Comments on: Cisco Acquires Tandberg http://onlignment.com/2009/10/cisco-acquires-tandberg/ The art of online communication Sun, 20 May 2012 01:59:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: barry http://onlignment.com/2009/10/cisco-acquires-tandberg/comment-page-1/#comment-55 barry Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:34:57 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=412#comment-55 <p>That's certainly a possibility, but even for a corporation of Cisco's size paying $3 billion (an 11% premium on the current share price) would be a lot of money to remove a competitor.</p> <p>Whether the acquisition is about direct growth or the removal of competition, that's a serious sum of money to be spending, which does indicate how important they view the virtual communication sector. From an initial review, my impression is that Cisco will benefit greatly from Tandberg's range of hardware products, particularly the lower end virtual meeting tools.</p> That’s certainly a possibility, but even for a corporation of Cisco’s size paying $3 billion (an 11% premium on the current share price) would be a lot of money to remove a competitor.

Whether the acquisition is about direct growth or the removal of competition, that’s a serious sum of money to be spending, which does indicate how important they view the virtual communication sector. From an initial review, my impression is that Cisco will benefit greatly from Tandberg’s range of hardware products, particularly the lower end virtual meeting tools.

]]> By: clive http://onlignment.com/2009/10/cisco-acquires-tandberg/comment-page-1/#comment-54 clive Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:24:05 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=412#comment-54 <p>Any chance they've just bought Tandberg in order to remove a competitor?</p> Any chance they’ve just bought Tandberg in order to remove a competitor?

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