Wednesday, April 01, 2009

AT&T to resell Cisco telepresence gear to feds; Cisco supports Open Cloud Manifesto

Cisco rolls out low-end TelePresence system
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AT&T to resell Cisco telepresence gear to feds

Carolyn Duffy Marsan By Carolyn Duffy Marsan
AT&T and Cisco have inked an exclusive deal that allows the carrier's government marketing arm to sell fully managed room-based video conferencing systems from Cisco to federal agencies. Read full story

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Cisco supports Open Cloud Manifesto, while Rolling Stones remain holdouts Cisco is supporting the Open Cloud Manifesto (whose ultimate goal is to make the cloud as open and valuable as possible), however, the Rolling Stones remain holdouts, still insisting that everyone get off of their cloud.

Cisco rolls out low-end ($89K) telepresence system Cisco is announcing at VoiceCon Orlando a lower cost telepresence system designed for deployment in existing teleconference rooms without upgrading them to accommodate top-of-the-line telepresence gear.
More from the blogosphere: Cisco rolls out low-end TelePresence system At less than a third of the price of a full-blown telepresence system, the CTS 1300 can be deployed in existing telepresence rooms without the need to upgrade to top-of-the-line gear.

A tale of the death of Hammerhead Blogger Brad Reese offers the inside story on the death of router startup Hammerhead and why he thinks this is bad news for the network industry. With $110 million in funding down the drain, will VCs be shy about investing in routing startups that try to take on the big guys like Cisco? Reese thinks so.

Guide to Videoconferencing Services: Part I "Once the economy begins to recover, videoconferencing will see meteoric growth," BT's Videoconferencing Unit general manager Jeff Prestel told us in a recent interview. In the mean time growth is respectable, experience quality is improving, systems are easier to use, and high-end "immersive" solutions are creating a lot of buzz--although not making major inroads just yet. Collaborating with our colleague John Bartlett, we learned this and more during recent interviews with eight carriers to create this four-part "Guide to Videoconferencing Services."

Venture capitalists not willing to bet against Cisco Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese explains why VC losses from Hammerhead Systems could be the nail in the coffin for other start-ups competing with Cisco.

Cisco on the trail of federal stimulus money Hoping for its share of the stimulus pie, Cisco has assembled a team to identify local and state government projects that will be funded with stimulus funds.

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