At the end of last year, we took a look at ViVu when they raised $3 million in Series A funding, and given all the hype around their web-based product, we thought we’d check in and see what they’ve been doing since. In November, people were calling ViVu the “WebEx and GoToMeeting killer,” and while […]
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At the Consumer Electronics Show last week, Panasonic made it clear that we live in the future when they announced two separate partnerships with Skype and DirecTV to provide videoconferencing and 3D viewing, respectively, through their Viera HD TVs. In the spring of 2010, people buying Panasonic’s Viera Cast HD TVs will be able to […]
Cisco could be gaining even more in their acquisition of Tandberg than expected: yesterday Vyopta, a software developer of video and unified collaboration systems, released a software application enabling those using Tandberg MXP and C-series systems to control video and voice calls. The new application manages these videoconferences via an iPhone or an iPod Touch. […]
Today, InterCall and Adobe released a reseller and distribution agreement, through which InterCall will sell a complete and fully-integrated Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro web conferencing solution. It’s already available in North America, and will be offered globally early next year. Leveraging the Connect Pro web conferencing solution, users can securely execute dynamic online meetings and […]
When larger enterprises take certain actions, people take notice, and Cisco’s 2009 shopping spree is no different. But more than making headlines, the company’s myriad acquisitions are forecasting a trend of large telecom vendors collaborating with videoconferencing companies. We’ve discussed the surge in videoconferencing before, and it should be noted that in addition to Cisco’s […]
Recent acquisitions by Logitech and Cisco are suggesting that videoconferencing is moving past enterprise and heading for the consumer market. Cisco has acquired and several companies in the past month, most notably Norwegian conferencing hardware developer Tandberg. And Logitech, which is mostly known for selling mice, webcams, and PC accessories, announced the purchase of LifeSize […]
Research firm Revelation Global announced last week that they have deployed iLinc for Salesforce CRM via the AppExchange. The application aims to improve the customer lifecycle by automating key processes, and thereby unburdening customer-facing employees to they can focus on driving revenue. Specifically the application allows Salesforce CRM customers to launch virtual meetings and demos […]
This week, at a biannual information publishers’ conference, Real Magnet and BeaconLive launched a seemingly ambitious joint offering: a unified platform for email marketing, event registration, and audio and web conferencing. Real Magnet specializes in email marketing, and BeaconLive provides conferencing services and even e-commerce capabilities. The goal behind the joint venture is to make […]
Last month, video-conferencing service ViVu raised $3million in a Series A funding round, and some are suggesting that their interactive video-as-a-service (iVaaS) could be the WebEx and GoToMeeting (Citrix) killer. With Vivu’s service, users can create, publish, and manage video-conferencing events from the site, and access meetings from computers or even smartphones. Their software is […]
Some organizations prefer not to set up separate web and telephone conference sessions in order to work in real time, and PBworks has released their Real-Time Collaboration Update as a solution. PBworks provides on-demand collaboration solutions for business and education. This newest issue allows both real-time and asynchronous collaboration, through which colleagues can message coworkers, […]