Video Briefing Centers Open in Tampa and Chicago
Seeing is believing, and the newly opened Video Briefing Centers in Tampa and Chicago will certainly make you a believer in the power and benefits of video communications. At these locations, you will witness demonstrations of HD video calls, Telepresence systems from Cisco and Polycom, valuable managed service options and many other technology solutions that [...]
Polycom Announces Expansion of UC
Today, Polycom announced plans to expand video communications solutions to the masses through its new product and service offerings specifically for mobile users, small and medium businesses (SMB), and consumers (who, up ’til now, had all been relatively left out of the video communications market). This announcement is based on Polycom’s new vision of “Unified Communications Everywhere” and its [...]
Cisco Ups Offer for TANDBERG
The financial badminton match between Cisco and TANDBERG seems to be drawing to a close. Cisco has once again revised its offer (which is now up to around $3.4B) to purchase the videoconferencing leader, placing the birdie back in TANDBERG shareholders’ court. In addition to increasing the cash offer, Cisco has also offered to increase [...]
The Tipping Point: Logitech to Acquire Videoconferencing Company LifeSize
Comments from AVI-SPL’s Mike Brandofino, executive vice president of VTC and unified collaborations: The video industry received another jolt today with the announcement that LifeSize® is being acquired by Logitech®. The interesting thing about this move is that Logitech is traditionally viewed as a consumer products provider, issuing a clear indication that many in the [...]
The Impact of the Cisco-TANDBERG Acquisition on Videoconferencing
By Michael Brandofino Executive Vice President of Video Communications and Unified Collaboration AVI-SPL And then there were two. Today’s news about Cisco’s acquisition of TANDBERG should come as no surprise to those familiar with the video communications industry. Cisco’s leap into the video space with the launch of its Telepresence platform a few years ago [...]