Nice looking product. It looks squarely like a standard video conferencing system. Only issue is that list price is $89K. But...all you have to do is breath and Cisco gives you a monster discount. I'm not in the market for one myself.... hey..my Tandberg 880MXP connected up to a 26" LCD works well for me... but if I was I suspect you could buy one for $51k. Not bad...but I could do better to buy a Lifesize C200 and a 65" plasma from Costco and probably save $30+k.
So...here's the question... Cisco is not dumb. (but I will say that their overall IQ has been dropping steadily since I left) but..when are they going to shake up the market? It truly seems that the market has gone towards value pricing. If Cisco is serious about doing $1B in sales, they are going to have to get price competitive.
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For a company the size of Cisco, after a big splash two and 1/2 years ago, they sure haven't had a follow up strategy since then. And they let Polycom and Tandberg catch up and pass them on telepresence.
Yes, its quizical as to why they havent forged along faster and harder. Sure..they've come out with new models and they look compelling. But.. there are still two major hurdles. Price. And compatability.
My only guess is that Cisco is slow and lathargic and isnt attacking this as aggresively as they attacked competitors back in the 90s.
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