![]() ![]() ![]() With this development, Cisco is enabling Jabber customers to collaborate from anywhere and across the most popular operating systems utilizing high definition video, voice, presence, instant messaging, desktop sharing, conferencing and visual voicemail. Cisco is extending Cisco Jabber to iPad and Windows, building on its extensive Jabber portfolio for Android, iOS, Mac, BlackBerry and Cisco Cius tablets. Powerful tools to extend the reach of TelePresence. Meanwhile, Cisco launched TX9000, a three-screen immersive version of its TelePresence software with advanced collaboration capabilities that integrates with WebEx and is also interoperable with other vendors. ![]() The new Jabber and TelePresence offerings, which include a new immersive TelePresence system with optimized collaboration capabilities, are completely integrated, giving customers more mobility options while also extending the reach of their telepresence investments. The innovations, ranging from new desktop and mobile Cisco Jabber collaboration applications to Cisco TelePresence systems, make it easy for users to move from one collaboration solution to the next based on how they work and their immediate task at hand (for example, moving from instant messaging to voice to video with the click of a button). From new Jabber options to an enhanced TelePresence system, Cisco is moving to optimize collaboration for the mobile world. Not bad Cisco, not bad at all.At the Enterprise Connect trade show, Cisco introduced new people-centric innovations aimed at making it easier for people to collaborate anywhere, anytime in the post-PC era. I still remember putting in my first Selsius Call Manager more than 13 years ago. Sign up here.Īlso of no small merit, Cisco just shipped its 50 millionth phone - that's 50,000,000 phones shipped. This includes desktop sharing and VoIP as well. This was the entire reason that Cisco purchased Jabber.Īnother thing that Cisco is making free (at least for some limited time) is their WebEx Meetings Beta offering - for up to 25 participants. Still not bad at all - especially with the new Jabber client for Windows, and the fact that once installed it enables all MS Office apps to have native presence tied into them directly to Cisco Jabber. This doesn't include Voice or Video, but those can be enabled later with a simple license upgrade. Understanding that the Jabber client can interact with video from any IP phone or Telepresence unit, and the fact that Cisco announced that this free Jabber client and Presence support is not only for those with existing IP Phones, but for every member of any enterprise with a UCM server, this makes the announcement all that more powerful. It's also one that makes complete sense seeing that UCM v9 is about to go into beta testing next week. At any rate and for whatever their reasons and motivations - I personally think it is a very, very smart move for Cisco. This probably has something to do with how badly they've been spanked in Presence server and client sales by Microsoft basically giving away the presence features of Lync (although MS does make you pay when you want to add Voice/Video features to those clients - just as Cisco will). ![]() Just announced at the Cisco Partner Summit yesterday, Cisco is making Unified Presence, IM and it's Jabber client for Mac, PC, iPad, iPhone, Cisco Cius, Blackberry and all Android devices completely FREE. ![]()
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