We told you so last December: now Avaya has actually signed an agreement to acquire Radvision for $230 million.

Upon closing, Radvision’s enterprise video infrastructure and endpoints will be integrated with Avaya Aura Unified Communications platform.

“…With this acquisition we will seek to extend videoconferencing to any device, anytime, anywhere, making it as easy as a phone call, seizing the opportunity to deliver a fully-integrated solution and architecture that we believe sets us apart from the competition,” says Kevin Kennedy , pres Read more...

The IDC Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing and Telepresence Qview shows a strong Q4 2011 with videoconferencing revenue growing 19% quarter over quarter and 24.6% year over year to reach $807.9 million. Specifically, the single-codec telepresence segment of the market grew 38.7% year over year to $444.1 million and now accounts for 55.0% of the total market.

For the full year 2011, total enterprise videoconferencing market revenue reached $2.7 billion, an increase of 20.5% over the full year 2010. This compares favorably versus the 16.6% growth we saw in 2010 over 2009, further pointing to an accelerated adoption of video in the enterprise. Read more...

Shown at ISE, Medialine's Bluetooth Sound+Voice Donut lets you teleconference connecting PC, mobile phone, tablet PC and many more portable devices by applying HQV (High Quality Voice) technology for voice communication.

Medialine calls it the world’s only device that works with Apple iPhone 4S with Siri voice commands through stereo speaker and microphone.

According to IDC the global videoconferencing market shows a "strong" Q4 2011, with revenues reaching $807.9M and 24.6% Y-o-Y growth. 

For the full year, 2011 enterprise videoconferencing revenues total $2.7BN, growing by 20.5% Y-o-Y. In comparison 2010 Y-o-Y growth amounts to 16.6%. 

While a number of vertical market segments (including healthcare, higher education and financial services) already boost the market, IDC expects future growth to come from the integration of video into UC and collaboration portfolios, growing video use among small workgroups, Read more...