Last December, in response to rumors, I posted Does Avaya Have a Radvision? That posted offered up some reasons why the rumor that Avaya might acquire Radvision made sense. Now the rumor is Avaya bought Radvision – yet neither company had...
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It’ll definitely be interesting to see how Siemens, Alcatel-Lucent, Microsoft, NEC, Mitel, ShoreTel, and Aastra respond! Now that the Cisco and Avaya video UC stories are more baked, it becomes a more strategic question whether video should be a fully in-house, purchased, or licensed capability. And players like Polycom, Vidyo, and Magor become more valuable.