More confusion in the enterprise IM market
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I guess Cisco decided that it wasn't enough
to own most of the networking equipment in the world, let's go get some
software that they will use on all this equipment is their new slogan.
Network equipment
giant Cisco (
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will acquire conferencing specialist Latitude Communications (Quote,
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for $80 million in cash, bolstering its Internet protocol offerings for
large corporations and applying new pressure on Microsoft and WebEx in
a growing sector.
Latitude's MeetingPlace software combines voice, video and Web content. And since it's standards-based, it integrates with scheduling applications such as IBM/Lotus Notes and Microsoft Outlook, as well as data collaboration and instant messaging tools.
It also can be used with Cisco's CallManager, enabling users to schedule, attend and manage meetings via Cisco's IP phones, a Cisco executive said. The company has sold more than 2 million IP mobile phones and this acquisition could help differentiate the offering further.
This interest me since I can see them offering a nice backbone service of connectivity for great meeting quality.
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On Friday, November 14th, 2003 by Chris Miller
