Comments on: Microsoft’s Unified Communications “Strategy” http://saunderslog.com/2006/06/26/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Fri, 16 May 2008 02:57:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: CisteraNucleusBlog http://saunderslog.com/2006/06/26/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-22079 CisteraNucleusBlog Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:48:05 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/1969/12/31/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-22079 <strong>More Microsoft Strategy for Unified Communications...</strong> Unlike Alex Saunders I am not prepared to go this far. As I have stated previously there is more to building a PBX than meets the eye, and it is something that Cisco has been working on since 1998...... More Microsoft Strategy for Unified Communications…

Unlike Alex Saunders I am not prepared to go this far. As I have stated previously there is more to building a PBX than meets the eye, and it is something that Cisco has been working on since 1998……

]]> By: -- Alec Saunders .LOG http://saunderslog.com/2006/06/26/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21986 -- Alec Saunders .LOG Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:36:37 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/1969/12/31/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21986 [...] It’s hard to disagree, and that’s the reason I called the announcement a damp squib. It’s the intersection of the fundamentals of presence and business processes that will provide the value that customers are looking for.  That intersection will happen in three phases: [...] […] It’s hard to disagree, and that’s the reason I called the announcement a damp squib. It’s the intersection of the fundamentals of presence and business processes that will provide the value that customers are looking for.  That intersection will happen in three phases: […]

]]> By: Mail from Microsoft’s Kyle Marsh -- Alec Saunders .LOG http://saunderslog.com/2006/06/26/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21917 Mail from Microsoft’s Kyle Marsh -- Alec Saunders .LOG Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:32:10 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/1969/12/31/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21917 [...] A couple of days after I wrote Microsoft’s Unified Communications “Strategy”, I got a nice note from Kyle Marsh, unified communications evangelist. He gave some additional details about the products, as well as correcting a mistake I made. I understood that Exchange would be renamed Microsoft Communcations Server, which in fact is not the case. He also invited us to participate in a developer lab in Redmond at the end of the month. [...] […] A couple of days after I wrote Microsoft’s Unified Communications “Strategy”, I got a nice note from Kyle Marsh, unified communications evangelist. He gave some additional details about the products, as well as correcting a mistake I made. I understood that Exchange would be renamed Microsoft Communcations Server, which in fact is not the case. He also invited us to participate in a developer lab in Redmond at the end of the month. […]

]]> By: Rick http://saunderslog.com/2006/06/26/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21549 Rick Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:37:14 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/1969/12/31/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21549 IBM is doing it right: http://smeit.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=3865&pubid=3&tab=Home&issueid=92 IBM is doing it right:

http://smeit.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=3865&pubid=3&tab=Home&issueid=92

]]> By: Will http://saunderslog.com/2006/06/26/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21364 Will Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:44:59 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/1969/12/31/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21364 Microsoft is not renaming Exchange to Office Communications Server. They will remain separate products. Microsoft is not renaming Exchange to Office Communications Server. They will remain separate products.

]]> By: the rant trap » Blog Archive » Microsoft’s “Me Too” Attempt to Jump into VoIP http://saunderslog.com/2006/06/26/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21305 the rant trap » Blog Archive » Microsoft’s “Me Too” Attempt to Jump into VoIP Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:20:47 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/1969/12/31/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21305 [...] Alec Saunders is the CEO of Iotum…one of the coolest products for productivity ever made.  They build a “Relevance Engine” which promises to manage your phone calls in a way that allow you to recieve the calls you want to recieve when you want to recieve them.  Sort of like an electronic Executive Assistant.  I looked to him for commentary because part of the MS strategy aims at his product specifically.  By the way, I believe Alec is an ex MicroSoftie…someone correct me if I’m wrong on that.  His blog can be found here.  I would say his commentary is the best I’ve seen out of a group of good stuff. [...] […] Alec Saunders is the CEO of Iotum…one of the coolest products for productivity ever made.  They build a “Relevance Engine” which promises to manage your phone calls in a way that allow you to recieve the calls you want to recieve when you want to recieve them.  Sort of like an electronic Executive Assistant.  I looked to him for commentary because part of the MS strategy aims at his product specifically.  By the way, I believe Alec is an ex MicroSoftie…someone correct me if I’m wrong on that.  His blog can be found here.  I would say his commentary is the best I’ve seen out of a group of good stuff. […]

]]> By: The PhoneBoy Blog http://saunderslog.com/2006/06/26/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21219 The PhoneBoy Blog Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:14:13 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/1969/12/31/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21219 <strong>Alec Sanders Responds to the Microsoft "Threat"...</strong> Now I will admit to not having read all the various information about Microsoft's entry into Unified Communications, though I did hear about it on today's KenRadio episode. Alec Saunders, the CEO...... Alec Sanders Responds to the Microsoft “Threat”…

Now I will admit to not having read all the various information about Microsoft’s entry into Unified Communications, though I did hear about it on today’s KenRadio episode. Alec Saunders, the CEO……

]]> By: Andrew http://saunderslog.com/2006/06/26/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21169 Andrew Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:57:14 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/1969/12/31/microsoft%e2%80%99s-unified-communications-%e2%80%9cstrategy%e2%80%9d/#comment-21169 Microsoft's entry into this market is not a wise move at all, Exchange is a moneymaker for them plain and simple - if it ain't broke..., forcing any type of telephony solution on Data VAR's who have pre-existing relationships with PBX manufacturer's is a big mistake, the right strategy is to complement the existing sales channel, which so many Microsoft/PBX partners have done very well for a long time now. Adding Fax/Voice/IM resources to Exchange has been so glaringly absent for so long, it will take M$ the full ten years to catch up to the partner market, and then only to realize they are not equipped to play in that world. Maybe they should buy Nortel? :) Microsoft’s entry into this market is not a wise move at all, Exchange is a moneymaker for them plain and simple - if it ain’t broke…, forcing any type of telephony solution on Data VAR’s who have pre-existing relationships with PBX manufacturer’s is a big mistake, the right strategy is to complement the existing sales channel, which so many Microsoft/PBX partners have done very well for a long time now.

Adding Fax/Voice/IM resources to Exchange has been so glaringly absent for so long, it will take M$ the full ten years to catch up to the partner market, and then only to realize they are not equipped to play in that world.

Maybe they should buy Nortel? :)

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