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Citrix seems to getting in to voice

Fro a long Citrix has had product called EasyCall , how it seems that just isn't good enough

Citrix Systems has acquired audio conferencing services start-up Vapps for $26.6m

Vapps, Inc. New Jersey-based Vapps was founded in 2002 and has 18 employees. Vapps Inc is a technology company utilizing its patent-pending audio conferencing technology to provide managed audio conferencing solutions to the SMB, Enterprise and Service Provider markets. The company has been delivering solutions to well-known customers in each of these markets since 2003.

It provides high-definition audio and video conference call equipment for telephones, VoIP, and Skype.

Azure Capital Partners, which invested in Vapps in 2007, said the sale of Vapps will provide it a 3.6 times return on its investment over 18 months. The VC firm has also sold other companies this year.

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Posted Nov 18 2008, 09:29 PM by Charles Aunger
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Andrew Storrs wrote re: Citrix seems to getting in to voice
on 11-18-2008 10:43 PM

Sounds like a good match with their GoToMeeting & GoToWebinar products.

Channel-V (Roel Gydé) wrote re: Citrix seems to getting in to voice
on 11-19-2008 7:06 AM

I strongly believe that the purchase of Vapps Inc has nothing to do with EasyCall, as easycall only bridges between the virtualized application and a PBC (classical or IP based), unless of course Citrix is planning to integrate the technology into its 3C offering.

Vapps is much more interesting for Citrix when it comes to the Citrix Online division, specifcally for GoToMeeting.or GoToWebinar. While Cisco is pushing telepresence (expensive video conferencing), Citrix remains a stronge believer of phone-conferencing solutions for the SMB market, who are not always strong enough for a fully blown telepresence video-conferencing solution.

When talking to some people of the Citrix Online Division, I got the famous 'no comment at present' remark, I am curious what willl happen.

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