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The Big News This Week Is That the Israeli Media Is Reporting That Avaya March 2012 Volume 28 Dear Subscribers, The big news this week is that the Israeli media is reporting that Avaya is set to buy Israeli videoconferencing manufacturer RADVISION for between $200-$250MM which has triggered a 19% increase in the price of RADVISION’s stock. Neither side has confirmed the transaction. The move would make perfect sense for Avaya which is currently owned by private equity powerhouses Silver Lake and TPG Capital. Silver Lake also owns AVI-SPL, the largest telepresence and videoconferencing systems integrator in the world. AVI-SPL recently purchased telepresence and managed service provider Iformata Communications giving AVI-SPL its own VNOC and nascent telepresence and videoconferencing exchange capability. Silver Lake also owns Sabre who provides the back end reservation systems for airline flights and travel management companies. Sabre recently announced that it would be adding virtual meeting reservations to its global scheduling and delivery system AND also announced a partnership with shared workspace provider Regus to add access to their 1200+ publicly available telepresence and videoconferencing rooms in 550 cities to Sabre’s Virtual Meeting Network. So… now add a capable videoconferencing endpoint and infrastructure capability to the Silver Lake / Avaya portfolio and you have a substantial collection of end-to-end videoconferencing capabilities. Of course hitting the market with another HD videoconferencing end-point isn’t going to set the world on fire, but given the fact that Avaya chairman and Silver Lake partner Charlie Giancarlo was the genesis for telepresence at Cisco I wouldn’t be surprised if he has a couple of key differentiators up his sleeve. Maybe one the size of a Ferrari… In other news: Enterprise Connect kicks off in Orlando from March 26th-28th. We are an official media partner and associate editor David Maldow will be attending the show. Drop him an email if you have something super cool you would like to show him. Avaya’s Brett Shockley is a Keynote speaker so I would guess that if the RADVISION deal gets completed that you might expect some details in the Keynote. Warmly, HSL Howard S. Lichtman, Publisher – Telepresence Options PS If you haven’t already subscribed to Telepresence Options Magazine then sign up now as we are getting the next issue ready for the fall. Next Issue: Video Network Infrastructure, Managed Services, Inter-networking, Security, and Exchange My First MPLS over Satellite Videoconferencing Call Telepresence Options Publisher Howard Lichtman on the roof of the Walter E. 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We have been publishing a list of charities started by members of the visual collaboration industry (and charities we like) every Christmas since 2008. You can see the list from Christmas 2011 Here. Today we are launching a lending team on Kiva for telepresence and visual collaboration professionals through our industry association: Telepresence Industry Professionals (TIP). TIP is open to both members of the visual collaboration industry and the technical professionals who support telepresence, videoconferencing, UC, and visual collaboration in organizations large and small. Kiva Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance - Best Viewed Full Screen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1V9jVtssfw&feature=player_embedded Kiva is a unique charity where donors support entrepreneurs in by making microfinance loans of as little as $25. 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