Cisco Acquisition of Tandberg a Major Step in Unified Communications

Cisco Acquisition of Tandberg a Major Step in Unified Communications

Cisco, the Major Player in the Unified Communication World,as the convergence of technology continues to progress, we are truly seeing Voice, Video, email, and Wireless platforms merge into a cohesive singular solution.
Everyday, the worlds population embraces the internet for all forms of Communication; utilizing email, voice, video, and the combination of them, in online presentations, Movies, advertisements; such various interactions of people to people, B to B, and business to people.

Cisco is a 40 billion dollar International Corporation,with a Business Plan that calls for it to be the Leading Provider of "Unified Communications". The Convergence of Technologies has allowed for the growth of many new solutions and communication platforms to be brought forward over the past 20 years.

Cisco realized that its platform of products has been the prime foundation for the transmission of data, voice,video, etc, but relized long ago that it needed to acquire certain technology solutions which had already progressed in development over many, many years and had become leaders in pieces of the overall "Unified Communications" Solution. Cisco has surely made some great acquisitions that have helped to grow them to a 40 Billion Company and a Leader in the World.

In Cisco's attempt to build a True "telepresence" or Glorified Video Conferencing Solution, they had taken on a "Bear" of a task.

Video Conferencing, although out on the market for many years, has had it large share of difficulty in use. The standardization of platforms for one system to "speak" with others has been one of the large issues, as well as, utilization of presentation software within the Video Conference Presentation (as a PowerPoint presentation).

Users would find that voice and video and presentations did not always flow in a smooth and connected fashion, as transmitted in different timing modes, making it difficult to have a cohesive life like meeting.

The overriding benefit of Video Conferencing or "telepresence" is the ability to have gatherings, meetings, conferences; without the need to travel long distances, or take people out of their normal work day for excessive time beyond the scope of normal time alloted for a meeting, presentation, conference, training session, or any of the the other reasons to gather together for a single presentation. The Time savings, Travel Cost savings and ability to host such a meeting with short notice are just a few of the Return of Investment from utilizing such technology.

Tandberg has been a long term leader in the Video Conferencing World, since the inception of the technology and has the talent an process on Board to continue to evolve the Solution. It is a Continued multi year process for Cisco to Complete their present 'Telepresence" solution and build a reseller base capable of designing and implementing the "Grand" solution for such Companies that will spent $250,000 and more for a single Room that services 8-10 people.

Tandberg will fill the gap in both providing solutions that will fill the price points from $7500 to $249,000 and provide a wealth of Technological assistance to Cisco in the development of a dependable and evolving Video Conferencing and "telepresence" solutions for the growing "Unified Communication" clients emerging each day; based on the ROI of cost savings in owning such solutions or using a "Managed Cisco Solution" as an alternative to owning their own Solution.

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