Chromebooks seek corporate uptake by offering Cisco's WebEx teleconferencing

From	RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Chromebooks seek corporate uptake by offering Cisco's WebEx teleconferencing
Date	2014-03-19 10:29 +0000
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From the «Bill G has just joined the conference call» department:
Title: With WebEx for Chromebooks, Google actually does something boring
Author: Eric Blattberg
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:30:16 -0400
Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/Hln9oRzoxgk/
Podcast Download URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~5/Krurz1p4J7I/webex-chromebook.png

[image 1]Image Credit: Google

We all know Google’s moonshots, from its self-driving cars[2] and crazy
robots[3] to Project Loon[4], which seeks to bring the world Internet via
balloon. Even divisions outside Google X tend to be pretty fascinating.

But today, the search giant revealed an even more thrilling announcement:
Cisco’s WebEx conferencing is coming to Chromebooks[5].

Yawn.

Ok, perhaps we’re being unfair. We’re sure some folks will find the feature
useful, as it enables you to do things like join WebEx meetings directly from
from a Google Calendar or Gmail inbox. But Chromebook already support
Hangouts, Google’s slick, user-friendly video conferencing service that many
prefer to stodgier meeting tools like WebEx.

It seems a bit counterintuitive, as Chromebooks haven’t seen much adoption
inside the enterprise. But perhaps this is part of Google’s effort to propel
more Chromebooks into businesses. Forrester, for one, has said that more
companies should consider Chromebooks[6].

Chromebooks can already run a bevy of Windows apps thanks to their support
for VMware’s desktop-as-a-service environment[5]. But this latest integration
brings a native WebEx experience to Chromebooks — if you care.

Related articles

* [image 8][7]Samsung aims to keep Chromebook dominance with faster,
thinner, & bigger models[7]
* [image 10][9]Chromebook sales surge during holidays – raising big
questions for Microsoft[9]
* [image 12][11]Take that, pricy Pixel: Acer’s new touchscreen Chromebook
is only $299[11]
* [image 14][13]Dell delivers its first Chromebook – and gives Google
another big hardware partner[13]
* [image 16][15]Forrester: Enterprises should seriously consider
Chromebooks[15]

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