May 31, 2009 4:38 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
alliance,
HP,
Microsoft,
OCS 2007,
Office Communications Server,
partnership,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsMicrosoft has established itself as a leader in the unified communications market, but their focus on the software side of things means that they don't have an end-to-end solution. The up side for customers is that Microsoft does not lock you into using specific or proprietary hardware. That is...
May 14, 2009 7:49 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
custom tabs,
OCS 2007 R2,
Office Communications Server,
Response Group Service. Office CommunicatorOne of the innovative features of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (OCS 2007 R2) was the introduction of Response Groups. The OCS 2007 R2 Response Group Service provides essentially the same functionality is ACD (Automatic Call Distribution) groups have in call centers for decades. Individuals...
May 8, 2009 2:42 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
communicator,
Communicator Mobile,
Communicator Mobile for Java,
OCS,
Office Communications Server,
UCOne of the promises of unified communications is the ability to reach people when and how you need to. Microsoft Office Communicator provides presence, instant messaging, and other capabilities for desktops, and Microsoft extends that functionality to the Windows Mobile platform with Office...
April 4, 2009 1:36 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
cost savings,
desk phone,
Gurdeep Singh Pall,
Microsoft,
OCS,
Office Communications Server,
UC,
Unified Communications,
Voicecon 2009At Voicecon 2009 in Orlando last week, Microsoft's Gurdeep Singh Pall, vice president of the unified communications group, pointed out that the desk phone is a 'dead man walking'. Organizations spend an average...
April 3, 2009 12:57 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
OAT,
OCS Assessment Tool,
Office Communications Server,
Sipera Systems,
unified communications security,
VIPER Lab,
VoIP securityAt Voicecon 2009 in Orlando this week Sipera Systems announced a new free tool for assessing unified communications and VoIP security. The OCS Assessment Tool, dubbed OAT, is available as a
March 16, 2009 6:07 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
OCS,
OCS 2007,
ocs 2010,
Office Communications Server,
PBX,
UC,
Unified Communications,
VoIPIf you have been following unified communications and the evolution of Microsoft's Office Communications Server, it is probably not a surprise to you to learn that Microsoft intends for the next major release of Office Communications Server to entirely eliminate the need for an enterprise to have a...
February 22, 2009 10:04 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Evangelyze Communications,
OCS 2007,
OCS 2007 R2,
Office Communications Server,
ROI,
SmartChat,
SmartSIP,
SmartVoIP,
Unified CommunicationsUC-B is apparently a term coined by Blair Pleasant (and others at UCStrategies.com), President and Principal Analyst for COMMfusion Unified Communications. In
February 19, 2009 2:19 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Jabra DIAL 520 OC,
Office Communications Server,
Office Communicator,
Polycom CX700,
TanjayIt looks pretty cool. I guess it will all depend on the retail price- which I haven't been able to find yet. Since I can buy an actual
