Microsoft again to tout the myth of unified communications
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This doesn’t look like what Microsoft announced back in February, at the last 3GSM conference in Barcelona, Spain. In a statement, Microsoft announces a unified communications product road map and a partner ecosystem.
In short: Through software, Microsoft and its partners Cisco, Siemens and HP, will unify the usual standalone communication systems. Meaning the Microsoft Office Communications, Exchange, Office, Office Live (for Live meeting), Roundtable (for a 360 degree camera), Communicator phone servers will talk to each other.
But wait a bit before cheering. Microsoft will not have its offerings ready before late 2006 or early 2007. The IP-enabled business desktop phones featuring Communicator phone are scheduled to be available in the second quarter of 2007.
So far, the early reactions are mild. Interviewed by the NYTimes, Julie Farris, founder of Scalix, a messaging company open source software maker, added: “Those developed by competitors are almost always richer.”
For MSMobiles, this is definitively not the best strategy to follow. “One of the reasons why Windows Mobile phones still have minuscule global market share in smartphone market is the fact that right from the beginning Microsoft has been addressing these phones at mobile professionals or business customers and offering them mainly for enterprise applications ― totally disrespecting consumer market.”
Microsoft always know how to foster good vibes surrounding its new products…
Jun 26, 2006 | By Nuno
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