Cisco, HP telepresence and swine flu; Cisco No. 4 of 20 most profitable techs

Telepresence and virtual conferencing can help companies reduce travel and spare their employees from the recent outbreak of swine flu Cisco Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by APC Optimizing the Data Center The Editors of Network World present this Executive Guide: Taking Virtualization Up a Notch. Read it and find out what you need to know about virtualization as it creeps into every corner of your data center. Learn More! Spotlight Story Cisco, HP telepresence and swine flu Forbes has a timely piece on how telepresence and virtual conferencing can help companies reduce travel and spare their employees from the recent outbreak of swine flu. Such an event might beneficial to Cisco, HP and others who make and market telepresence systems for virtual conferencing. 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