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Cisco takes social collaboration to cloud

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BOSTON, USA: Cisco is all set to bring social capabilities to the devices enabling people to participate in social collaboration, regardless of where they are working.

The innovations pertain to what is now called Cisco WebEx Social (formerly known as Cisco Quad) and build upon existing offerings that help employees share knowledge, find experts and information and form effective virtual work teams.

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Cisco is extending WebEx cloud services to not only encompass what was formerly known as Quad, but also Cisco Callway, Cisco's hosted TelePresence solutions.

The expanded WebEx family of cloud collaboration services will utilize the global data centre footprint of the WebEx cloud.

Cisco WebEx Social will have following capabilities:

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Microsoft Office Integration and e-mail.

Enhancements to the WebEx Social iPhone and iPad client.

A new browser-based video calling, where people can avail high-definition (HD) video conferencing session compatible with several video endpoints, including Cisco TelePresence, IP video phones, mobile and soft clients.

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WebEx Social will be available as on-premise (WebEx Social Server) offering, partner-hosted (through Logicalis, ACS and Alphawest) and a Cisco-hosted cloud-based solution.

Cisco is also announcing new capabilities with Cisco WebEx Telepresence, formerly known as Cisco Callway, one of the Cisco WebEx cloud services.

It will have the ability to host a video call with up to nine users on the WebEx Telepresence network. Supports audio and video (up to 1080p HD video resolution). Support for Cisco TelePresence MX300 and Cisco TelePresence SX20.

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