Microsoft sets a date for unveiling UC software

BetaNews | at | by Mike

The first commercial release of Office Communications Server 2007 will be unveiled to the public on October 16, Microsoft announced this morning. Along with it will be the Office Communicator client - the company's professional grade on-screen messaging service - as well as the next edition of Live Meeting, whose conferencing features will be upgraded to support OC. The move comes a day after Microsoft publicly made nice with Cisco, which is otherwise one of its principal competitors in the communications space.