What’s News?: Cisco's TelePresence Meets Federal Government through AT&T

This aDRD (Announcement-based Data-Rich Deliverable) is part of the Government, Federal Government, Public Safety and Competitive Profiles subscriptions. This 9-page announcement discusses Cisco and AT&T's joint offering of Cisco's TelePresence video conferencing solution, which will be targeted at federal government customers. The partners will aim at catering to agencies under the Schedule 70 and Networx initiatives of the GSA. Also included in this report is a forecast on US Government IT Spending broken out by level, 2008-2013. The government industry includes all establishments of the federal government, state governments, and local governments. Public safety includes any and all police, fire, and emergency related offices, departments, and agencies within the federal, state and local levels. Local levels include all municipalities, townships, and special districts. Public safety includes homeland security, emergency communications, emergency management, 9-1-1 communications, and all first responder communications. The Expert Guide for this DRD is Stephanie Atkinson.

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