Comments on: Microsoft’s long, slow, road to VoIP http://gigaom.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Jake http://gigaom.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/#comment-77086 Jake Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:06:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/#comment-77086 <p>Cisco's advantage is they are going to test and tell you how to rebuild your network to support voice and then sell you the gear to do it.</p> <p>Oh, and then they'll sell you the voice stuff on top of it.</p> <p>And then collect on maintainence contracts going forward.</p> Cisco’s advantage is they are going to test and tell you how to rebuild your network to support voice and then sell you the gear to do it.

Oh, and then they’ll sell you the voice stuff on top of it.

And then collect on maintainence contracts going forward.

]]> By: Realtime Community | Unified Communications http://gigaom.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/#comment-77085 Realtime Community | Unified Communications Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:20:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/#comment-77085 <p><strong>Is Microsoft Really Joining the Unified Communications Business?…</strong></p> <p>My friend Paul Kapustka wrote this over on GigaOm:Microsoft's long, slow, road to VoIPIf it makes so much sense to embed voice into productivity apps, why is it taking so long for Microsoft to offer a compelling VoIP product? Tuesday’s announcement …</p> Is Microsoft Really Joining the Unified Communications Business?…

My friend Paul Kapustka wrote this over on GigaOm:Microsoft’s long, slow, road to VoIPIf it makes so much sense to embed voice into productivity apps, why is it taking so long for Microsoft to offer a compelling VoIP product? Tuesday’s announcement …

]]> By: Eddy Vojnar http://gigaom.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/#comment-77084 Eddy Vojnar Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:40:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/#comment-77084 <p>There is Nortel Networks alliance with Microsoft, to facilitate Nortel's ongoing transition of a key component of Nortel's business from traditional voice technology into software, that was announced earlier this year. Nortel and MS developers must be developing services and applications for the enterprise business. Nortel is expecting significant revenue from this alliance in 2008.</p> There is Nortel Networks alliance with Microsoft, to facilitate Nortel’s ongoing transition of a key component of Nortel’s business from traditional voice technology into software, that was announced earlier this year. Nortel and MS developers must be developing services and applications for the enterprise business. Nortel is expecting significant revenue from this alliance in 2008.

]]> By: rick http://gigaom.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/#comment-77083 rick Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:11:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/#comment-77083 <p>Greg, good point. How do you think Microsoft stacks up with Cisco's position and progress in the UC market?</p> Greg, good point. How do you think Microsoft stacks up with Cisco’s position and progress in the UC market?

]]> By: GregR http://gigaom.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/#comment-77082 GregR Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:32:41 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/#comment-77082 <p>One of the realizations that the Microsoft UC team has come across is how difficult to do voice consistently and reliably. It is one thing to deliver voice as a "best endeavors" in the MSN messenger, it is some quite different to deliver an experience that paying customers want. From what I have heard in early trials they have come to understand the concept of "there are some networks that are ready for voice, there are most that are not" (as Cisco knows too well). For the Microsoft UC group this is going to be a very tough next 5 years.</p> One of the realizations that the Microsoft UC team has come across is how difficult to do voice consistently and reliably. It is one thing to deliver voice as a “best endeavors” in the MSN messenger, it is some quite different to deliver an experience that paying customers want. From what I have heard in early trials they have come to understand the concept of “there are some networks that are ready for voice, there are most that are not” (as Cisco knows too well). For the Microsoft UC group this is going to be a very tough next 5 years.

]]> By: Rick http://gigaom.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/#comment-77081 Rick Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:30:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/microsofts-long-slow-road-to-voip/#comment-77081 <p>Absolutely agree. Did anyone ever buy the Live Communications Server 2005? Or the Communicator softphone? And what's with Live Meeting?</p> <p>PC World has a hilarious comment on their Vista review concerning Live Meeting. Basically, it does nothing - no chat, no voice. "Don't invite me to that meeting!"</p> <p>MS has been making public announcements for two years now. And this is a beta.</p> Absolutely agree. Did anyone ever buy the Live Communications Server 2005? Or the Communicator softphone? And what’s with Live Meeting?

PC World has a hilarious comment on their Vista review concerning Live Meeting. Basically, it does nothing - no chat, no voice. “Don’t invite me to that meeting!”

MS has been making public announcements for two years now. And this is a beta.

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