Aug 09
Microsoft and Polycom are entering an alliance that will include jointly developing, selling and marketing unified communications products based on Polycom endpoints and Microsoft's Communications Server 14. - Polycom, which already has partnerships with the likes of Hewlett-Packard
and Avaya
as it ramps up its competition with Cisco Systems in the unified communications
space, is now hooking up with Microsoft.
The two companies announced a partnership Aug. 9 in which they
will jointly develop and ma...
Jul 08
Cisco Systems has brought on a former Sun and Salesforce.com executive to oversee its cloud computing business as cloud CTO.
Jul 08
NEW YORK — Thanks to Apple Inc.’s iPad, tablet computers are finally a hot consumer item, after many false starts. Cisco Systems Inc.
Jun 29
HP and Avaya have announced a three-year partnership that will have HP selling and servicing Avaya UC solutions, including Avayas Aura platform. The move is part of HPs strategy of competing with Cisco through a series of alliances with the likes of Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent. - Hewlett-Packard is partnering with Avaya to help expand its unified
communications offerings in its ongoing competition with Cisco Systems.
HP officials on June 29 announced a three-year
alliance that will include HP selling and servicing Avaya UC and
Contact Center products as part of HPs UC am...
Jun 23
Two weeks into his term as CEO of video conferencing technology vendor Polycom, Andrew Miller told Reuters that despite rumors to the contrary, Polycom is not for sale. In fact, the company, which is competing against the likes of Cisco in the video collaboration space, is looking for companies to buy that could complement its product portfolio. - Polycom, a top rival to Cisco Systems in the increasingly competitive video
collaboration space, is not only not for sale, but it's actively looking for
other companies to buy, according to its new president and CEO.
Andrew Miller, who was appointed
the company's top executive earlier this month...
Jun 08
At the InfoComm 2010 show, Cisco introduced the Tandberg TelePresence Server, which supports Ciscos Telepresence Interoperability Protocol, which is designed to make solutions from Cisco and third-party vendors work together. Cisco also unveiled the TelePresence Commercial Express, a low-cost telepresence product aimed at SMBs. - Cisco Systems is putting support for its interoperability protocol into its
Tandberg TelePresence Server, the first step in its push to enable the
telepresence products from Cisco and other vendors to work together.
The TIP announcement was one of several Cisco made June 8 at
the InfoComm 2010 s...
Jun 07
Polycom continues to grow its telepresence offerings in the face of growing competition from the likes of Cisco and LifeSize, most recently with the unveiling of its OTX 300 system. OTX is designed to offer full telepresence capabilities while using half the network bandwidth as competing products. - Polycom officials are continuing to position themselves as a lower-cost video conferencing alternative to Cisco Systems, announcing June 7 a telepresence solution that offers the same capabilities while using half the network bandwidth.
Polycom announced its OTX (Open Telepresence Experience) 300, ...
May 14
Skype is rolling out a Skype 5.0 beta for Windows that lets up to five people join a single video conference call. Other vendors such as Cisco Systems and Polycom are looking to expand their video collaboration capabilities. - Skype is expanding the capabilities of its video communications technology
by enabling users to hold a conference with up to five people.
The Skype 5.0 beta for Windows, which offers the group video
calling capability, became available May 13. It is being offered as a free
download.
Currently, ...
May 10
Andrew Miller, who spent 11 years with Cisco Systems and was once CEO of Tandberg, is the new top executive at Polycom, another video conferencing vendor. Miller replaces Robert Hagerty. - Video conferencing equipment vendor Polycom has a new CEO:
former Cisco Systems and Tandberg executive Andrew Miller was named to the post
May 10.
Miller replaces Robert Hagerty, who is resigning as CEO
and board chairman and is leaving his position on the board. Miller's
appointment is effecti...
May 05
Skype the week of May 10 will introduce a group video chat feature that will help it better compete with video collaboration offerings from the likes of Cisco, Polycom and LifeSize. The new Skype feature will first go into a free beta program, but the company will begin charging for it in the next three or four months, Skype officials said. - Skype reportedly will be rolling out a new function that will let up
to five people participate in a video call at the same time, a
capability that will let it counter the video conferencing capabilities
of such vendors as Cisco Systems and Polycom.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Nei...
Apr 05
Truphone joins Citrix Systems and Cisco Systems in moving quickly to make voice applications for the iPad that allow users to take a virtual office with them anywhere they go by providing secure access to their corporate applications and documents. - Global mobile operator Truphone is adding voice over IP to the iPad
applications
that give users to the ability to make voice calls. Truphone's application
turns Apple's tablet PC into quot;a mobile phone that offers free or low-cost
international calls, as well as advanced instant messaging f...
Mar 22
Verizon Business is partnering with Microsoft to enable customers using Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 R2 UC platform to take advantage of Verizon's IP Trunking technology. Verizon and Cisco also are partnering on an immersive video collaboration service. - <p>Verizon Business is building up its unified communications offerings through
partnerships with Microsoft and Cisco Systems.</p>
<p>At the VoiceCon show in Orlando,
Fla., March 22, Verizon officials announced
that the company's IP trunking technology has been certified to interoperate
with Mi...
Mar 12
Cisco Systems is preparing to launch its IME server, designed to extend the same sort of video collaboration that is found within a company to partners and customers. A new protocol proposed by Cisco, dubbed ViPR, will help Cisco's IME server work with third-party systems. - <p>Cisco Systems is looking to bring the advantages of unified communications, which primarily are seen within individual companies, to dealings between businesses.</p>
<p>Cisco is rolling out a new appliance and a protocol designed to make it easier for companies to communicate with their business...
Mar 09
Avaya and Polycom are expanding their relationship to include the development and marketing of new voice and video unified communications solutions. The integrated offerings will be based on Avaya's Aura UC platform and Polycom's Open Collaboration Network strategy. The Avaya-Polycom partnership is the latest move in a quickly changing UC landscape as vendors attempt to take on major players like Cisco Systems. - <p>Avaya and Polycom are expanding their partnership to include integrated
video, voice and collaborations offerings, the latest move in a quickly
evolving unified communications market.</p>
<p>The two companies March 9 announced plans to jointly develop
and market a host of new, tightly integra...
