Highlights of Cisco's press release is below (with a link to the full release). Intercompany Cisco TelePresence Directory is a Cisco-hosted directory of endpoints, organizations and people with access to Cisco TelePresence endpoints. Cisco UC 8.0 Cisco breaks new ground with enterprise social software offerings. MORE >>

I have written extensively on Cisco’s I-prize efforts (see Cisco Announces I-Prize Winner and Results of Their Global Collaboration and Cisco Announces Second I-Prize Winner ) but have not yet had a chance to look at their enterprise collaboration efforts.  In the upper left is Communications where Cisco a market leader.  MORE >>

The following is Part 2 of a series on today's announcement by Cisco. What is Cisco announcing? To understand and decipher what Cisco is announcing, it is important to break the information down into four distinct areas: Strategic Pillars, Reference Architecture, “Extend Current”, and “Enter New”. Strategic Pillars. MORE >>

Cisco's Collaboration Strategy: Contender Or Pretender? Cisco has jumped full-force into the collaboration market, believing that it is delivering a next-generation platform with strategic E2.0 wanted to duplicate that opportunity for people to hear directly from Cisco management and have the opportunity for an open dialog. MORE >>

That's a question Cisco wants to answer - point tools are not enough. Note: Reminiscent of "Collaborative CRM" concept defined by Meta Group years ago which has morphed into "Social CRM". Collaborative Applications (conferencing, enterprise social software, customer care, messaging, telepresence. reduce travel expenses). MORE >>