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video conferencing

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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Virtual meetings as the first choice?

13th January 2010

cc licensed flickr photo Here in the UK the snow continues to fall, and yet another face to face meeting is cancelled. I had a quick chat with the other person involved and we’ve now arranged to hold the meeting at the same time as originally planned, but via Skype. Simple. So why didn’t we [...]

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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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3D video conferencing

8th September 2009

Brings together a number of news items about 3D video conferencing.

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