Comments on: 3 Billion Reasons Why Video Conferencing Is Hot

By: Can You See Me Now? The Future of Video Chat

Can You See Me Now? The Future of Video Chat — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:01:42 +0000

[...] dad no longer wants to talk to me, when he could video chat instead, and Skype CEO Josh Silverman, Cisco and even Logitech are placing their bets on video calls becoming a bigger presence in [...]

By: Cisco’s New Router Is All About Video – GigaOM

Cisco’s New Router Is All About Video – GigaOM — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:55:16 +0000

[...] heavily that both consumer and enterprise video will drive a huge amount of that growth, as its $3 billion acquisition of Tandberg [...]

By: Why Juniper’s Polycom Partnership is Destined to Fail – GigaOM

Why Juniper’s Polycom Partnership is Destined to Fail – GigaOM — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:17:37 +0000

[...] Cisco said it would buy Tandberg, a Polycom rival, for $3 billion last year, we explained why it had reason to move deeper into the middle market for video conferencing. [...]

By: Cisco Scoops Up Starent to Manage Mobile Data Deluge – GigaOM

Cisco Scoops Up Starent to Manage Mobile Data Deluge – GigaOM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:13:30 +0000

[...] Cisco, it shows that even as it plunks down $3 billion on a video conferencing equipment maker and pushes its new line of servers, it still has its eye on its service provider customers. 0 0 [...]

By: Penske Scraps Plans to Acquire Saturn (PAG) « InvestorGuide

Penske Scraps Plans to Acquire Saturn (PAG) « InvestorGuide — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:35:48 +0000

[...] Cisco’s $3B Reason to Love Tandberg – The latest large acquisition is the purchase of Tandberg by Cisco (CSCO: Charts, News, Offers). As Cisco has a large focus on video-conferencing, the purchase of this video-conferencing equipment manufacturer seems to be a no-brainer. Other relevant articles you may likeInvestors Get Scared and Push Stocks Lower – September 17, 2009Declines Resume on Wall Street; Dollar Spikes – October 26, 2009What's Pushing the Market Higher? – October 6, 2009What Sparked Today's Choppy Session? – October 27, 2009Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Posts Heavy Loss on Mortgage Securities Problem (BK) This article was brought to you by the InvestorGuide content team. If you're interested in writing for us, please read our Write for InvestorGuide.com page. If you're interested in becoming a content partner, please read about our content partner program. [...]

By: Cisco Yields to Tandberg Shareholders

Cisco Yields to Tandberg Shareholders — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:38:57 +0000

[...] it would up its offer to buy Tandberg to $3.4 billion — a boost of $400 million over its original bid, made last month — and said 40 percent of Tandberg’s shareholders have so far accepted the deal (Cisco [...]

By: With Video Conferencing Deals, Polycom in Sharp Focus

With Video Conferencing Deals, Polycom in Sharp Focus — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:03:16 +0000

[...] November 11, 2009 | 10:00 PM PT | 0 comments | 42 tweets retweet » First Cisco Systems decided to buy Norwegian video conferencing equipment maker Tandberg for about $3 billion. Yesterday, Logitech, a Swiss computer peripherals [...]

By: Logitech Takes On Cisco, Buys Lifesize for $400 Million

Logitech Takes On Cisco, Buys Lifesize for $400 Million — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:58:15 +0000

[...] LifeSize currently has over 9,000 customers and is sold across the world. In a previous post, Stacey pointed out that, “Telepresence gear, which provides an immersive HD experience, is expensive, and is aimed [...]

By: Cisco’s Starent Purchase Faces Opposition

Cisco’s Starent Purchase Faces Opposition — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:18:18 +0000

[...] the wireless equipment makes is taking the low ball offer and not striking a hard enough bargain. Cisco’s $3 billion purchase of Tandberg is also facing opposition from shareholders who own 24 percent of the company. I wonder [...]

By: Tandberg Shareholders Want More From Cisco

Tandberg Shareholders Want More From Cisco — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:08:50 +0000

[...] of Tandberg’s stock have released a statement saying they are voting against Cisco’s proposed $3 billion buyout of the video conferencing equipment maker. Cisco announced the offer, part of its attempt to move into the middle market for video [...]

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:25:00 +0000

Just read about Lifesize’s new Skype compatible product. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Greenfield/?p=459

With this being cheap enough homepresence may actually be becoming a reality.

By: Habib Ullah Khan

Habib Ullah Khan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:39:35 +0000

Absolutely. The shift to consumer video is behind many of Cisco’s recent acquisitions and this is definitely a reason for this one as well.

By: Habib Ullah Khan

Habib Ullah Khan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:36:33 +0000

We all thought when banks wanted to protect their most sensitive data they would eventually use software. But they now buy bigger and better boxes. Cisco’s TelePresence itself uses a codec box which pretty much allows the seamless incredible experience from a heavy lifting perspective. Video is VERY sensitive to packet drops. The box will stay.

By: Kyle parker

Kyle parker — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:02:47 +0000

Cisco hasn’t meet analyst’s expectations in the video surveillance market, which given it’s rapidly moving from analog to IP, they should own by now; however, at a security show in Anaheim last week they announced a partnership with Pelco for co-development of HD IP cameras. Pelco is the leading brand in this market and was purchased by Schneider Electric in 2007 for $1.5B. I streamed the press conference from the show floor to my website using an Nokia N95 and kyte.tv. At very end of the video Cisco’s Bill Stuntz talks more of the partership:
http://www.keithparkerinc.com/kpas_blog/2009/09/pelco-and-cisco-partner-to-develop-hd-ip-cameras.html

By: Subbaraman Iyer

Subbaraman Iyer — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:46:46 +0000

I think this is a very intelligent acquisition and it came cheap to Cisco. It also plays into Cisco’s strengths unlike the other acquisitions made by Dell or Xerox.

Cisco very soon will be ready to launch the Linksys version of video conferencing. My blog post analyzing the acquisition is here at: http://subbaiyer.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/ciscos-brilliant-acquisition-of-tandberg/

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:09:12 +0000

Another development in the casual market you can see when looking at Norwegian VoIP innovator Telio. They’ve launched a very affordable Videotelephony deal (using dedicated hardware from LG) for end users. This as the low end part of a complete (Tandberg based) videotelephony service. You can see the product in action at http://www.telio.no/