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Blockbuster deal: Cisco to buy videoconferencing vendor Tandberg for $3 billion

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Cisco to buy Tandberg for $3 billion

Cisco has signed an agreement to buy videoconferencing vendor Tandberg for about $3 billion, it said on Thursday. Read full story

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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.

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