Matt has the news on the acquisition of Marratech‘s software, from the Google Blog:
As a company, we thrive on casual interactions and spontaneous collaboration. So we’re excited about acquiring Marratech’s video conferencing software, which will enable from-the-desktop participation for Googlers in videoconference meetings wherever there’s an Internet connection.
We look forward to learning from the extraordinary ingenuity of Marratech’s engineers as they focus on desktop conferencing research and development in Sweden, where they will continue to be located.
Update: To clarify some confusion, we acquired Marratech’s software, not the company itself.
I want to believe the implication here, that all Google wants is an internal video conferencing solution. But I can’t imagine they’d keep this all to themselves….