The impact of disaggregation
Who wins as suppliers break softswitches into multiple pieces?
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The ultimate irony is that OCS's lack of telephony features is being called as disruptive.
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Again we look to the No Jitter site which is reporting that Microsoft has entered the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony. Based on the latest version of the Microsoft Unified Communications suite, Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS 2007), Gartner places Microsoft in the Visionaries quadrant – high scores on "completeness of vision" but yet with limitations and unproven factors relative to "ability to execute."
Preview articleCommentThe No Jitter site today has an interesting discussion on why IP PBX vendors shouldn't be allowed to get away with calling their systems unified communications technology.
Preview articleCommentThe Markevanstech page today points to an articel that says among other things, VoIP still has faces many challenges before it can become a mainstream technology. Despite the promise of lower costs and a variety of value-added features, there remains several major hurdles that must be addressed before consumers are completely comfortable with using VoIP as opposed to plain-old-telephone service (POTS) provided by telephone carriers.
Preview articleCommentThe E-Commerce Times today says the iPhone-using world just got a shot in the arm for VoIP communications. Global IP Solutions (GIPS) has announced support for application developers for VoIP-based utilities running on the iPhone -- which means that actual VoIP calling might not be far off.
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