May 8, 2012 7:44 PM
Posted by: Gina Narcisi
Avaya,
BYOD,
Cisco,
Extreme Networks,
Huawei,
mobile UC unified communicationsAs BYOD gains acceptance within the enterprise, the desk phone is becoming a dusty box sitting in a corner on a cubicle desk. Phone numbers could follow....
May 23, 2011 11:08 AM
Posted by: Leigha
Accordent Technologies,
Andrew Miller,
Cisco,
Micrsoft Skype acquisition,
Polycom,
telepresence,
UC EverywhereWhen Tandberg, then Polycom's biggest competitor, was acquired by Cisco back in October, 2009, and Logitech acquired LifeSize just three weeks later, Polycom emerged from the consolidation chaos as the last pure-play UC, video and voice provider standing. Polycom has since parlayed an ominous...
September 30, 2010 11:25 AM
Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Cisco,
IP Telephony,
Networking,
videophone,
voice,
VoIPInteroperability = nirvana in eyes of UC pros. But when we talk about interoperability, we usually refer to it in terms of how well (or poorly) different communications systems work with each other. What about the...
June 30, 2010 10:17 AM
Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Cisco,
collaboration tools,
enterprise video,
MobileThis blog comes in from SearchUC's editorial director, Sue Fogarty, who has been immersed in all things Cisco at this Cisco Live conference this week in Las Vegas. Be sure to check out her video with Cisco CTO Padmasree...
March 29, 2010 12:18 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
enterprise video,
HP,
mergers & acquisitions,
Polycom,
Siemens Enterprise Networks,
Tandberg,
Unified Communications,
video conferencing market consolidation,
videoconferencing,
voiceconDuring my travels to and from VoiceCon last week, I missed this little nugget about Gores Group approaching Polycom for a possible merger with Siemens-Enterasys.
Citing "people familiar with the...
March 18, 2010 3:44 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Avaya,
Cisco,
IBM,
Microsoft,
network managment,
presence,
SIP Trunking,
videoconferencing,
voiceconAside from taking in most of the keynotes, meeting with vendors and chatting up attendees to learn about what they're working on, I've picked out a handful of sessions that I think relate to key trends in the industry right now. I'm going to attend as many of them as I can.
1....
March 5, 2010 5:57 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
Tata,
telepresence,
videoconferencingThe visionaries and the evangelists at vendors like Cisco, Polycom, HP Halo et al would have you believe that the immersive experience of telepresence videoconferencing will eliminate some if not almost all of the need for business travel as the technology is adopted more broadly across the globe....
February 22, 2010 12:44 PM
Posted by: Leigha
Aethra,
Cisco,
Juniper,
LifeSize,
Logitech,
Polycom,
Polycom HDX 6000,
Polycom HDX 9000,
Radvision,
Tandberg,
video conferencing market consolidationThe Cisco/Tandberg acquisition catapulted the video conferencing and telepresence market into a competitive frenzy. Don’t expect this rivalrous race to slow down any time soon.
Shortly after Cisco brought Tandberg into the fold,
January 26, 2010 1:20 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
enterprise video,
Juniper,
mergers & acquisitions,
partnerships,
Polycom,
Siemens,
Siemens Enterprise Networks,
Tandberg,
Unified Communications,
videoconferencingCisco Systems' acquisition of videoconferencing vendor Tandberg is driving Cisco's rivals to Polycom, just as we expected.
When we reported on the Cisco-Tandberg deal...
