Collaborative Thinking

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Predictions: WebEx Connect will need a strong IdM (Identity Management) play and will do so either through expanding what exists within PostPath or through an acquisition or a deep partnership. The cloud-based identity service will be key to expand on social networking aspects that will emerge around WebEx Connect. What about offline - does WebEx Connect implement Dojo Offline which is based on Google Gears? Does Cisco see SaaS as equal to WebEx Connect?

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Collaborative Thinking

SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Ive talked to many investors on the web conferencing market over the years and have consistently said that the root value of WebEx was the MediaTone network - not the web conferencing service. WebEx Connect begins to solve that challenge. This has to be a concern of WebEx as well.

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Collaborative Thinking

JANUARY 25, 2008

The story below provides some insight: Making sure that Cisco’s sales teams are motivated to sell WebEx services has just become the responsibility of a new general manager at the on-demand Web meeting provider. Dennerline outlined four main priorities that he sees for WebEx this year.

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Collaborative Thinking

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Rough notes taken during this morning's presentation on WebEx Connect: How does IT meet the competing demands from end users where end users can obtain solutions from the consumer market with updates to tools occurring at a much faster rate than traditional enterprise IT software. WebEx Media Tone Network 9 globally linked data center, 99.99 125K WebEx sessions per day across 94 days. WebEx Connect Collaboration Services e-Mail.

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Portals and KM

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Cisco has launched a new collaboration platform with its acquisition WebEx, Cisco WebEx Connect , a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that integrates, presence, instant messaging, web meetings and team spaces with traditional and web 2.0

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Collaborative Thinking

MARCH 19, 2009

WebEx Connect)? Could Cisco squeeze the WebEx software and some of the IP telephony software on the Flip USB so you could participate in a conference and have a VoIP call to discuss the video? .

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21st Century Organization

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

Clearly Cisco is "talking their book", their investment in a portfolio of collaboration tools including WebEx in hosting this conversation. Still their interview with Tom Malone about the business benefits of collaboration, and implications of decentralizing decisionmaking on innovation, is recommended listening. link]. ~ Jenny Ambrozek.

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Michael Sampson - Currents

MAY 2, 2014

From Cisco Retires Webex Social, Partners with Jive Instead : Cisco and Jive are marketing a bundle that includes Cisco’s WebEx Meetings and Jabber for online meetings, Web conferencing, IM and audio/video communications and Jive’s ESN software, which provides “Facebook like” capabilities for workplace collaboration, like employee profiles, activity streams, microblogging, document sharing and group workspaces.

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Collaborative Thinking

AUGUST 27, 2008

arena that leverages WebEx Connect as another SaaS/cloud option. s Saas based WebEx Connect Collaboration Platform which currently includes- Instant Messaging, Wikis, Web 2.0 s Collaboration Software Group and integrated with WebEx Connect and Cisco???s with additional development operations in Sofia, Bulgaria, PostPath will enhance the existing email and calendaring capabilities of Cisco's WebEx Connect collaboration platform.

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Collaborative Thinking

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Cisco TelePresence WebEx Engage is a simple, one-button initiation and scheduling solution with video integration between Cisco TelePresence and Cisco WebEx conferencing. Cisco TelePresence WebEx Engage, combines the ease-of-use and broad reach of Cisco TelePresence and Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. Using technology acquired from PostPath , Cisco WebEx Mail has a highly scalable infrastructure that overcomes the limitations of traditional mailbox size.

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Collaborative Thinking

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Cisco TelePresence WebEx Engage: One-button start of a combined and integrated Telepresence and WebEx meeting (improved user experience, productivity). Cisco WebEx Connect IM: The product moves from AIM to an XMPP-based IM network based on the Jabber. WebEx Connect C6.0 Integration with Cisco Unified Communications and WebEx Meeting Manager. client, delivered by WebEx Collaboration Cloud with IronPort; US and Canada.

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Michael Sampson - Currents

APRIL 22, 2014

There is a shorter write-up here – Cisco sales department accelerates productivity by over 20% with the Cisco WebEx Technology Group , but the longer report has greater richness of information). During a call yesterday afternoon I referred to a case study I had read from Cisco about how they re-imagined the role of a sales specialist, and the various benefits they had achieved by doing so.

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Michael Sampson - Currents

MARCH 11, 2015

IBM, WebEx). Here’s the paragraphs in the announcement about the user adoption approach: Merck is using Office 365 to replace a group of disconnected technologies including Lotus Notes, Sametime, and WebEx, that we had deployed over the years. Merck has almost finished an 11 month transition to Office 365 from various older Microsoft products and messaging and collaboration tools from other vendors (e.g.,

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2015 Adoption Webex Lotus Notes 98

Michael Sampson - Currents

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Virgin is deploying Cisco Quad, WebEx and Cisco Unified Communications throughout its business.

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2012 Webex Collaboration Migrate 116

Collaborative Thinking

JULY 15, 2009

The company has already made several moves in terms of acquisitions (WebEx, PostPath, Jabber) and strategy (describing a general direction regarding collaboration and SaaS/Cloud computing via WebEx Connect). It has also been busy integrating WebEx with its other assets (Unified Communications Manager, Telepresence, Unified MeetingPlace) – yes, the integration has not always been terribly deep but the work is ongoing and will continue to improve.

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Portals and KM

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Cisco and WebEx Combine Strengths to Launch New Enterprise 2.0 Here are my App Gap posts for October. In addition to the Fast Forward blog (see side bar for links), I am writing in another Corante blog, the App Gap, sponsored by QuickBase, The posts began toward the end of January 2008. In this case, I am primarily doing product commentaries with a few other things thrown in. Below are the ones for October. There will be more in November.

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Michael Sampson - Currents

MAY 10, 2014

GE is using Cisco Quad / WebEx Social to power a social collaboration platform inside: “ GE recently launched Colab, its own social collaboration platform (using Cisco’s WebEx Social – formerly Quad – as the core engine) for 60,000 users to date (with a goal of reaching 100,000 users by year-end). Box announced a new strategic customer : GE.

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2014 Collaboration Tools Jive Webex 89

Michael Sampson - Currents

MAY 30, 2012

Over the last year, Cisco has demonstrated a commitment to delivering innovative software like Cisco Jabber and Cisco WebEx across a wide spectrum of operating systems, tablets and Smart Phones. ( A Cisco Cius video from a happier time ).

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Collaborative Thinking

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The solution will show up first in the WebEx world (e.g., Media Tone Network, WebEx Connect) and then follow with an on-premise implementation. The acquisition will enable Cisco to embed presence and messaging services "in the network" and provide rich aggregation capabilities to users through both on-premise and on-demand solutions, across multiple platforms including Cisco WebEx??

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Michael Sampson - Currents

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The WebEx Mail announcement is interesting, but not because of the product it represents. For example, users will be able to migrate an email discussion thread out of WebEx Mail and into Cisco ECP. Cisco held a big Collaboration event in November 2009 and announced a slew of collaboration products. One of those was a hosted email service, but barely 15 months later, the product has taken a bullet to the head: " Cisco Systems is dropping its hosted e-mail product.

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2011 Focus Webex Video 89

Portals and KM

OCTOBER 8, 2009

New entrant Cisco WebEx debuted as a Contender and will look to disrupt the market landscape over time. Cisco and WebEx Combine Strengths to Launch New Enterprise 2.0 The Q3 2009 Forrester Wave™: Collaboration Platforms by Rob Koplowitz is out. It found that “Microsoft and IBM Lotus led the pack based on the breadth of functionality in their offerings. Novell edged into the Leaders’ quadrant with its Teaming product.

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Michael Sampson - Currents

JULY 26, 2011

WebEx. Law firm Minter Ellison (with 290 partners and 1,000 legal staff in Asia Pacific and the UK) has chosen a range of Cisco collaboration gear to support its "one firm" strategy. "A A key focus for us is to ensure that all our people -- regardless of which office they are located in -- are seamlessly integrated and working as 'One Firm' to deliver a superior client experience.

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Michael Sampson - Currents

MARCH 2, 2011

Apart from the integration with Cisco TelePresence, you can already do WebEx on the iPad. The day has come, and Apple did indeed announce the second-generation of the iPad - iPad 2. The announcement was today; it will be available to buy from March 11. In terms of specifications: - The cameras have been added - one on the front for video conferencing via FaceTime, and one on the back for taking pictures. It's thinner (33%) and lighter (15%).

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2011 Webex Mobile Video 89

Portals and KM

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

  The report also looks at how Cisco, Google, IBM and Microsoft are operating in the real-time collaboration market and where each is headed over the next two years:  Cisco will expand WebEx and extend TelePresence with service partners - see my post on Cisco and WebEx Combine Strengths to Launch New Enterprise 2.0

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Endless Knots

JUNE 16, 2009

All of the meetings we've had with Cisco of late have taken place in Webex, culminating in the extravaganza last Tuesday that combined Telepresence, Webex, and Cisco IPTV. All of a sudden, the webcams, used principally for family connections for years, are workhorses (so to speak). Then on Friday, for another client who shall go nameless but whose name you know, another webcast, this time via Adobe Connect, topic = "Leading and Motivating Remote/Virtual Teams."

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Collaborative Thinking

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Third (and last) thought: Given Cisco's acquisition of Jabber and efforts with WebEx Connect - you would imagine integration with Facebook as well. First thought: If Meebo can integrate with XMPP systems - why can't Microsoft? Note: This is not the first time I've picked on Microsoft (and others) for ignoring XMPP-based IM. Second thought: Why hasn't IBM integrated with Facebook's XMPP-based IM system?

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Portals and KM

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

It includes leading enterprise cloud applications for web conferencing (WebEx) , instant messaging (Jabber) and enterprise social software (Quad) but goes much beyond that.

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Michael Sampson - Currents

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

This is going to hurt Cisco WebEx and Citrix GoToMeeting. Slideshare changed the dynamics of giving presentations - conference speakers could now leverage their conference work to reach a broader audience beyond their assigned meeting slot, and people who didn't get an invitation to talk at the conference could put their thoughts up alongside those who did. Last week, Slideshare took a big leap into online meetings , with the launch of Zipcast.

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Learning Alliances

AUGUST 28, 2009

I’ve always found webinar software like WebEx , Elluminate , or GoToMeeting to be constraining and, because they try to be a “total solution&# they don’t play well with other uses or software. Because they’re popular they’re used in situations where they’re inappropriate. The Digital Habitats wiki, for example, doesn’t go into enough detail about their uses in community settings.

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Digital Habitats

AUGUST 28, 2009

I’ve always found webinar software like WebEx , Elluminate , or GoToMeeting to be constraining and, because they try to be a “total solution&# they don’t play well with other uses or software. Because they’re popular they’re used in situations where they’re inappropriate. The Digital Habitats wiki, for example, doesn’t go into enough detail about their uses in community settings.

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introNetworks Open 2009 Webex 100

Portals and KM

JANUARY 16, 2012

Catherine has been based in Palo Alto for the past 23 years and has held senior director level positions in product management, product marketing, business development and marketing at such firms as: WebEx, Tandem, and Compaq. Social business has great potential and I have shared much of my excitement over its opportunities, as well as ideas for its success on this blog. 

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Partnering Resources

DECEMBER 12, 2012

They complain: “The WebEx froze halfway through our session” or “All I can hear is buzzing on the conference line.” It’s not about the virtual, it’s about the team. Let’s get one thing out of the way: there’s no such thing as a virtual team.

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Michael Sampson - Currents

JULY 27, 2009

Eg, mobile devices as web conferencing end points, eg WebEx on the iPhone, Fuze Meeting on the iPhone. I've been thinking about mobile and wireless access to collaboration systems, and how it has matured during the past three years. In terms of key themes, my top-of-mind sense is that: It's gotten a lot better. New collaboration systems -- places where people work together -- have better baseline mobile access options than they did three years ago. New devices have improved the game.

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21st Century Organization

OCTOBER 22, 2009

With a commitment to reducing her carbon footprint Ms Henderson presented via WebEx. The Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE) at Fairleigh Dickinson University strives to "bring people together to learn how to live and manage sustainably". Hazel Henderson: "Beyond GDP".

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Challenges Change 2009 Webex 116

Endless Knots

JUNE 2, 2009

I live by Blackberry, laptop and conferencing technologies (Webex, iChat, Telepresence) Q: What do you find most difficult as a "virtual" leader? I'm doing a webcast on virtual leadership in a couple of weeks for eighty people, all situated virtually and all around the world. The link between the executive sponsoring the event and me me will be via Cisco's Telepresence -- though for everyone else, thank heavens, I won't be in high def.

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iChat Israel 2009 Webex 89

Portals and KM

AUGUST 19, 2010

Microsoft quickly re-evaluated and repriced its Exchange Online offering to $5 per user per month; IBM launched LotusLive Notes and iNotes for $5 and $3, respectively; and Cisco purchased PostPath and opened its WebEx Mail offering with a 5 GB mailbox for $5 per user per month. I recently received a review copy of a useful new Forrester report, Four Giants Compete For Your Cloud Email Business.

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Joitske Hulsebosch

MAY 17, 2011

I'm currently using Webex for webinars, unfortunately we discovered (quite late!) that there is a maximum of 7 active microphones, and the first time we had serious problems. Now we found out that we can share the microphones, after people raise their (virtual) hands.

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Nancy White

APRIL 2, 2009

Not far behind in its clunkiness is WebEx , which makes passing the control baton something of a high wire act. I’ve had the best luck with their integrated VoIP and their breakout rooms, while still a bit tricky, are much easier for me than WebEx.

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Joitske Hulsebosch

JANUARY 13, 2015

The better-known paid webinar tools are GoToMeeting, Webex and Adobe Connect. (photo by Kitty Terwolbeck ) There are lots of online tools that you can use for free or for very little money. Every week I try some new tools (like this week vialogues ) and honestly? Occasionally the high number of tools and possibilities make me restless. I have a tools list (both in a booklet and online in diigo) to try out and I never find the time or have the idea that I''ve tested enough tools.

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2015 Online Facilitation Yammer Facilitation 122

Michael Sampson - Currents

APRIL 7, 2011

This includes WebEx for web conferencing, telepresence for high-end video meetings, and Cisco Quad and related collaboration software offerings. John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, announced a range of changes to fix the ailing company : " Cisco Systems Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Chambers, after reporting disappointing earnings four quarters in a row, will makes changes aimed at regaining the company’s lost credibility and sharpening its focus.

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