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August 16, 2009  3:54 AM

OCS 2007 R2 Adds Ability to Display Caller Name



Posted by: Tony Bradley
caller id, caller info, Evangelyze Communications, Mike Stacy, OCS 2007, OCS 2007 R2, Office Communications Server

On our home phones and mobile phones we more or less take it for granted that the Caller ID will display the name of the person or organization calling in addition to the originating phone number. In fact, many people simply refuse to answer calls from "Unknown Caller" and let them go to voicemail...

July 13, 2009  1:10 AM

Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Response Point



Posted by: Tony Bradley
Evangelyze Communications, Joe Schurman, Microsoft, Microsoft Voice and Unified Communications, OCS 2007, Response Point, SMB, UC, Unified Communications

A 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

Helping Customers Define Business Value



Posted by: Tony Bradley
business value tool, Evangelyze Communications, Joe Schurman, Microsoft, Microsoft Voice and Unified Communications, UC, Unified Communications

Microsoft 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

Modern Hieroglyphs



Posted by: Tony Bradley
emoticons, Evangelyze Communications, hieroglyphs, Joe Schurman

All 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...


May 20, 2009  1:51 PM

Evangelyze Communications Revolutionizes UC with SmartSIP



Posted by: Tony Bradley
Evangelyze Communications, Microsoft, OCS 2007 R2, Office Communications Server, SmartSIP, UC, Unified Communications

SmartSIP is officially here! In the official press release Simon Booth, Director of Research &...


April 20, 2009  3:17 AM

SmartSIP – So Simple a Kid Can Understand It



Posted by: Tony Bradley
direct SIP trunking, Evangelyze Communications, Microsoft, OCS, OCS 2007 R2, SmartSIP, Unified Communications

One 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

Microsoft Unified Communications Virtual User Group



Posted by: Tony Bradley
Evangelyze Communications, Microsoft, Mike Stacy, SmartSIP, UCVUG, Unified Communications, Unified Communications Virtual User Group

What 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

A Recipe for Success



Posted by: Tony Bradley
Avaya, Cisco, Evangelyze Communications, Joe Schurman, Microsoft, Nortel, SmartSIP, Unified Communications, Voicecon 2009, VoIP

Remember 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

SmartSIP Provides Exciting Possibilities for OCS 2007 R2



Posted by: Tony Bradley
Evangelyze Communications, IP PBX, Microsoft, Mike Stacy, OCS 2007 R2, PBX, SIP trunking, SmartChat, SmartSIP, SmartVoIP, VoIP

When 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

Making a Case for VoIP



Posted by: Tony Bradley
Evangelyze Communications, Microsoft, SmartChat, SmartSIP, SmartVoIP, UC, Unified Communications, VoIP

As 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),...