Friday, November 14, 2003

Cisco acquisition a steal

The Motley Fool says that Cisco's deal to buy Latitude Communications was <A HREF="http://www.fool.com/News/Take/2003/take031113.htm">a very sound move and an absolute steal for Cisco</A>. The article goes on to explain that businesses need to communicate -- whether with employees, partners or prospects -- and online solutions are much cheaper. Latitude developed its product to make it easy for Cisco to integrate, since it can be used seamlessly with Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, Sametime instant messaging, and CallManager (which allows scheduling through Cisco's IP telephones). What's more, Cisco can rapidly scale the Latitude product through its immense distribution network.

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