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Cisco plus WebEx: smart or desperate?

Started by mathewi · 10 months ago

Coming so soon after the company bought a social networking platform (Tribe.net), Cisco’s $3.2-billion acquisition of WebEx makes it clear that the network equipment company’s interest in matters of the Web is more than just a passing fancy (although I suppose that ... Continue reading »

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  • Matthew: this move might be consistent with Cisco’s migration to the desktop, but as you mention, the product is a bit iffy. I’ve had the same experiences as you have — “everybody, *please* make sure you log in at least 30 minutes early to figure out how to configure the thing, or I’ll just be giving a speech…” The switching costs are negligent — and I’m not sure there’s much brand loyalty here.

    But, unless things have changed dramatically since I last looked, they still had the vast lion’s share of this business in their hands. The product may be a ‘tear down’ to industry insiders, but when people talk about web conferencing, they talk about WebEx, don’t they?

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