This is why mobile Unified Communications & collaboration can help your business have happier, more productive employees; and retain them longer. Doing my Mid-Year Career Discussion preparation this morning – in peace & quiet, and without the...

Jabra have recently announced a few new products for Office Communicator – the M5390 headset and the Dial 520 OC handset . I’ve managed to get my hands on the Dial 520 handset, and am happy to say that it is now my preferred device for softphone calling...

There is a great Technology Preview of a new product called Recite now available. This is perfect for people like me who are (a) extremely forgetful, and (b) on the road a lot.  From the Recite page: Press “Remember” to record a thought. Press “Search...

Just in case you’re not on the security announcement lists…. Executive Summary This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. The first vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a specially...

On Friday morning I attended Dimension Data’s Tech’spresso on OCS R2 in Sydney.  It was a full house, and great stuff from Roland Leggatt and Tim White.  

Today is the official launch of OCS 2007 R2 ( sign up for the Virtual Launch! ). What’s new? Streamlined Communications Call management capabilities let receptionists and team assistants take a large volume of incoming calls and quickly route them to...

There a bunch of videos showing OCS R2 and its capabilities on YouTube… http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=OCSR2Launch&view=videos

The next version of Exchange is coming, and it is going to be huge! See KC Lemson and Jim Lucey talking about Exchange Labs, which is currently running about 3.5million mailboxes, and how this relates to E14 and S+S/SaaS. Watch the video over at Technet...

The Sydney UC user/enthusiast community is meeting again on Tuesday (the 20th) at 1pm.  Everybody is welcome – come along and meet your peers, have some pizza, and see a demo of OCS 2007 R2! Details at http://sydneyuc.org/2009/01/16/sydney-uc-january...

It’s good to see that word is getting around about Pay It Forward Email Management (aka PIFEM). Angus Kidman has blogged about it over at LifeHacker… check it out at http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2009/01/14/pay_it_forward_email_management_brings_gtd_to_outlook...

Streamlined Communications Today, users face the challenge of managing their communications across many devices and applications, which negatively impacts productivity. Office Communications Server 2007 R2 streamlines the way users manage communications...

Alex Lewis has written an interesting post over at Network World about Cisco and their UC stack.  Alex’s view is that Cisco have a very wide Communications portfolio and a great VoIP product, but they don’t yet have the “Unified” part. In summary...

A further sign of Microsoft’s commitment towards being more open is that the protocols for Exchange Activesync (EAS) have now been published to the public (previously they were only available to licensees). EAS is already built into pretty much every...

I have had many interesting conversations about my post on Advantages of DAS over SAN storage in Exchange 2007 and the related session I delivered at Tech.Ed 2008… many sceptics have seen the light, although some remain sceptical. It’s interesting...

There is an interesting article over at SearchUnifiedCommunications.com about how the tables have turned between Microsoft and Cisco in Unified Communications.  Two years ago the Yankee Group recommended Cisco, but that now seems to be changing....

Another Movember has passed.  This morning I had my shaving ritual and am now walking around feeling like my top lip is exposed and vulnerable.   Kinda looks like a mugshot It was a great year and the Microsoft Mo Bros managed to raise thousands...

Massive storms in Brisbane recently left many people homeless, and in fact it was declared a disaster zone .         One of the people who had their home destroyed in this storm was my mate Bill Lockett from Dimension Data. ...

At the Office Communicator Team blog we’ve just released information on the soon-to-be-released Communicator Mobile (aka CoMo) R2 client. Those who have used CoMo 2007 will be happy to know that we have made huge improvements in data consumption and battery...

We have rolled out a series of 6 videos showing the key OCS R2 features and the value those bring to customers. Check them out at TechNet Edge: · Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and the new Attendant Console · What’s New in Conferencing with Office...

Week 3 of Movember is here, and my porn star Mo is slowly growing. Yes I know, it’s pathetic :(  I’m genetically facial-hair-challenged.  But I can feel it, and so can the ladies .   Some of the other Microsoft Mo Bros… John Smith (his...

News from VoiceCon San Francisco, over at No Jitter… http://www.nojitter.com/blog/archives/2008/11/microsoft_ibm_a.html

The next Sydney UC meeting will be held at Gen-I next Tuesday, Movember the 18th. More details at http://sydneyuc.org/2008/11/10/next-meeting-18th-of-november/ See you there!

You may have heard today’s announcement regarding the alliance between Microsoft and Telstra. What does this mean for Unified Comms? Hosted business applications: through Telstra's T Suite portal, it is contemplated that businesses will have access to...

I’m back from a long period of silence, but I have some very good reasons for going dark – my wedding, honeymoon, and new house.  It’s been a life-changing couple of months – sometimes stressful, but overall some of the best experiences I’ve ever...

Research In Motion (RIM) have had a BlackBerry LCS client for some time, but in case you hadn't heard they have now released a client for OCS 2007. BlackBerry® Client for use with Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 allows you to engage...