Hottest tech M&A deals of 2009 A summary of who did the buying, who got bought, how much they went for and why. Hotels give nod to Cisco telepresence Starwood Hotels and Tata Communications announced plans to offer telepresence facilities while Marriott Hotels and AT&T announced a similar partnership plan. Both partnerships plan to use Cisco as the telepresence infrastructure supplier. Cisco rolls out low-end ($89K) telepresence system Cisco announced 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. Cisco upgrades its telepresence and unified communications portfolio Cisco in April announced a series of upgrades to its unified communications and telepresence portfolios. Tandberg announces Profile videoconference system Tandberg early this year introduced a high-definition videoconferencing system that falls short of the total-immersion telepresence experience provided by some of its other products, but it also costs significantly less. Tandberg uncorks telepresence package Tandberg last fall introduced a room-based telepresence package it says can integrate with existing videoconferencing gear so businesses can upgrade with out dumping the equipment they now use. HP, Tandberg team for soup-to-nuts telepresence Late in 2008, HP and Tandberg teamed up to provide a single source for telepresence gear as well as installation and monitoring. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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