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AVST announced that it is acquiring Active Voice, formerly a subsidiary of NEC. Active Voice’s products will join the AVST portfolio, take AVST into the hospitality market, and deliver AVST an OEM relationship with NEC. AVST will continue to manufacture, support and enhance specific Active Voice product offerings for NEC, its channel partners and th.. more »

It’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 now ‘Enterprise Connect’. This name change underscores the customer need for better collab.. more »

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 years, and we are clearly seen as a major player in the communications industry with anticipation from customers and competitors .. more »

, our first “phones to art” piece I really want to blog about two things from VoiceCon—the VoiceCon RFP response and Telabacus. Gurdeep mentioned Allan’s session in his keynote, and encouraged people to attend in order to see how Microsoft and our partners have delivered against Jeff Raikes’ 2007 prediction that, in 3 years, the cost of a business V.. more »

Our friends on the Forefront Server Protection team are conducting research to understand what applications you would like to protect, and how you would like them protected. One of the applications they are soliciting feedback on is OCS. The survey shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes, and your feedback directly impacts product decisions. Please .. more »

Ever since the “UC” concept started to gain traction in business communications, I had been bugging Fred Knight to let go of the emphasis on voice telephony reflected in the name of their very successful “VoiceCon” conference. I also was suggesting that enterprise text messaging technology providers like Microsoft and IBM bring their customer.. more »

Many of our partners announced new solutions for Microsoft Communications Server “14” at VoiceCon Orlando this week, demonstrating both the maturity of our partner ecosystem and industry support for our Unified Communications vision. Customers benefit from the investments and innovation of multiple partners in our open, horizontal ecosystem, and .. more »

It seems like yesterday that We often highlight customer successes, and I particularly like Dimension Data wanted to change their culture, and help people communicate using tools other than the telephone and the business trip. They chose Office Communications Server after testing and piloting offerings from multiple vendors. 49% reduction in travel .. more »

Pass4sure lunched a 2 months great rewards campaign on Mar 15th. During this period, every order will be with our special gifts. The rewards campaign will last two months from Mar 15th to May 15th. Everyone has the opportunity to get our special gifts. From necessities to great value gifts, there are P4S special edition flash disk and mouse pad, .. more »

I would say that the bulk of attention in the industry is paid to the handful of big vendors and multitudes of smaller ones that create products and solutions, and then sell them direct or through partners, and systems integrators. The industry and analysts talk about “the channel”, but don’t talk a lot about the channel, typically because of the va.. more »

Munich has such a beautiful setting. The strikingly beautiful, snow-capped Bavarian Alps drop suddenly to a gentle plain of perfectly groomed farms and villages. Postcard picture perfect. And, there’s no secret that this Germany is leading auto producer - even the taxis are a contest of style, efficiency and power between Mercedes, BMW, Audi, and Vo.. more »

Italy is a wonderful place. It sure seems true that Italians know ‘how to live’. Architecture is graceful and pleasing to the senses, the food and beverages live up to their global reputation, and the business and social settings are congenial and courteous. A nice place to visit, I can assure you, and the residents seem pretty happy, too. But that.. more »

Well, it’s still Winter outside in Toronto, but it was Unified Communications “Spring” at the UC Road Show there. Toronto really reflects the business climate of Canada. While Canada is so big that there’s really no way to sum it up in one place, Toronto is a financial center and is the headquarters location for many major Canadian companie.. more »

While most of the time we focus on Office Communicator from a Software perspective, it’s easy to forget that really good phone experiences come from pairing Office Communicator with great devices! For this post we’re going to take a look at a device that the Office Communicator team worked hard on to get just right, the This device is my pref.. more »