With one product announcement, Android goes from Enterprise outcast to forerunner.
If your enterprise doesn't use a VoIP call center from Cisco or Cisco networking equipment in your server room, it still likely uses Cisco's Webex for video calling. Pretty soon those Cisco salespeople are going to be calling up your Director of IT and pitching them on what appears to be a very cool little Android tablet called Cius.
It may one day soon replace your office phone. And your mobile phone. And maybe even your laptop.
Cius is a 7-inch Android tablet that does a few things that will get business users excited. First, as an Android device, it has a solid browser that operates over Wifi or 3G/4G (and they even say via Ethernet - this is Cisco after all). Business-based web apps can be accessed locally or through a VPN client. It also appears to offer a virtual desktop through a Citrix-type client for legacy applications.
The main focus appears to be video conferencing and taps into all of Cisco's VoIP and Telepresense software. They even mention 720P video conferencing, which would seem to indicate a very densely pixeled screen and HD camera.
Cisco also mentions a collaborative Android Marketplace relationship where they offer developers a chance to work with Cisco's technology and at the same time Cius users can dive into the Android Marketplace (assuming with the IT Director's blessing) for apps.
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