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
October 15, 2009 4:19 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
Tandberg,
telepresence,
video,
videoconferencingCisco's deal to buy Tandberg could be on ice.
When Cisco and Tandberg agreed to their video marriage two weeks ago, the dowry was set at $3 billion. And the deal was contingent upon...
July 30, 2009 8:14 PM
Posted by: ElaineHom
LifeSize,
Radvision,
Tandberg,
videoconferencing,
VidyoWe've heard it from vendors for awhile now -- video is the wave of the future. So it came as no surprise when I stepped onto the exhibit floor at the Wainhouse Research Collaboration Futures Summit '09 that the only demonstrations were HD videoconferencing products. In this video, I take you...
April 29, 2009 8:41 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
business continuity,
Nemertes,
telepresence,
videoconferencingJohn E. Burke, principal analyst over at Nemertes Research has an interesting take on the swine flu hysteria. It's just another reason why companies should invest in telepresence technologies from Cisco, Tandberg, Polycom, HP et al.
Burke noted in an email from Nemertes that the flu outbreak...
April 10, 2009 10:42 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Polycom,
videoconferencing,
videophone,
voicecon,
VoiceCon 2009I shot this video at VoiceCon Orlando last week. Tim Yankey, director of product marketing for Polycom, is doing a demo of the VWX 1500, which the vendor describes as a "business media phone." At a list price of $1099, this phone is meant to sit on the desks of high level executives. It has high...
March 25, 2009 4:15 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
desk phones,
Gartner,
iphone,
Mobile,
telepresence,
videoconferencingI don't know how this escaped my attention last month but Gartner predicted that video telepresence will take away $3.5 billion in revenue from the airline industry by 2012. That's got to make executives at Delta and US Air wince.
As part of its
