Cisco Lays Off its Video Conference Camera Team in India

Wainhouse Research reports that Cisco decided to shut down its video conferencing camera team in India: "Bangalore center has demonstrated core competencies in system architecture and design and a host of ancillary hardware, software, and microcode skills on the way to delivering five cameras, an H.265 codec, and one integrated video conferencing endpoint (the SX-10) since 2008. The group grew to around 50 people, but the shutdown announced last week involves termination of approximately 35 technical folks, according to our source." Here is the short presentation on the team's history and achievements: