LAS VEGAS (

TheStreet

) --

Cisco

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has vowed to push the video revolution into new areas, transforming the way that consumers access health care and education.

"The next generation will be all about video literally changing lives in ways that we can't even imagine," said John Chambers, the Cisco CEO, during a press event organized by the networking giant. "It's to see an experience, to live it and share it."

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Chambers has pushed

consumer video

to the forefront of Cisco's business in the last couple of years,

throwing down

$590 million to acquire Flip camera maker

Pure Digital

and

grabbing

Norwegian videoconferencing specialist

Tandberg

for

$3.4 billion

.

To illustrate his strategy, Chambers ran a series of demos using the company's telepresence technology to contact people in other parts of the U.S. Telepresence, a form of high-end video conferencing, also lets users share additional information on screen. Chambers' new demo sidekick, Cisco marketing vice president Ken Wirt, used the technology to discuss his diabetes with his doctor and also spoke to a prospective math tutor for his children. More prosaically, Chambers conducted on on-screen conversation with his wife Elaine, and got a big laugh when he complemented her on her legs.

Although Chambers didn't unveil any new products during his hour-long presentation, he promised that Cisco's video strategy will be completely device agnostic. Video, for example, is seen as an ideal use of

tablet

computers such as

Lenovo's

IdeaPad and

Apple's

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forthcoming offering, although Chambers told

TheStreet

that Cisco will work with "any content, any device."

The San Jose, Calif.-based firm did, however, announce a deal to support

NBC's

high-definition coverage of the forthcoming winter Olympics and also made a song and dance about its Eos technology. Eos is a hosted software platform for managing and distributing content such as videos and pictures, and Chambers explained that

The Travel Channel

is now using the technology, along with music firms

All Access Today

and

Tenth Street Entertainment

.

"It's not just about putting video through pipes," he said. "It's about partnerships, it's about how do you come together with key content generators?"

Rivals like

Hewlett-Packard

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, Apple,

Microsoft

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and

Huawei

are all

ramping

up their video efforts, however, although Chambers is unduly concerned.

"What we have always done well is that we don't focus on competition," he said. "We focus on five to 10 years ahead and what the industry will look like."

-- Reported by James Rogers in Las Vegas.