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MSDN Webcast: Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Exchange Server 2007 SP1: Lap Around the Platform (Level 100)

The Microsoft Unified Communications UC platform enables developers to build productivity-enhancing communication features efficiently and securely by leveraging Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Exchange Server as a communications software infrastructure. The attendee will learn about the future of Microsoft Unified Communications products and platform, including Communications Server 2007...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Webcast, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange Server, Unified Communications, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communications Server, Microsoft Unified Communications Platform, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2009-02-25

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Salesforce.com Plays In the Enterprise - Again

Back in 1999, I was a salesforce.com user and at that time, it was a rather kludgy sales force automation application that didn't do much right - for example if I tried to export a .CSV file it gave me an .XLS file and vice versa.  I read something by Marc...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Accounting, Financial, Sales Force Management, Sales Force Automation (SFA), Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Microsoft PDC 2009: What's on tap for developers this November?

Microsoft PDC 2009: What's on tap for developers this November?Silverlight MobileI hope they finally, finally open up some silverlight mobile goods. My waiting listVisual Studio 2010.WorkFlow 4.0C# 4Oslo.A preview of SilverLight 4 would be nice but probably too much to ask.What about WPF?Hey, Mary Jo,I scanned your post for "WPF"....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telephony, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Geographically Dispersed Business Groups Transform Their Communications With a Powerful Solution

Started as a Mitsubishi dealer in the eastern part of Indonesia in 1978, Bosowa has grown into a major conglomerate in the region. In 2006, the company became a holding group and consolidated its five business groups. There was no standard platform while there were around 100 branch offices all...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Indonesia, Collaboration, Open Source

Case studies 2009-07-29

Cisco Live! - CEO Chambers on Collaboration Business Value

The above video clips from my handheld Flip are from John Chambers Cisco Live! keynote address today and are specifically two edits about Cisco's strategic perspective on collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise. In the second edit Chambers talks about Cisco's business architectural re-engineering...

Tags: Web, Collaboration, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-30

IT Manager Webcast: Platform Solution Blueprints: Unified Communications (Level 200)

The presenter of this webcast will illustrate how Microsoft Unified Communications simplifies access to information. The presenter of this webcast shows how context, relevance, and immediacy help move from being available to being ready.

Tags: Webcast, Unified Communications, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration

Webcasts 2009-05-06

MSDN Webcast: Building Services That Manage Communications With Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Part 2 of 2) (Level 300)

Communication-enabled business processes reduce human latency by using presence, Instant Messaging IM, and voice communications to communicate with human stakeholders at the right time in the right context. The attendee of this webcast will learn how the Microsoft Unified Communications UC platform Software Development Kits SDKs provide the tools that...

Tags: Business Process, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Office, Communication, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communications Server, Operational Planning, Instant Messaging, Business Operations, Internet, Online Communications

Webcasts 2009-04-22

MSDN Webcast: Building Services That Manage Communications With Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (Part 1 of 2) (Level 300)

Communication-enabled business processes reduce human latency by using presence, Instant Messaging IM, and voice communications to communicate with human stakeholders at the right time in the right context. The attendee of this webcast will learn how the Microsoft Unified Communications UC platform Software Development Kits SDKs provide the tools that...

Tags: Business Process, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, IM, Microsoft Office, Communication, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communications Server, Instant Messaging, Operational Planning, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2009-04-15

Will Android and Windows Mobile get squeezed as smartphone market shakes out?

While the iPhone has shown that there is a large consumer market for smartphones, the primary market-driver for the smartphone is - and will remain - enterprises and small businesses. This dynamic is similar to the PC operating system market. Think about Windows Vista. It has largely...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Platform, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Business, Microsoft Windows, RIM BlackBerry, Symbian Inc., Informa, BlackBerry Let, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-03-17

Time (and CRM 2.0) Marches On: CRM Integration w/social platforms expands

The buzz around social CRM and CRM 2.0 is picking up.   The strategists are getting out there and throwing fastballs down the heart of the plate (ahhh, spring training. Go Yankees!) and pushing recognition that CRM has always been a strategy, as Gartner CRM Eurodemigod Ed Thompson points out at...

Tags: CRM, Integration, CRM 2.0, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-03-13

USPS Webcast: Simplifying and Streamlining Communications for Government

Microsoft Unified Communications technologies use the power of software to help local government organizations streamline communications, regardless of medium, platform, device, or location. By empowering people with a familiar set of tools, Microsoft Unified Communications breaks down communication silos and extends existing communications investments, while enabling government process innovation. At...

Tags: Webcast, Unified Communications, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Postal Service, Government Organization, Government, Collaboration

Webcasts 2009-03-11

Systems Specialist Builds Industry Showcase and Saves $90,000 a Year

Getronics Australia is a leading provider of managed workspace, infrastructure optimisation and unified communications solutions. Following its acquisition by UXC Limited, the company needed to rebuild from scratch its ICT environment, which had to be sufficiently robust, agile and advanced to meet the demands of a pioneering ICT business and...

Tags: Collaboration, Getronics Australia, Getronics N.V., Management, Security, Strategy, Systems Specialist, Unified Communications

Case studies 2009-02-01

News to know: Facebookgate, XP, iPhone credit, greentech in 2009

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: 'Facebookgate': Fake Class of 2013 groups today; Annoying marketing tomorrow? Mary-Jo Foley: Microsoft to allow custom PC makers to stock XP through mid-2009 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Roland Piquepaille, Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Podcasts, Internet, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Microsoft puts finishing touches on updated unified-communications platform

Microsoft puts finishing touches on updated unified-communications platformIt's time for the government to step inand insist on Microsoft getting its core business right before it worries about anything else.But that won't happen and the bullsiht will continue.At least you won't end up having to bail them out, because FOSS will...

Tags: Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

Microsoft puts finishing touches on updated unified-communications platform

Microsoft released to manufacturing on December 19 Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 (R2), its core unified-communications platform. R2 is a “minor” upgrade to OCS 2007, which Microsoft rolled out in the fall of 2007. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Unified Communications, Microsoft Corp., Release 2, OCS Release 2, Enterprise CAL, OCS Mobile, Collaboration, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-12-19

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Second Verse, Different Than the First

Industry Giants -the New Adults on the Block Most of these might not be surprising to you but they are to me. With maybe the exception of Sage...and NetSuite....and RightNow and.....ah well.  I guess they aren't really all that surprising.  But to some degree, IBM and Cisco are surprising. ...

Tags: Strategy, Application, NetSuite Inc., IBM Corp., CRM, Zach, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-16

Extranet collaboration platforms - coming soon, but many-to-many problem remains

In our conversations with many information and knowledge management professionals, it's clear that their distributed and multicompany teams need better extranet collaboration tools. And they feel the problem is only getting worse as companies go virtual, global, distributed, outsourced, green, travel-less, and partnered, thus driving the need...

Tags: Extranet, PBwiki, Thomson Reuters Messaging, Networking, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Ted Schadler

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Microsoft OCS R2 adds single-number reach, hosted audio conferencing

Microsoft did, as expected, go public at long last with details about its Office Communications Server OCS Release 2 (R2) product on October 14 at the VoiceCon show. Here's what's coming in the upgrade to Microsoft's unified IM/VOIP/conferencing platform. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Audioconferencing, Communications Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Communications Server, Microsoft OCS R2, Office Communications Server Release 2, Release 2, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Oracle's Beehive: integrated large scale, secure collaboration

Although Oracle's Beehive (the successor to 'Oracle Collaboration Suite' launched on May the 8th of this year it officially launched at Oracle OpenWorld today. At a price of $120 per user seat this is not a system for most small or medium sized businesses but rather a secure solution...

Tags: Oracle Corp., BEA Beehive, Obviously Integration, E-mail, Java Development Tools, Collaboration, Regulatory Compliance, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Cisco gobbles up Jabber

Cisco said Friday it is buying messaging software company Jabber for an undisclosed sum. The networking giant will fold it into its collaboration uit, which includes WebEx as well as Cisco's unified communications suite. In a statement, Cisco said the Jabber purchase will "extend the reach of...

Tags: Jabber, Cisco Systems Inc., Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-19