Categories: Cisco, TelePresence

TelePresence then, telepresence now

by Norman Email

The latest from Cisco confirms TekPlus' earlier analysis (see the blog posting of 2 October 2009) about the acquisition of Tandberg.In all the high falutin' talk about TelePresence, Cisco always skated round the fact that its system was not compatibl… more »
Categories: Cisco, Mergers & acquisitions (M&A), TelePresence, Tandberg, Multimedia, videoconferencing
Permalink10/02/10 12:34:44 pm, 4 comments »

HP buys 3Com. A Bid Too Far?

by Norman Email

That 3Com (http://www.3com.com/corpinfo/en_US/index.html ) has yielded to what has seemed the inevitable for a long time now, is unsurprising. There have been plenty of observers who have questioned its market durability. "Cautious in business, bu… more »
Categories: IBM, Cisco, Hewlett Packard, data centre, Mergers & acquisitions (M&A), Procurve, 3Com, Huawei Technologies, H3C, Tipping Point Technologies
Permalink12/11/09 02:36:54 pm, Leave a comment »

Standards versus proprietary in the videoconferencing arena

by Norman Email

Cisco (www.cisco.com) has bought Tandberg (www.tandberg.com) in a cash offer valuing the Norwegian company at USD 3 billion. Cisco says the aim is to get Tandberg’s videoconferencing products and capability. It will flesh out Cisco’s product line,… more »
Categories: Cisco, Microsoft, Mergers & acquisitions (M&A), TelePresence, Tandberg, videoconferencing
Permalink02/10/09 09:44:22 am, Leave a comment »

A Full Feast for Family

by Norman Email

When a company relies on partners to bring in 80% of its business, it had better make sure of two things: that they are good at what they do and they stay partners. “Together we lead” is the slogan that Cisco has coined to launch a reinvigorated partne… more »
Categories: Cisco, partners, resellers, distributors, developing markets
Permalink19/11/08 10:22:52 am, 2 comments »