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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

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Factors to Consider When Deploying Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 Release 2

In today's global economy, many companies face the challenge of workforces that are increasingly distributed and yet must work together more effectively than ever before. Unified communications addresses this challenge by simplifying how people connect and interact with one another as well as with applications. With unified communications, presence; real-time...

Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Microsoft Office, Unified Communications, Communications Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Communications Server, Collaboration, Telecommunications

White papers 2009-06-09

News to know: IE 8; TI; VMware; Cloud computing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Christopher Dawson: Convertible Classmate, take 2 Jason Perlow: Linux dead at hands of Windows 7? Horse puckey! ...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Cloud Computing, Phone, Texas Instruments Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, E-mail, Wiki, Linux, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-27

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

SPAM and the free lunch

SPAM and the free lunchSIMPLE SOLUTION: Mandatory email server registration!(1) Get rid of "Reply-to:" tags.(2) Mandatory email server registration using credit cards, at yearly rate $2~3 dollars.This will make spammers impossible to operate without being caught.What SPAM is that?During the height of the "bad old days" of spam, I got...

Tags: Cyberthreats, spam

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

PRSDI - Cisco Unified Presence Design and Implementation

View Available Dates and LocationsLearn to install and configure a Cisco Unified Presence Release 6.0. Explore integration options with other Cisco Unified Communications products as well as third-party presence solutions, including Microsoft Live Communications Server, Microsoft Office Communications Server, and IBM Lotus Sametime. Also, examine deployment and maintenance options. ...

Tags: Server, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc.

Training 2008-11-01

Microsoft readies next two versions of Office Communications Server

Microsoft is on tap to show off Office Communications Server Release 2 (R2) at the VoiceCon show in Amsterdam on October 14. And the company already is working on the follow-on release, which will likely be timed with Office 14. by Mary Jo Foley

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

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Microsoft drops hints about new unified communications offerings

The Office Communications Server OCS team at Microsoft has been relatively quiet since it launched OCS 2007 last fall. But it sounds like that silence may be ending soon, with information imminent on the expected OCS Release 2 (R2), a new conferencing service and new business-focused communication services for mobile...

Tags: Unified Communications, Communications Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Communications Server, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Dynamics AX 2009: The 'Halo' for Microsoft's app platform

Microsoft began rolling out to customers on June 2 the latest version of its high-end ERP application, Dynamics AX 2009. The latest Axapta release (also known as AX 5.0) has lots of new bells and whistles: A compliance center dashboard that displays all kinds of key performance...

Tags: ERP, Microsoft Corp., AX 2009, ERP App, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-06-02

OOXML said to win ISO standardization approval with 75 percent of the vote

OOXML said to win ISO standardization approval with 75 percent of the voteIt's capitalism, all right!A capital offense against mankind.And all the sheep bleat happily as they line up to be sheared.This is fantastic newsThis means that the man on the street can sponsor Penelope and Rupert's riches through their...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, OOXML, ISO, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

Microsoft's unveils its grand virtualization strategy

Updated 11:00 AM PST: Microsoft will formally unveil its grand virtualization strategy tomorrow at a Virtualization Deployment Summit in Bellevue, WA, highlighted by the acquisition of Calista Technologies, a deeper alliance with Citrix and initiatives for deploying virtualization from desktops to data centers (see also Mary Jo Foley's take on...

Tags: Combination, Desktop, Server, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, EMC Corp., System Center, Hyper-V, Money Line, Application Virtualization, Presentation Virtualization, Microsoft System Center, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-21

Poll: Businesses in U.S. warm to Vista

Poll: Businesses in U.S. warm to VistaWhen's the next version out?The way things are going here the next version of Windows will be out before we can get rid of or replace the software that is holding us back from Vista.As said before and by othersunless they switch to a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, way thing, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-01-17

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - complete package

After a series of delays, Microsoft plans to release Office for Mac 2008 to brick-and-mortar and online stores on January 15, making this the first update in about four years. We've tested beta versions of the new applications over the last month without running into glitches.Office for Mac includes Word,...

Tags: Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Product reviews 2008-01-02

Microsoft Response Point phone software for small businesses set to RTM

Microsoft is expected to announce on October 2 that it has released to manufacturing (RTM'd) that its Response Point small-business phone-system software, according to sources close to the company. Response Point, the product formerly codenamed "Edinburgh," will be brought to market by handset vendors. It is targeted...

Tags: Phone, Uniden, Small Business, Microsoft Corp., Response Point, Home Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Office, Networking, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-10-01

Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 with SP1 Hotfix KB 921543 2.0.5.1 (Windows)

This download contains an update for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 with SP1. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Collaboration, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2007-09-19

Ongoing dialog with Dell

Ongoing dialog with DellDealing with big companiesYour experience is typical of dealing with DELL ... and probably all big companies. You are not overreacting and should punish all such dire customer service wherever possible. Dare I say the media should campaign hard to eliminate such shoddy actions.My most recent dealings...

Tags: Branding, Backups, Dell Customer Support, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-30

Drawing more Microsoft roadmaps

Drawing more Microsoft roadmapsWhat about Windows Mobile?With WM 6 just out, what does the future for WM hold?XP Service Pack 3Just as NT 4 Service Pack 7 was canned, and Win2000 SP5 was canned, I'm guessing that XP SP3 will get canned.They'll probably release a security rollup or two, but...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-23

Two very different VoIP platforms. One company (Microsoft). Will the two ever meet?

Under the headline Microsoft unveils VoIP-enabled phone platform, WindowsForDevices.com has a story about the hardware coming to market thats uses Microsofts Windows XP Embedded-based "Response Point." According to the post:Microsoft last week unveiled a VoIP-enabled phone system software platform based on Windows XP Embedded. "Response Point," currently in beta,...

Tags: Telephony, Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-04-02

Microsoft readies 'Edinburgh' phone software for small businesses

At the kick-off of its second annual Small Business Summit event in Seattle on March 19, Microsoft took the wraps off Response Point, software designed to power small-business phone systems that are under development by a handful of Microsoft partners. Response Point, software that was formerly known by the...

Tags: Response Point, Jeff Smith, software, Microsoft Corp., telephone, small business

Blog posts 2007-03-19