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Cisco shows growing collaboration ambitions WebEx Mail and social networking tools

Source: VentureBeat

Nov 09, 2009

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Cisco is expanding its lineup of collaboration tools today with a flood of new products and upgrades (61 in all, the company says). In addition to improving on established products like web meeting service WebEx, the networking giant is expanding into two new markets — email and corporate social networking.

Alex Hadden-Boyd, director of Cisco’s Collaboration Software Group, described WebEx Mail as “a bridge” between older email programs and newer web technologies. It integrates smoothly with Microsoft’s Outlook software, as well as email clients on devices like the iPhone and BlackBerry, but there’s also a web version based on Yahoo-owned email service Zimbra. Each account stores up to 25 gigabytes.

“We see this as an evolutionary model,” Hadden-Boyd said, where companies can use the Outlook software they’re comfortable with, then gradually become more comfortable with web products. The service includes technology from email company PostPath, which Cisco acquired a year ago.

On the social networking side, Cisco is rolling out a couple of different products. Cis

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