Unified Communications tag
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Calling All Bloggers! Free Blogging on TMCnet.com
This is a call out to all bloggers out there - Rich Tehrani, my boss has extended an open invitation to bloggers interested in blogging for TMCnet.com, a leading communications/telecom site according to Alexa, Quantcast, and others.Today, TMC launches its...
Posted on November 14, 2008 2:52 PM
Microsoft and IBM Announce Sametime and Microsoft OCS integration
As one of my sources told me a few days ago, IBM and Microsoft planned on offering Sametime and OCS 2007 integration to be announced at VoiceCon. Three days ago I wrote:Rumor has it that Microsoft and/or IBM will announce...
Posted on November 13, 2008 2:52 PM
VoIPshield Finds Security Flaws in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator and Windows Live Messenger
I'm always a bit skeptical of VoIP security vulnerabilities discovered by firms which sell security products. Nevertheless, I thought it was worth sharing this bit of news.Update: Microsoft responded that VoIPShield's test is "on a non-secure implementation of OCS,...
Posted on November 12, 2008 3:39 PM
Sametime and Microsoft OCS integration
Rumor has it that Microsoft and/or IBM will announce integration between Office Communications Server 2007 and IBM's Lotus Sametime "Unified Telephony" platform at this week's VoiceCon show. If true, this would combine approximately 20 million Sametime users with Microsoft's fast...
Posted on November 10, 2008 5:32 PM
NetQoS Unified Communications Monitor 2.0 Launches
NetQoS today launched its first unified communications focused management tool called NetQoS Unified Communications (UC) Monitor. NetQoS is broadening the focus of its formerly named VoIP Monitor product to reflect the growing role and functionality of unified communications. NetQoS UC...
Posted on November 10, 2008 12:00 AM
VoxOx Skype killer?
VoxOx is a new unified communications client launched by San Diego based startup TelCentris. Think of it as Skype on steroids since it not only support VoIP, IM, and video conferencing, but it also supports social media, such as Facebook,...
Posted on November 3, 2008 8:51 AM
What's New in Administration and Management with Office Communications Server 2007 R2
With Microsoft OCS R2's pending release, I thought you'd be interested in seeing a video interview of Microsoft's Ananad Lakshminarayanan about some of the new features in Office Communications Server R2, which is Microsoft's popular unified communications platform. In the...
Posted on October 31, 2008 10:21 AM
Microsoft OCS 2007 R2 Heralds the Death of the IP-PBX
Today, Microsoft debuted Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 (R2), an update to Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Customers will be able to purchase the release, currently in private beta testing, beginning in February 2009. Office Communications Server...
Posted on October 14, 2008 1:38 PM
Microsoft Office Communication Server R2 ships in December plus Hosted OCS Coming
I discovered two Microsoft job postings several weeks ago and have been meaning to blog the discovery that Microsoft Office Communication Server R2 will ship in December of this year. One is for 'Software Development Engineer in Test - MBD...
Posted on September 23, 2008 12:20 PM
Microsoft OCS 2007 R2 (next release) to be 64-bit Only
It was just announced on the Office Communications Server Team blog that the next release of OCS 2007 (rumored to be called OCS 2007 R2) will support 64-bit operating systems only. Customers who are using 32-bit hardware systems to run...
Posted on August 29, 2008 2:12 PM
Objectworld Offers Unified Communications for 7 Cents a Day
Today, Objectworld introduced Unified Communications for just 7 cents per day per user. Their platform can work with your existing non-VoIP PBX via gateways or you can go the 100% VoIP route as well since their server can communicate with...
Posted on July 22, 2008 10:58 AM
Microsoft Drops VoIP from Windows Live Messenger
Just saw this article that reiterates Microsoft's decision last year that the existing VoIP partnership with Verizon would be terminating in 2008. (See 2006 launch of Windows Live Messenger w/ Verizon deal) As of today you can use Windows Live...
Posted on June 26, 2008 12:02 PM
Interview With Asterisk Founder, Mark Spencer
Tom Keating with Asterisk founder & Digium's Chairman and CTO Mark Spencer (picture: Sept. 2005 at Digium's former HQ) It's been awhile since I've interviewed Mark Spencer, the founder of the open source Asterisk telephony platform and current Chairman...
Posted on June 26, 2008 8:15 AM
Unified Communications Growth Soars
Infonetics sent me over a summary of their latest report on the unified communications (UC) market. Infonetics Research reports that the unified communications market, which includes unified messaging and communicator software, jumped 20% sequentially in 2007, following a 19% increase...
Posted on June 23, 2008 4:07 PM
Asterisk With Office Communications Server 2007
Asterisk integration with Office Communications Server 2007 is a popular topic in the unified communications community. You wouldn't think integrating an open source Linux-based solution (Asterisk) with Microsoft's proprietary OCS 2007 UC platform would be popular, but it is. In...
Posted on May 27, 2008 4:02 PM
Cisco and Microsoft in Clash of the UC Titans
According to a new study by analyst firm Infonetics Research, Cisco and Microsoft are locked in a "battle of the titans" for the unified communications (UC) market, with both vendors currently favored by buyers as Unified Messaging and Communicator...
Posted on April 24, 2008 2:35 PM
D2 Technologies Releases Mobile Handset Solution Powered by Google Android
D2 Technologies today released their mobile handset solution powered by Google Android. D2's mCUE mobile convergence software solution combines a communications user interface with the company’s vPort MP VoIP software platform and is targeted towards OEMs and service providers to...
Posted on April 1, 2008 1:21 PM
Microsoft & Aspect Software Partner on Unified Communications
Today, the Microsoft Unified Communications Group announced a a multi-year strategic alliance with Aspect Software to help deliver unified communications to contact centers. Aspect Software is considered one of the leading players in the contact center space, so this is...
Posted on March 18, 2008 12:37 PM
Voiceroute Druid Open Source Edition Launches offering New Open Source Asterisk GUI Front End
Voiceroute gave me an exclusive first look at their latest Asterisk-based solution called Druid Unified Communications Server, which today launched their open sourced version at www.voiceroute.org. Druid UCS gives Asterisk fans a new and powerful open source Asterisk-based Unified Communications...
Posted on March 12, 2008 10:19 AM
Voice Mobility UCN Vmerge takes on Microsoft OCS
TMC President, Rich Tehrani today excitedly writes about Voice Mobility's UCN Vmerge a product that unites various communication technologies including voice, fax, and email. The kicker is they are leveraging several Google apps to develop their unified communications platform....
Posted on February 13, 2008 10:30 AM
Unified Convergence and Disaster Recovery Webinar
Unified communications - the convergence of various communications medium - presents ever increasing complexity due to the way all the various pieces communicate with one another. In some instances a single failure could be disastrous for your business continuity. In...
Posted on November 14, 2007 5:08 PM
Aculab launches ApplianX Gateway for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007
For my last post today on Microsoft OCS 2007 (hope you enjoyed the comprehensive coverage), I wanted to let everyone know that Aculab launched their ApplianX Gateway for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. ApplianX Gateway incorporates the Mediation Server function...
Posted on October 16, 2007 5:39 PM
Drag-and-drop Conference Calls = OCS 2007 Success?
I was just checking out Rich's impressions of the Microsoft UC launch since he was actually there in the audience to gauge the audience's reactions. Rich writes, "Perhaps the most memorable moment about the event so far other than the...
Posted on October 16, 2007 2:03 PM
SAP Duet to leverage Microsoft OCS 2007
SAP and Microsoft have integrated Duet - a join venture - with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. The integration enables users can to take advantage of presence information and “click-to-communicate” features while working with processes and content in Duet. The...
Posted on October 16, 2007 1:44 PM
Rich Liveblogging Microsoft UC Launch
Rich Tehrani is doing a great job live blogging the Microsoft UC launch in San Francisco. This is a huge launch for Microsoft OCS 2007, which features unified communications,VoIP, presence, video, and more. Go check out his blog regularly today...
Posted on October 16, 2007 1:04 PM