Article :
14601
Date :
25-09-2007
From :
Ramon F Herrera
Sujet :
Microsoft will redefine the industry
Microsoft's Office Communication Server changing the face of VoIP.
"Microsoft will be a significant force in this market"
"Microsoft will redefine the industry"
....and last, but not least:
'[OCS] is meant to be part of an ecosystem that includes Exchange,
SharePoint and Dynamics, where communications become as important to
your organization as the Internet did".
The above crystal ball predictions are brought to you by the Yankee
Group, the same that introduced Laura DiDildo to the world of
technology, and vice versa.
Article :
14602
Date :
25-09-2007
From :
fugettaboutit
Sujet :
Re: "Microsoft will redefine the industry"
Haha...changing the face of VoIP. Can't wait to see how they do
transcoding, conferencing, and other DSP-intensive/high complexity codec
functions in software. How do they plan to talk to the PSTN? Are they
going to "embrace and extend" H.323 and SIP like they've done to so many
other standard protocols? They're already talking about their
"optimized" Microsoft codec...I'm sure that the "Microsoft approved"
phones will be lower cost than other devices, AND, they won't require
licensing of said phone! ;-P
Man, can't wait to see how they address these technical issues, to say
nothing of the corporate licensing fee extortion that's sure to come.
Would you want to trust your phone system to a company that can't get
clustering/HA right?
I can see it now - you go to use your phone and the display reads "We're
sorry, but you're handset has performed an illegal operation. This
handset will be shut down. We're sorry for the inconvenience."
I'm no huge fan of Cisco, but at least they have an established method
of fault tolerance and interfacing to the PSTN. There are many other
vendors that do a great job as well. I'd say only a fool would jump
blindly into the M$ Exhachange, Sharepoint, Dynamics 'ecosystem',
especially when this ecosystem is vaporware at the moment.
I should get out of IT and move into marketing. Life is so idyllic,
tranquil, and harmonious. Everything just works!
Ramon F Herrera wrote:
> Microsoft's Office Communication Server changing the face of VoIP.
>
> "Microsoft will be a significant force in this market"
>
> "Microsoft will redefine the industry"
>
> ...and last, but not least:
>
> '[OCS] is meant to be part of an ecosystem that includes Exchange,
> SharePoint and Dynamics, where communications become as important to
> your organization as the Internet did".
>
> http://searchvoip.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid66_gci1273711,00.html?track=NL+85&ad=604596&asrc=EM&NLN=&2252824=&uid=3546829
> http://tinyurl.com/yvylv9
>
>
> The above crystal ball predictions are brought to you by the Yankee
> Group, the same that introduced Laura DiDildo to the world of
> technology, and vice versa.
>
> -Ramon F Herrera
>
Article :
14631
Date :
19-10-2007
From :
rshimizu
Sujet :
Re: "Microsoft will redefine the industry"
Gates Launches Microsoft VoIP Portfolio, Predicts Demise of PBX
(http://www.crn.com/networking/202403364 )
Office Communications server raises many important questions with
VOIP. The first question is whether or not softswitch (IE IP PBX) will
scale for large enterprises. Is the x86 Windows platform secure
enough. In order to scale either more processors are needed or
processor boards that can take the off load the voice processing. The
other factor is that larger enterprises will probably need to cluster
to avoid a single point of failure. The other unknown is if Windows is
secure enough. I just imagine someone hijacking a Windows box and
running up all all sorts of toll charges.
Then there is the issue of purchasing additional licenses when
Asterisk is available for free. Asterisk is a soft switch, but one can
run it on a embedded box. The other factor is that since Asterisk runs
on Linux you can run SE Linux and disable the unneeded functions.
The other challenge is softphone security.
In the end I think we see smaller MS shops as the primary market.