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Cisco Adds Social Media Features to WebEx

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http://www.thevarguy.com – Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are you’ve held or participated in at least one meeting via WebEx. It’s a pretty handy technology that has done much to spur collaboration between disparate groups. Now Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is adding social media functionality to WebEx to create an even more collaborative environment. The technology formerly known as Cisco Quad has been merged into WebEx to create WebEx Social, a workspace that includes the virtual meeting capabilities of WebEx as well as integration of Microsoft Office for group document collaboration, e-mail, mobi (IT news)

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