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Microsoft and Nokia Form Global Alliance to Design, Develop and Market Mobile Productivity Solutions
13 August 09 01:43 PM

This is huge… Microsoft and Nokia will begin collaborating immediately on the design, development and marketing of productivity solutions for the mobile professional, bringing Microsoft Office Mobile and Microsoft business communications, collaboration Read More...

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Filed under: uc, mobility, como, nokia

Getting Rid of Your PBX Can Be Liberating
23 June 09 09:42 AM

Jamie Ryan, CIO at Aspect, has written a great post about the benefits of replacing your legacy PBX or IP-PBX with Office Communications Server 2007 R2. When I tell people that Aspect is the in the midst of a Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Read More...

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Filed under: uc, ocs, pbx, r2, aspect

HP and Microsoft Expand Alliance in Unified Communications and Collaboration
20 May 09 09:42 AM

At Interop Las Vegas 2009 , HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced a four-year strategic global initiative to deliver an end-to-end unified communications and collaboration solution. As part of their Frontline Partnership , the two companies expect to Read More...

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Filed under: uc, ocs, video, interop, news, hp, halo, telepresence

Microsoft Unified Communications 2007 R2 Adoption and Training Kit
12 May 09 08:48 AM

The Microsoft Unified Communications 2007 R2 Adoption and Training Kit provides resources and guidance for IT Professionals, Helpdesk and Support Professionals, and Trainers to support end-users who use Microsoft Unified Communications Technologies. Content Read More...

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Unified Communications How-To
05 May 09 10:44 AM

The Microsoft Unified Communications “How-To” training tool is a Silverlight 2 application that provides step-by-step instructions for common UC tasks. You can customize the How-To application to your company’s needs based on the UC features you’ve installed. Read More...

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Filed under: training, uc, download, how-to

RTM’d today: Programming for Unified Communications
01 May 09 10:41 AM

Unified Communications is about much more than what you get out-of-the-box – it is a platform that you can use to build, extend and enhance your own applications & business processes. Looking at UC as a platform is about more than cost-savings, it's Read More...

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Filed under: uc, dev, gartner, analyst, book, mspress

Exchange 2010 & Polycom @ Sydney UC
23 April 09 12:00 PM

& Just a reminder that the April Sydney UC meeting is on Monday evening (the 27th) at Polycom in North Sydney. Topics for this month are Exchange 2010 (technical overview & demo of the beta) and Polycom UC (including HD & Telepresence integration Read More...

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Filed under: uc, sydney uc, polycom, exchange 2010

Cisco UC v4/5/6 supported for Direct-SIP with OCS R2
20 April 09 04:46 PM

The UC Open Interoperability Program has been updated and Cisco Unified Communications Manager (aka Call Manager) versions 4, 5 & 6 are now supported for Direct-SIP connectivity with OCS R2. This means that back-end integration can be configured between Read More...

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Filed under: uc, cisco, voip, interop, mediation, sip, sip trunk

NBN + UC = :D
08 April 09 10:19 PM

The recent National Broadband Network (NBN) announcement in Australia is the best piece of news I have heard in some time. Fibre To The Home (FTTH) with speeds of 100Mbps is going to dramatically change how Australians work, play and socialise online. Read More...

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Filed under: uc, video, thoughts, cool!, r2, vc, nbn, hd

The Office
02 March 09 10:19 AM

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 Read More...

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Jabra Dial 520
25 February 09 06:57 AM

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 Read More...

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Filed under: uc, mobility, jabra, hardware

Where to download OCS 2007 R2
04 February 09 02:03 AM

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 Read More...

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Filed under: uc, ocs, rtm, download, uc2, r2

UC Case Study: Cisco
07 January 09 07:14 AM

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, Read More...

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Microsoft uses software edge on Cisco in Unified Communications war
10 December 08 09:16 PM

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. Read More...

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OCS VoIP in a disaster zone
28 November 08 01:56 PM

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.  Read More...

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Filed under: uc, ocs, mobility, rtaudio, catalina, voice, photos, edge, polycom