Google VP of Product Management Caesar Sengupta announces $999 Chromebox bundle for meetings, a bundle designed to outfit meeting rooms with a cost-effective, easy-to-use meeting solution powered by the Google Cloud.
ASUS, HP and Dell will supposedly offer this new Google enterprise solution under their own brands. This game-changer comes with:
- A Google Chromebox, with wired and wifi connectivity
- A USB HD web cam
- A USB microphone/speakerphone
- A custom Bluetooth/RF remote control with a d-pad and full Qwerty keyboard on the rear.
Plans call for the kit bundle to sell in US at $999 – including a 1-year device management subscription to “Chrome for meetings” priced at $250. The device ties directly back to your Google Apps domain, providing management and linking to a room calendar in your organization (you must be a Google Apps customer to achieve this functionality).
Up to 15 participants can join the video meeting from other conference rooms, their laptops, tablets or smartphones. Need to meet with someone who doesn’t use Chromebox for meetings? All they need is a Gmail account. Individuals can also connect to rooms that have traditional video conferencing systems using a new tool from Vidyo, and participants who prefer phones can join a meeting with a conference call number from UberConference.
Doesn’t sound like the type of enterprise level video conferencing you are accustomed to? Online company Just Eat currently uses Chrome devices across their global workforce of 1000 employees. It’s a new world…as the consumerization of technology shakes traditional enterprise-level confidence.
You can read the intense industry reactions in chat rooms and LinkedIn groups: some traditional integrators are outraged by this further descent into the low-end while others feel that it might open up the untapped SMB market.
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