not have a full fledged conferencing tool) and Microsoft’s recent “Productivity Suite”.

In spite of the hype and hopes surrounding Microsoft’s Online Services, it has really fallen short. The “productivity suite” may offer all the pieces of the puzzle – messaging (Exchange), collaboration (Sharepoint) and conferencing (LiveMeeting), but the pieces don’t fit together. They’re piecemeal, bare bones solutions, which will need to be configured and integrated by the users themselves.

HyperOffice, with integrated HyperMeeting, on the other hand, offers a single console, ready to use solution in which all pieces of the puzzle communicate with each other perfectly.