Cisco is trying to tie all of its video conferencing and telepresence products with an new enterprise video platform.
Although Cisco backed away from consumer video products when it dropped the Flip mini-HD camcorder earlier this year, but that doesn’t mean Cisco isn’t giving up on video entirely.
It turns out, video is actually one of Cisco’s top five priorities. This time, the strategy is focused on enterprise.
Cisco is taking a new approach to its Enterprise Video Content platform, which has been designed to enable customers to better capture, enhance and analyze video, as well making it easier to find and access content on any device at any time.
Any device really refers to mobile here, as Cisco Show and Share, a video-sharing platform for the enterprise, will be available as a free app for iPad and iPhone starting in late October. Basically, it allows mobile users to search and watch videos, as well as record and upload their own.
Cisco is also integrating new solutions in the following products, among others:
- Easing the process for capturing video with seamless integration between the Cisco TelePresence Content Server and the Cisco MXE 3500 Series so that customers can record an HD video from any standards-based video conferencing or telepresence endpoint to automatically post to Cisco Show and Share.
- Users will be able to stream a video conference or telepresence meeting directly into Show and Share.
- The next release of Cisco’s Pulse Video Analytics, housed on the MXE 3500, will be integrated into Cisco Show and Share, to enable users to quickly locate video content in the Show and Share portal, including recorded video and WebEx meetings.
The goal is to enable enterprises to upgrade from traditional business video meeting technologies and realize how easy it can be to capture, create and share video content on any device.
Most of these new solutions will be available globally soon.
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Freitag, 30. September 2011
Montag, 26. September 2011
LifeSize Takes on Cisco in Videoconferencing
LifeSize Communications Inc., a unit of computer-mouse maker Logitech International SA, expects revenue to jump as it competes with rivals including Cisco Systems Inc. to add clients in the videoconference market, set to more than double in the next five years.
LifeSize's sales are forecast to rise two to three times faster than the market, which is expected to grow 15 percent this year, Chief Executive Officer Craig Malloy said in a phone interview. Revenue at the Austin, Texas-based company rose 34 percent to $36.5 million in the fiscal first quarter, making LifeSize Logitech's fastest-growing business.
“We're seeing very, very rapid growth in videoconferencing,” the CEO said. “We're going to piggyback on key trends and accelerate our growth.” LifeSize is targeting $1 billion in revenue in coming years, Malloy said, without giving a precise timeframe.
Technology companies are using mergers and acquisitions to grow in videoconferencing. Romanel-sur-Morges, Switzerland-based Logitech, the world's biggest maker of mice, was among the first to make a deal in the industry when it bought LifeSize for $405 million in 2009. Cisco the same year announced it was buying Tandberg ASA, the world's second-biggest maker of videoconferencing equipment, and Polycom Inc., the world's largest standalone maker of videoconference gear, agreed to buy Hewlett-Packard Co.'s competing business in June.
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, agreed this year to buy Skype Technologies SA, the world's most popular Web-calling service, to strengthen its bid to convince corporate clients to replace traditional phone and videoconferencing systems with its software.
‘Beyond Consumer'
“Logitech wanted to diversify from PC peripherals,” Malloy said. “We're a natural extension for them to go beyond consumer channels and into business ones.”
Global videoconferencing endpoint revenue, which includes equipment and doesn't include services, will reach $4.15 billion in 2016 from $1.66 billion last year, according to research from Frost & Sullivan Inc.
“Companies are looking for ways to reduce costs due to the financial crisis,” Iwona Petruczynik, a Warsaw-based analyst at Frost & Sullivan, said in an interview. “People are moving away from in-person meetings to save money and time, and this is a great way to do it.”
LifeSize, the third-biggest videoconferencing provider with about 15,000 customers worldwide, offers high-definition video conferencing services, mainly targeting medium and large companies, the CEO said. LifeSize in July bought Mirial, a specialist in software for video-conferencing on tablets and mobile phones.
Android, Apple Devices
The Mirial deal allows LifeSize to “offer video communication to any Android or Apple-based device,” Malloy said, closing a gap in its product offering. “Mobility services are one of the key trends in the industry and they will help us gain market share.” He declined to say whether the company is looking at other acquisition targets and said LifeSize plans product innovations “the likes of which the video-communications industry has never seen.”
LifeSize is also adding cloud-based services such as virtual infrastructure for companies that don't have in-house video expertise or information-technology resources, the CEO said.
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LifeSize's sales are forecast to rise two to three times faster than the market, which is expected to grow 15 percent this year, Chief Executive Officer Craig Malloy said in a phone interview. Revenue at the Austin, Texas-based company rose 34 percent to $36.5 million in the fiscal first quarter, making LifeSize Logitech's fastest-growing business.
“We're seeing very, very rapid growth in videoconferencing,” the CEO said. “We're going to piggyback on key trends and accelerate our growth.” LifeSize is targeting $1 billion in revenue in coming years, Malloy said, without giving a precise timeframe.
Technology companies are using mergers and acquisitions to grow in videoconferencing. Romanel-sur-Morges, Switzerland-based Logitech, the world's biggest maker of mice, was among the first to make a deal in the industry when it bought LifeSize for $405 million in 2009. Cisco the same year announced it was buying Tandberg ASA, the world's second-biggest maker of videoconferencing equipment, and Polycom Inc., the world's largest standalone maker of videoconference gear, agreed to buy Hewlett-Packard Co.'s competing business in June.
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, agreed this year to buy Skype Technologies SA, the world's most popular Web-calling service, to strengthen its bid to convince corporate clients to replace traditional phone and videoconferencing systems with its software.
‘Beyond Consumer'
“Logitech wanted to diversify from PC peripherals,” Malloy said. “We're a natural extension for them to go beyond consumer channels and into business ones.”
Global videoconferencing endpoint revenue, which includes equipment and doesn't include services, will reach $4.15 billion in 2016 from $1.66 billion last year, according to research from Frost & Sullivan Inc.
“Companies are looking for ways to reduce costs due to the financial crisis,” Iwona Petruczynik, a Warsaw-based analyst at Frost & Sullivan, said in an interview. “People are moving away from in-person meetings to save money and time, and this is a great way to do it.”
LifeSize, the third-biggest videoconferencing provider with about 15,000 customers worldwide, offers high-definition video conferencing services, mainly targeting medium and large companies, the CEO said. LifeSize in July bought Mirial, a specialist in software for video-conferencing on tablets and mobile phones.
Android, Apple Devices
The Mirial deal allows LifeSize to “offer video communication to any Android or Apple-based device,” Malloy said, closing a gap in its product offering. “Mobility services are one of the key trends in the industry and they will help us gain market share.” He declined to say whether the company is looking at other acquisition targets and said LifeSize plans product innovations “the likes of which the video-communications industry has never seen.”
LifeSize is also adding cloud-based services such as virtual infrastructure for companies that don't have in-house video expertise or information-technology resources, the CEO said.
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Donnerstag, 9. Dezember 2010
Videoconferencing System Scales To Contain Costs
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LifeSize, a division of Logitech, offers true high definition video conferencing. Get the best quality Telepresence experience in all network environments anywhere and everywhere. No compromises.
LifeSize Launches First Videoconferencing Bridge
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LifeSize, a division of Logitech, offers true high definition video conferencing. Get the best quality Telepresence experience in all network environments anywhere and everywhere. No compromises.
Mittwoch, 8. Dezember 2010
LifeSize launches scalable, low priced HD videoconferencing bridge
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Modular Bridge Delivers Scalable Videoconferencing Solution
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LifeSize, a division of Logitech, offers true high definition video conferencing. Get the best quality Telepresence experience in all network environments anywhere and everywhere. No compromises.
Sonntag, 5. Dezember 2010
Logitech's LifeSize Taps Into Growing HD Videoconferencing Demand
10/20/2010
Logitech's LifeSize Taps Into Growing HD Videoconferencing Demand
Steve Wexler, Network Computing
LifeSize, a division of Logitech, is unveiling a 16-port bridge that makes high-definition videoconferencing significantly more affordable than ever before. At $4,062 per port, less than a third the price of the competition, LifeSize Bridge 2200 deploys easily and scales across existing resources, geographies and standards-based video conferencing offerings.
Donnerstag, 2. Dezember 2010
Video-conferencing Made Easy
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LifeSize, a division of Logitech, offers true high definition video conferencing. Get the best quality Telepresence experience in all network environments anywhere and everywhere. No compromises.
Telephony, Internet access, IPTV and videoconferencing
© LifeSize Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.| Legal Notices
LifeSize, a division of Logitech, offers true high definition video conferencing. Get the best quality Telepresence experience in all network environments anywhere and everywhere. No compromises.
Donnerstag, 30. September 2010
LG enters videoconferencing market
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LifeSize, a division of Logitech, offers true high definition video conferencing. Get the best quality Telepresence experience in all network environments anywhere and everywhere. No compromises.
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