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Google Buys VoIP Experts GIS to Outshine Apple, Skype's Video Conferencing

Google's just plopped some $68 million dollars on the table to buy up Global IP Solutions, a company that sells voice and video IP conferencing gear. Is this a sign Google's revving up Voice or even its TV products to rival Skype and ...READ»

BroadWorks, If Only it Could Shovel Snow Too…

How many of you are tired of hearing about the fact that Washington, DC and its surrounding suburbs are experiencing Snowpocalypse, Snowmageddon, or whatever catchy name you want to use to describe the 30 inches of snow that fell ...READ»

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What’s Behind All the Video Conferencing Partnerships?

The recent news of Polycom’s (Nasdaq: PLCM) partnership with Juniper (NYSE: JNPR)—which GigaOm suggests is in response to Cisco’s acquisition of Tandberg—got me thinking of the playing together in the sandbox analogy. ...READ»

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Polycom and Juniper Team to Solve Age-Old Telepresence Problem: Communication

Video conferencing technology has been around for years, but most of us still don't spend our days sitting in large rooms staring at virtual counterparts of our distant coworkers--we prefer confusing conference calls or plain old ...READ»

Cisco Spends $3 Billion To Beef-Up Teleconferencing

Cisco Systems is making a bid for Norwegian video-conferencing firm Tandberg--it's a move to consolidate its teleconferencing strengths, but it's coming at a steep price: $3 billion in hard cash.Tandberg is a "global leader in video ...READ»