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UC Reality Check

Brent Kelly from Wainhouse Research is a straight shooter and does a great job laying out the UC landscape. In the first part of his article, he points out that Microsoft is winning the UC seat and perception war (Nortel... Full Story

Posted on August 28, 2009 7:27 AM

Nortel-Microsoft ICA Rolls Out Transformational Solutions

Contrary to naysayers, the Nortel-Microsoft strategic alliance under ICA is alive and well. This week's announcement, not only included two new customers (Movares and SQLSoft+), but also described five new offers. #1- SIP Contact Center 7.0 + Microsoft Office Communications... Full Story

Posted on July 17, 2009 8:54 AM

30,000 More Loans Per Year Through a Nortel-Microsoft UC Solution

The National Workers' Housing Fund Institute (Infonavit), a government mortgage provider with offices throughout Mexico, recently announced that a Nortel-Microsoft solution which will replace a number of non-Nortel PBXs with a software-centric UC solution built around OCS 2007. Nortel's role?... Full Story

Posted on April 6, 2009 8:07 AM

Global Crossing, Nortel and Microsoft

than one thing in common with Nortel.. Like Nortel, Global Crossing is a strong advocate of SIP and has developed a suite of SIP trunking services. And like Nortel, they are working with Microsoft. Under the Innovative Communications Alliance, we... Full Story

Posted on February 5, 2009 7:22 AM

McCain or Obama; Nortel or Cisco- You Have a Choice

If you are an American, your challenge is separating facts from rhetoric. Hard as this may seem, please make your choice and vote. If you are not an American, you will be watching with great interest on the sidelines. But... Full Story

Posted on November 3, 2008 10:29 AM

Shell: Cash on the OCS Telephony Barrel

At his VoiceCon keynote in Amsterdam earlier in the month (Amsterdam), Royal Dutch Shell's Group IT Architect Johan Krebbers positioned UC (built on OCS) as a key element of Shell's global collaboration strategy (80% of teams in Shell are global!),... Full Story

Posted on October 24, 2008 7:48 AM

Nortel Embraces OCS 2007 Telephony

The recent OCS 2007 R2 announcement by Microsoft highlights the growing set of telephony feature provided by OCS. This includes for example, > Attendant console and delegation > SIP CO trunking > "Response group", providing a simple-to-use basic engine for... Full Story

Posted on October 16, 2008 7:06 AM

Contact Centers As Precursors of UC

I recently attended a Nortel Contact Center Customer Advisory Council, involving a number of leading edge customers. This included companies from a diverse set of verticals: for example, a healthcare provider, a pharmaceutical, a retail bank, a global semiconductor tools... Full Story

Posted on October 10, 2008 8:05 AM

Cisco-Microsoft Meaningful UC Interop Increasingly Unlikely

With its recent acquisition of PostPath, a maker of e-mail and calendaring software, the word on the street is that Cisco is positioning to strike at Microsoft's Exchange crown jewels. This is not inconsequential for "Microsoft shops' looking for UC... Full Story

Posted on August 29, 2008 2:50 PM

Gores Siemens Acquisition: More Challenges Ahead For Customers

Enterprises need to think three times before looking at post acquisition Gores Siemens Enterprise Networking (SEN). 1. SEN didn't have a data play and used to partner with a number of data vendors. Now they have had a tier 3... Full Story

Posted on August 1, 2008 2:53 PM