Gurdeep Singh Pall, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Office Communications Group, reveals new features during the first public demonstration of the software and discloses the availability date for Communications Server "14."
(Gartner Research, July 28, 2010). Microsoft is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant. According to Gartner, “Unified Communications offers the ability to improve how individuals, groups, and companies interact and perform tasks.” This research reviews relevant technologies and vendor offerings that can assist in these goals.
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Unique Solution Brings Communications Capabilities to People With Special Needs.In this post I’d like to bring your attention to an amazing solution developed by our partner ICT Wortell in the Netherlands. The solution, called ikpraat.nl (“I Talk” in English), is a secure, virtual communications environment on the I...Mon, 30 Aug 2010 - 16:06:00 GMT
Colombian National Police Improves Efficiency, Cuts Costs with Microsoft Communications ServerI’d like to share the story of how the Columbia National Police are using Microsoft Office Communications Server to improve police work and save money. The 150,000 police officers on the force work in a range of locations, from busy urban street...Mon, 16 Aug 2010 - 19:38:00 GMT
Polycom and Microsoft expand their relationshipWe are announcing today that Polycom has signed a multi-year agreement with Microsoft, becoming one of our strategic partners to offer integrated solutions in the Unified Communications space. Our goal is to deliver products to help our customers im...Mon, 09 Aug 2010 - 16:00:00 GMT
Consulting Firm AT Kearney Saves Costs with Microsoft Communications Server “14”This month we're highlighting a video case study about AT Kearney who implemented a unified communications solution using Microsoft Communications Server “14” and other Microsoft technologies to improve the communication and collaboration amon...Mon, 02 Aug 2010 - 18:30:00 GMT
Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 RecapWPC 2010 was Microsoft’s largest partner conference ever with over 14,000 attendees from 130 countries. WPC provided an opportunity to meet with partners, congratulate and celebrate our partners’ successes, and share our business priorities fo...Fri, 30 Jul 2010 - 17:11:00 GMT
Microsoft Communications Server Aids in Diagnosing Patients RemotelyThe Office Communications Group recently published a video case study which focuses on a CEBP (Communication Enabled Business Process) implementation in which Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (OCS) plays a critical role saving patients’ lives....Tue, 20 Jul 2010 - 17:59:00 GMT
Partner Opportunities to Address Email Archiving Needs with Exchange 2010 SP1Partner Opportunities to Address Email Archiving Needs with Exchange 2010 SP1Last year at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2009, we talked to our partners about the new business opportunities made possible by our addition of integrated e...Mon, 12 Jul 2010 - 17:41:00 GMT
WPC 2010: Greetings from D.C. The Worldwide Partner Conference kicked off this morning, and over 9,400 Microsoft partners are joining us in DC. The Worldwide Partner Conference (‘WPC’) is our largest partner event of the year and provides an opportunity to meet with partne...Mon, 12 Jul 2010 - 17:38:00 GMT
We’re heading east for WPC 2010.Microsoft will host our annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) next week, and we are eager to see our partners in Washington, D.C. On the heels of a successful showing at TechEd NA last month where we announced beta availability of Exchange S...Thu, 08 Jul 2010 - 17:03:00 GMT
Licensing Communications Server “14” Voice and ConferencingLicensing Communications Server “14” Voice and Conferencing It has been a busy spring! We provided a first look at Communications Server “14” capabilities at VoiceCon Orlando, published a Microsoft response to the as...Tue, 15 Jun 2010 - 17:33:00 GMT
Communications Server “14” – Replace, Enhance or Add to your PBX & IP-PBX SystemsHey everyone – I wanted to get out a message to the community around some recent news on the voice interoperability front – some big things happening recently – the announcement of UCIF, new qualifications in the UCOIP includin...Tue, 08 Jun 2010 - 15:05:00 GMT
TechEd 2010: Microsoft Communications Server ‘14’ takes the stage Fun stuff!Gurdeep’s demo inside Bob Muglia’s keynote went well today, as did his breakout session later in the day. That includes some funny joking between Jamie with the whiteboard giving directions to Gurdeep on where he needed to be l...Mon, 07 Jun 2010 - 21:31:00 GMT
Tech•Ed North America 2010: June 7-10th, 2010 (New Orleans, LA)The Office Communications Group is really looking forward to TechEd next week. Usually it’s a ton of work to get all the decks complete and materials ready for the sessions, however, this time we get to talk to everyone about our ‘14’ ...Fri, 04 Jun 2010 - 00:31:00 GMT
No Longer on Voice IslandIt’s always great to dive into a new environment, and my first VoiceCon experience in Orlando was no exception. After I arrived in Orlando, and before I could even blink, the conference was renamed to reflect the rapid change in this industry, and is no...Fri, 02 Apr 2010 - 17:51:00 GMT
Reflections on VoiceCon OrlandoWhat a week at VoiceCon Orlando! When I joined the Office Communications Server team back in August 2007, I personally was new to the enterprise voice space and Microsoft was only just painting a vision of the world to come. Roll forward two and a half ...Tue, 30 Mar 2010 - 20:53:00 GMT
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