Webex News & Articles

Today at its Collaboration Summit 2011 in Miami, Cisco unveils updates to its unified communications platform Jabber and its web conferencing platform Webex that will enhance enterprise collaboration and let people work anytime, and from anywhere.

 Skype and the like saw a bit trouble this week with the announcement of a new Web-conferencing package for SMBs. WebEx 8 offers online meetings for US$ 19 per month, enabling Cisco (news, site) to better compete for business among smaller companies.

Salesforce.com (news, site) makes another acquisition in the social space as it aims to widen its collaboration product base.

Web-based meetings are certainly nothing new. The problem with web meetings is, despite the convenience of being able to meet with others a world away, you are still tied to your office usually.

With WebEx for iPhone you no longer need to stay late on a Friday for a meeting you can attend from the golf course or the comfort of your home.

When Cisco acquired WebEx, the technology world waited in anticipation for what the combined company would bring to market. Cisco answered back recently by releasing a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) communications platform that brings users a combined presence, instant messaging, Web meeting and team space for workplace collaboration.

The company aims to offer an attractive set of communication tools that will deter enterprise users from looking for external options that are outside organizations’ firewalls. Cisco WebEx Connect is designed around enabling communication and collaboration while respecting the security and management surrounding an enterprise application.