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Working with the iPad

26th July 2010

It’s now two months since the iPad was launched in the UK, and so it’s timely that people are starting to comment on how they and others are using it. Inspired by these and other posts I thought I would jot down my own thoughts on how the iPad fits into my toolset. The first [...]

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Beyond the Last Visible Sauce Bottle

22nd July 2010

Informal learning was not an invention of the Computer Age. However the degree to which corporate learning and development departments seem to be preoccupied with it seems to suggest that it is the new flavour of the month. The headline questions seem to be: “What is informal learning?” “Should it be of interest to corporate [...]

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Interoperability Matters

21st June 2010

Despite the increasing use of web conferencing, instant messaging, and social media tools in the workplace, email shows no sign of disappearing. There are plenty of arguments for and against email, but it has one very big plus that most other systems don’t have; no matter which email system you’re using, you know it’s interoperable [...]

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Tandberg Shareholders Hold Out For More From Cisco

11th November 2009

We recently reported on the news that Cisco had acquired Tandberg, the Norway based video communication business, but it seems they may decide to drop their bid. Less than 10% of Tandberg’s shareholders accepted Cisco’s $3 billion offer. Cisco have now extended the deadline to 18th November, but have said that if its offer is [...]

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Logitech buys LifeSize

11th November 2009

It was announced today that consumer peripherals maker Logitech has bought LifeSize, a video conferencing business based in Austin, Texas. Logitech is one of the biggest players in the PC peripherals market, producing a wide range of webcams, headsets and microphones, as well as mice, keyboards, and music and gaming equipment. This is definitely one [...]

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Cisco Acquires Tandberg

1st October 2009

Cisco today announced the acquisition of Tandberg, a Norwegian video communications company. Tandberg offer a range of hardware and software solutions from personal video conferencing through to high end Telepresence solutions, as well as network and content infrastructure tools and professional services. According to their press release “This proposed acquisition would combine TANDBERG’s best-in-class telepresence [...]

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Virtual meetings in your pocket?

11th August 2009

We all know that setting up the environment for virtual meetings or training sessions involves a commitment in terms of hardware, software or both. Or does it? Genius Room hope to persuade us otherwise, with the launch of their new PocketMeeting service. The premise is pretty simple. You go to their website, enter your credit [...]

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