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Cisco sees $34B UC, collaboration market
Cisco announced a major push to corner the collaboration market with new products, reseller options and licensing packages for its unified communications solutions. Cisco said unified communications and collaboration are effective ways for businesses to increase productivity and innovation; indeed, the company pegged the value of the market at a whopping $34 billion.
As part of its push, Cisco highlighted a range of new products and services including the new Unified IP Phone 6900 Series and Unified Videoconferencing 7.0 product. The company also introduced the Collaboration User Group for its partners and customers to share best practices for implementing Cisco unified communications solutions. Finally, Cisco expanded its WebEx reseller program and rolled out Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing Entry Edition, which is a bundled offering targeted at emerging markets where mobile phones are pervasive.
For more:
- see the press release here
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Comments
Posted by Charlotte Wolter | June 2, 2009 - 1:48pm
Pete,
How are you defining unified communications for this article? It sounds like you are equating it with collaboration, which is one use I have seen. Unfortunately, others have used UC to mean fixed-mobile convergence or combined voice, voice mail, email and IM. So, I always have to ask.
Posted by Pete Wylie | June 2, 2009 - 1:58pm
Charlotte,
Since the article is in regards to Cisco's projections, the definition is exceedingly broad. I take UC, in Cisco's world, to mean all of the uses you mention, plus video conferencing, presence, and other collaboration technologies; otherwise, I don't see how they come up with $34 billion as the value of the market. You're very right to point out the disparity and variety of definitions of "unified communications." I'm sure the conversation will only grow more robust as to what technologies and products should be included under the UC umbrella. Thanks for responding
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