Disclosing this, the director, Global Collaboration
Solutions at Cisco Systems, Mr. Michael Smith noted that this week the firm
would hold it’s collaboration summit in Florida, where Jabber WebEx which is an
online presence would be unveiled today.
He also said that WebEx could be accessed anywhere and at
anytime on any smart device.
According to him, the beta version would be available by
December this year, while the general availability starts first quarter of next
year.
“Full global availability in third quarter of 2012,” he
said.
WebEx, Mr. Smith said could be accessed using iPad,
Blackberry, iPhone to name a few smartphones.
This service, he said involves Cisco integration of single
identity and administration.
He also listed some of e benefits include improving of
productivity and saving time as well as enhanced efficiency.
“As far as we are concerned, the security of this service is
well secured,” he said.
Additionally, Mr. Smith said migration from hitherto
telepresence of Cisco could be achieved in two ways, namely by automatic
upgrade or by way of grade by grade (continue the story)
He further said that Cisco has advanced the workspace by
changing the meeting experience with the newest release of Cisco WebEx, which
redefines the meeting lifecycle.
“Cisco is giving customers a way to not only share data
easily during a meeting but also before and after, through a persistent meeting
space that enables cross company collaboration anytime,” he said.
Additionally, he said, Cisco WebEx provides new levels of integration
between Cisco WebEx and Cisco’s overall collaboration portfolio, including
Cisco Telepresence and several Cisco Unified Communications products, which
avails the extending of the power of online meetings while helping customers
maximize existing investments.
As said by him, WebEx elevates the video and mobile
experience through the provision of high definition (HD) video and pervasive
meeting experience with two-way video even when on the go.
“WebEx mobile meetings are available on more mobile devices
than any other enterprise meeting platform in the market today,” he reiterated.
Elucidating that with Cisco WebEx basic edition, Cisco will
be offering a free version of WebEx in the first quarter (Q1) of 2012 for three
users or less to allow new users to experience a web conferencing solution that
enables collaboration and helps make their meetings be more productive and
efficient.
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