Cisco adds Skype

NEW DELHI: US technology giant Cisco has announced Cisco Meeting Server. It makes it simple to connect people in Cisco video rooms with others who are using Skype for Business.

"In fact, with this technology, everyone can join—regardless of whether they are using Polycom or Avaya gear, a mobile client or a WebRTC-enabled browser. It’s as simple as clicking a link," the company said in a statement. 

“Connecting should not be hard. But it has been, because certain vendors’ technologies have not played well with standards-based technologies, like Cisco’s industry-leading video systems. We just fixed that, and the impact is huge,” said Rowan Trollope, SVP and GM of Cisco’s IoT and Applications Groups.

“Just as you don’t think twice about whether an iPhone can call a Samsung Galaxy, enterprises need to know that everyone can join the meeting. And now they can," added Trollope.

Customers agree. “Our users didn’t understand why they couldn’t connect Skype for Business and our Cisco video rooms. It didn’t make sense, and we needed to change that,” said Andrew Heintz, manager of video engineering at Exelon, a US-based energy provider.

With Cisco Meeting Server, “now they don’t even think about it—a meeting is a meeting is a meeting. If they are in the office, they usually join from a Cisco video room. If they are working from home, they join that same meeting and get the same experience—but they join from Skype for Business," added Heintz.

Availability

"You can order Cisco Meeting Server now. Cisco Capital can provide financing in more than 100 countries; click here for more information," company said.