Tandberg Says No to Cisco ... Tandberg has rejected Cisco's $3 billion acquisition offer. " They could, with some legitimacy, say that Cisco's offer could be the first of several, thinking that maybe Cisco itself will come back with more money. Cisco is showing a lot of confidence in its growth, but really, without Cisco's killer sales force, does Tandberg have a chance to grow that quickly? Tandberg shareholders there owning nearly a quarter of the company have rejected the deal. Now, there are several ways to look at this.

Research sponsored by Cisco and Verizon found that firms who use advanced collaboration technologies for meetings get positive ROI. " Comprising secure, branded, online intranet, document management, project management and CRM, collaborators share documents, calendars, tasks, opinions and discussions, while employees can log sales opportunities, track customer issues and easily locate information on any customer or contact. " More - ROI on Advanced Collaboration Solutions ... So what did it find?

Cisco released findings from a recent study of collaboration tools and users. " The results from the Cisco collaboration segmentation study suggest that organizations experience the greatest productivity benefits from collaboration when they: (1) Recognize that personal attitudes and organizational culture regarding collaboration are as important as collaboration tools. (2) These people tend to be managers or supervisors, have held their job position for 3 to 10 years, and are already using Web Making Collaboration Work ... 2) Begin by introducing collaboration tools to people