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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Southwest Unified Now : Business Value Evidence</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/swun/archive/tags/Business+Value+Evidence/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Business Value Evidence</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Quest White Paper on Improving Business Performance Through Unified Communications</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/swun/archive/2008/06/30/quest-white-paper-on-improving-business-performance-through-unified-communications.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:35:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3081066</guid><dc:creator>Chandler Bootchk</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/swun/comments/3081066.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/swun/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3081066</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt; Abstract:&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &amp;quot;...a correctly managed unified communications (UC) infrastructure can &lt;strong&gt;assist your business in achieving strategic objectives&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;gain a competitive edge&lt;/strong&gt;. New challenges faced by modern businesses can be met effectively by using unified communications technology to conduct key business processes. The infrastructure that comprises your unified communications environment is directly linked to the functioning and growth of your business.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Click here to read: &lt;a href="http://qlist1.quest.com/t/1542123/39983585/5471/0/"&gt;Improving Business Performance Through Unified Communications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3081066" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/swun/archive/tags/Unified+Communications/default.aspx">Unified Communications</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/swun/archive/tags/Business+Value+Evidence/default.aspx">Business Value Evidence</category></item><item><title>Gibson Guitar Chooses Microsoft Unified Communications</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/swun/archive/2008/06/27/gibson-guitar-chooses-microsoft-unified-communications.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:58:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3079654</guid><dc:creator>Chandler Bootchk</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/swun/comments/3079654.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/swun/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3079654</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I came across a cool article today that NetworkWorld posted earlier this month featuring Gibson Guitar's decision to use OCS 2007 as it's primary voice platform.&amp;#160; The article is brief and highlights the value they derived from leveraging their existing investments in a Microsoft infrastructure; Active Directory, Windows Server, and Exchange Server.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.networkworld.com/research/2008/060208-voip-microsoft-user.html" href="http://www.networkworld.com/research/2008/060208-voip-microsoft-user.html"&gt;http://www.networkworld.com/research/2008/060208-voip-microsoft-user.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3079654" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/swun/archive/tags/OCS/default.aspx">OCS</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/swun/archive/tags/OCS+2007/default.aspx">OCS 2007</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/swun/archive/tags/Unified+Communications/default.aspx">Unified Communications</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/swun/archive/tags/Customer+Reference/default.aspx">Customer Reference</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/swun/archive/tags/Business+Value+Evidence/default.aspx">Business Value Evidence</category></item></channel></rss>