July 13, 2009 1:10 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Evangelyze Communications,
Joe Schurman,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Voice and Unified Communications,
OCS 2007,
Response Point,
SMB,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsA couple of years ago Microsoft created an innovative team with the goal of thinking outside of the normal corporate bureaucracy of Microsoft and coming up with a communications system for SMB's (small and medium businesses). The result was the Response Point system.
Response Point was a...
July 13, 2009 12:11 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
business value tool,
Evangelyze Communications,
Joe Schurman,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Voice and Unified Communications,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsMicrosoft has developed a tool, actually a collection of files including a customer questionnaire, the Excel-based Business Value Tool itself, and other supporting documentation, to help UC and voice partners explore and accelerate customer opportunities. It can be used to identify business...
May 28, 2009 3:51 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
emoticons,
Evangelyze Communications,
hieroglyphs,
Joe SchurmanAll text are images to some degree. You are able to make sense of what I am typing because you have been trained to decipher groups of images pulled from the 26 available in the English alphabet and combined to form words. Civilizations like the ancient Egyptians though used images that were more...
April 20, 2009 3:17 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
direct SIP trunking,
Evangelyze Communications,
Microsoft,
OCS,
OCS 2007 R2,
SmartSIP,
Unified CommunicationsOne of the most anticipated innovations in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 was the introduction of the ability to connect OCS directly to a SIP trunk. One caveat to that excitement was...
April 20, 2009 2:41 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Evangelyze Communications,
Microsoft,
Mike Stacy,
SmartSIP,
UCVUG,
Unified Communications,
Unified Communications Virtual User GroupWhat exemplifies the spirit of unified communications more than a virtual user group?
The Microsoft Unified Communications Virtual User Group (UCVUG) has been established with the stated purpose "to provide resources, education, and collaboration to professionals...
April 2, 2009 12:55 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Avaya,
Cisco,
Evangelyze Communications,
Joe Schurman,
Microsoft,
Nortel,
SmartSIP,
Unified Communications,
Voicecon 2009,
VoIPRemember when Cisco was a network hardware company? Cisco and networking were virtually synonymous and you knew who to call if you needed a router or a switch. Once upon a time, Avaya was a provider of enterprise communications equipment. If you needed phones or maybe an IP PBX, you could call...
March 19, 2009 12:51 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Evangelyze Communications,
IP PBX,
Microsoft,
Mike Stacy,
OCS 2007 R2,
PBX,
SIP trunking,
SmartChat,
SmartSIP,
SmartVoIP,
VoIPWhen Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (OCS 2007 R2) was unveiled in February of this year, it signaled the beginning of the end for the PBX or IP PBX. That is just my opinion I...
March 12, 2009 4:57 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Evangelyze Communications,
Microsoft,
SmartChat,
SmartSIP,
SmartVoIP,
UC,
Unified Communications,
VoIPAs a consumer I have used VoIP for almost 5 years. I have been with Vonage in three different houses in two different states separated by 1300 plus miles. While I didn't take advantage of it when moving from Michigan to Texas (seemed like people might get confused by a '248' area code in Houston),...
