Tick tick Zoom, is this thing on? US comms giant Verizon pulls on BlueJeans for 'undisclosed amount'

It's as good a time as any to buy a video conferencing and cloud comms firm. Just ask the business arm of US comms behemoth Verizon, which today confirmed it is acquiring BlueJeans Network for an undisclosed (but presumably substantial) sum. Headquartered in San Jose and first launched in 2009, BlueJeans is a veteran of the …

[Anonymous Coward]

Buzzword Bingo

" in a spirited attempt to score a full house in Buzzword Bingo."

Just what i was thinking whilst reading the quote, before I got to El reg's teeth marks at the end.

[Dan 55]

Verizon

Where vast amounts of money are spent on taking over services and letting them sink into a pit of mediocrity.

[Someone Else]

Re: Verizon

The Microsoft of the East Coast?

[IGotOut]

Re: Verizon

Less MS, more Symantec

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Verizon

Exactly, as soon as I see the name Verizon I know that whatever software they've attached themselves to and are buzzwording will both suck and never be used. It's all fairly automatic by now - Verizon acquisitions quickly sink under the waves without any noise, or users. They just don't get that everyone thinks of them solely as the phone company with a stupid name, and not for anything else.

[Anonymous Coward]

"compelling solutions"

Which is to say that Verizon will compel its customers to use it.

[Kevin McMurtrie]

Welcome to the team

Have you met MCI, Yahoo, and AOL?

[ecofeco]

Interesting

2015 was the last time I used BlueJeans. Seemed fine then.

[Charlie Clark]

Re: Interesting

I know a couple of companies using it for "proper" video conferencing: TV with tracking camera, etc. and they seem pretty happy. BlueJeans has been pretty sensible in not trying to chase the "for free" consumer market in my opinion.

[Androgynous Cow Herd]

Had to use it today, coincidentally

latency was abysmal.