Cisco’s collaboration chief shares the what and whys behind the Tropo acquisition.
Story by Michelle Burbick, No Jitter
Cisco announced this morning its intent to acquire cloud API platform provider Tropo, which is seen as a strategic move to boost development of UC-based, communications-enabled applications. Zeus Kerravala, founder and principal analyst with ZK Research, hit on all the main points around this news in a No Jitter article published earlier today. I also had the opportunity to talk to Cisco’s SVP of collaboration, Rowan Trollope, to get a bit of extra insight into the strategy behind the acquisition and what it means for Cisco at large. Here’s a breakdown of what I found out:
