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Cisco Systems Inc. executives said on Monday that air traffic problems caused by a volcano in Iceland makes a good argument for this video conferencing products.

The market for advanced video conferencing such as Cisco's telepresence already has good growth potential, the company's Senior Vice President for Emerging Technologies Marthin De Beer said on a conference call about its completed acquisition of Tandberg ASA on Monday.

But De Beer added that the volcano-related cancellation of flights in Europe and across the Atlantic shows the need for telepresence as a way for companies to communicate under any conditions.

"We have seen a huge spike in usage," Fredrik Halvorsen, the former Tandberg CEO who will now head Cisco Systems's TelePresence Technology Group, told Reuters on Sunday. "The only evidence is anecdotal, but you will not get a demo room in any of the Cisco facilities."

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