Wednesday, April 1, 2009

AT&T to resell Cisco telepresence gear to feds; Cisco supports Open Cloud Manifesto

All the week's Cisco news and analysis, 04/01/09

AT&T to resell Cisco telepresence gear to feds
http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert189772

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan

AT&T and Cisco have inked an exclusive deal that allows the
carrier's government marketing arm to sell fully managed
room-based video conferencing systems from Cisco to federal
agencies.Read full story
http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert189772

Managing Editor Jim Duffy mailto:jduffy@nww.com covers Cisco
for Network World.Assistant Site Editor Linda Leung
mailto:lleung@nww.com edits Cisco Subnet. Cisco Subnet: The
independent voice of Cisco customers
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RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS

Cisco supports Open Cloud Manifesto, while Rolling Stones
remain holdouts http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/40402
Cisco is supporting the Open Cloud Manifesto (whose ultimate
goal is to make the cloud as open and valuable as possible),
however, the Rolling Stones remain holdouts, still insisting
that everyone get off of their cloud.

Cisco rolls out low-end ($89K) telepresence system
http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert189686 Cisco is
announcing 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.
More from the blogosphere: Cisco rolls out low-end TelePresence
system http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/40427 At less
than a third of the price of a full-blown telepresence system,
the CTS 1300 can be deployed in existing telepresence rooms
without the need to upgrade to top-of-the-line gear.

A tale of the death of Hammerhead
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/40317 Blogger Brad
Reese offers the inside story on the death of router startup
Hammerhead and why he thinks this is bad news for the network
industry. With $110 million in funding down the drain, will VCs
be shy about investing in routing startups that try to take on
the big guys like Cisco? Reese thinks so.

Guide to Videoconferencing Services: Part I
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/40415 "Once the
economy begins to recover, videoconferencing will see meteoric
growth," BT's Videoconferencing Unit general manager Jeff
Prestel told us in a recent interview. In the mean time growth
is respectable, experience quality is improving, systems are
easier to use, and high-end "immersive" solutions are creating a
lot of buzz--although not making major inroads just yet.
Collaborating with our colleague John Bartlett, we learned this
and more during recent interviews with eight carriers to create
this four-part "Guide to Videoconferencing Services."

Venture capitalists not willing to bet against Cisco
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/40317 Cisco Subnet
blogger Brad Reese explains why VC losses from Hammerhead
Systems could be the nail in the coffin for other start-ups
competing with Cisco.

Cisco on the trail of federal stimulus money
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/40380 Hoping for its
share of the stimulus pie, Cisco has assembled a team to
identify local and state government projects that will be funded
with stimulus funds.

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