Cisco today announced the acquisition of Jabber, a provider of presence and messaging software. 
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® Connect and Cisco Unified Communications said the company. 
Cisco has to find new markets fast as its core market for router is slowing down. Hence the company has been on a buying spree acquiring Webex, Postpath and now Jabber and tranforming itself into a software play. The company has formed More»

Labels: cisco, cloud computing, Collaboration, saas, webex

Dimdim a company that offers free web conferencing announced that it has raised $6 million in a second round of funding. The concept is similar to WebEx, but free. Dimdim offers all the basic tools that you’d expect from a web meeting service, including a collaborative whiteboard, desktop sharing, audio and video. It doesn’t have too many bells and whistles.
Dimdim can take web meetings out of just the corporate world and make them a broader tool for communication. (My favorite example is still the person in Florida More»

Labels: Collaboration, online services, webex