Cisco to consumerize TelePresence?

Expected to unveil products at CES tomorrow

Cisco is expected to announce home videoconferencing/consumer telepresence products at the Consumer Electronics Show tomorrow in Las Vegas, according to TheRegister.com. The site says Cisco will show actual product - despite not yet closing the Tandberg deal and not exactly downscaling Cisco TelePresence to the Flip pocket videocam.

Speaking of Flip, it's also expected that Cisco will unveil a Wi-Fi version of the videocam at CES tomorrow as well.

If the reports are accurate, that will heat things up with IBM, which this week expanded its alliance with Polycom to offer cloud-based videoconferencing services as well as products.

More from Cisco Subnet:
Cisco rival Brocade for sale?
HP blade counters Cisco security approach
What's next for Cisco after Tandberg deal?
Manly Man IOS Features
Cisco Releases IOS 15.0
Cisco training and network design books up for grabs in October
Win great stuff from Cisco Subnet Like e-mail? Subscribe to the Cisco Alert newsletter.Cisco Subnet RSS feed
Like RSS readers? Subscribe to the
Follow all Cisco Subnet bloggers on Twitter.Jim Duffy on Twitter
Follow

Next read this:

Jim Duffy has been covering technology for over 28 years, 23 at Network World. He covers enterprise networking infrastructure, including routers and switches. He also writes The Cisco Connection blog and can be reached on Twitter @Jim_Duffy and at jduffy@nww.com.

The 10 most powerful companies in enterprise networking 2022