Let’s face it, traditional video conferencing did not live up to the hype. The promise of working from anywhere was groundbreaking, but the reality of spotty quality, overly complicated remote controls, and huge price tags were not. There are lots of reasons why it never really took off, but instead of the past, let’s focus on the here and now. Thanks to a new breed of cloud-based video communications services, the promise of meeting face-to-face anyplace, is now a reality.