Logitech Takes to the Cloud with Mobile Video Meetings

  • Logitech’s LifeSize division — headquartered in Austin, Texas — is looking to the cloud in an effort to extend its videoconferencing reach.
  • The company is introducing the $1,499 LifeSize Passport Connect, a new videoconferencing system that integrates with the company’s cloud-based LifeSize Connections service.
  • The high-defintion endpoint system is built around a Logitech webcam and is priced below other LifeSize end systems.
  • Logitech also announced it has acquired Italian mobile video company, Mirial, which offers videoconferencing clients for PCs, Macs, and an array of mobile devices such as Android tablets, iPads and iPhones.
  • The company plans to integrate Mirial’s clients into LifeSize Connections.