Abbiamo spesso parlato di Sighspeed, servizio di videoconferenza multiutente con un business model efficace (l’ormai classico freemium) e un recente accordo di distribuzione con Dell. Oggi la notizia, Logitech ha acquisito la società per 30 milioni di dollari. Mi immagino Sightspeed finirà presto in bundle con qualche webcam ad alta risoluzione prodotta da Logitech.

Switzerland-based Logitech, maker of personal computer peripherals, is entering the software market by acquiring internet video communications services provider SightSpeed for $30 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in early November.

The acquisition of the 25-person company, born out of a Cornell University lab, is a result of Logitech looking to complement their hardware solutions with solid video communication technology in combination with a R&D knowledge buy.

SightSpeed’s services, which are SIP-based and standards-compliant, comes with a free version and a premium version called SightSpeed Plus (for consumers) which costs $9.95 per month or $99.95 per year. The professional version costs $19.95 a month/$240 per person a year, and runs on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux.

This marks a third successful hand-off for SightSpeed CEO Peter Csathy, a digital media veteran who was previously involved with Musicmatch (acquired by Yahoo in 2004) and eNow/Relegence (acquired by AOL in 2006).

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