Darius Wey
06-27-2006, 10:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-25UCGRoadmapPR.mspx' target='_blank'>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/...GRoadmapPR.mspx</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division, today unveiled the company's vision, technology road map and partner framework for unified communications at a strategy event in San Francisco. Microsoft Corp.'s approach to unified communications will break down today's silos of e-mail, instant messaging, mobile and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephony, and audio-, video- and webconferencing. Through software, Microsoft and its partners will put people at the center of communications through a single identity across all modes and integrate communication into people's everyday work processes, including the widely used Microsoft® Office system and third-party software applications."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20060627-MSUnified.jpg" /><br /><br />Microsoft managed to team up with a number of well-known mobile partners in this collaborative unified communications effort: for example, HP, Motorola, Siemens, Polycom, LG-Nortel, Thomson Telecom, GN Netcom, Logitech, Plantronics, Samsung, and Tatung. There are many press releases and Q&As to absorb. More after the break. <!><br /><br />• <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-25UCGRoadmapPR.mspx">Microsoft Unveils Unified Communications Product Road Map and Partner Ecosystem</a><br />• <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-25UCGSiemensPR.mspx">Microsoft and Siemens Collaborate to Usher in New Era of Unified Communications</a><br />• <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-25UCGDevicePR.mspx">Global Telecommunications Providers to Build Innovative Business IP Phones on Microsoft's Unified Communications Platform</a><br />• <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-25UCGHPPR.mspx">Microsoft, HP to Work Together to Deliver Unified Communications Solutions to Enterprise Customers</a><br />• <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-25UCGMotorolaPR.mspx">Microsoft and Motorola Form Strategic Alliance to Extend Unified Communications to Mobile Devices</a><br />• <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/jun06/06-25speechserver.mspx">Q&A: Microsoft Speech Server's Growing Adoption in the Enterprise</a><br />• <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/jun06/06-25unifiedcomms.mspx">Q&A: Microsoft's Unified Communications Strategy and Solutions</a>