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...
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...
December 4, 2009 8:09 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
enterprise video,
mergers & acquisitions,
Tandberg,
videoconferencingCisco finally managed to win over enough of Tandberg's shareholders to complete its takeover of the enterprise video company. Cisco had stipulated that it would only move ahead with the acquisition if it could gain 90% of Tandberg's stock, apparently because Norwegian law requires all shareholders...
December 3, 2009 10:46 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
enterprise video,
mergers & acquisitions,
Tandberg,
videoconferencingDear Tandberg shareholders: Will you or won't you make Cisco the happiest and most powerful videoconferencing vendor in the world?
This acquisition of Tandberg sure has drama, doesn't it? Here it is, early evening on Dec. 3 and there's still no word as to whether Cisco has acquired the requisite...
November 16, 2009 7:23 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
enterprise video,
mergers & acquisitions,
Tandberg,
videoconferencingCisco's newly revised $3.41 billion offer for Tandberg represents a total capitulation to the demands of several holdout Tandberg shareholders who were asking for more money.
Cisco...
October 30, 2009 7:28 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
enterprise video,
Polycom,
Tandberg,
videoconferencingBloomberg is reporting that Cisco might walk away from its agreement to buy Tandberg. As we mentioned two weeks ago, A large group of shareholders have