Polycom News About Video Conferencing

When I read the Network World story about Polycom and look at the prices for their video conferencing solution, which is room based and not really portable, I lose interest.

Given the video conferencing capabilities within Skype, SightSpeed and others, one would think IT managers and CFO's would look to see how people are using the higher value, lower cost, no additional hardware needed (other than a webcam) options to determine user uptake first.

One has to shake their head at what this Polycom solutions costs per installation vs. portable, on the go, solutions from companies that are all software based.