Microsoft gears up for OCS launch
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft will launch a frontal assault on enterprise telephony when it launches OCS 2007 later this month but plans to win over most customers bit by bit over the next few years.
At its San Francisco launch event for OCS on Oct. 16, the software behemoth will also announce availability of new devices that can be used with the unified communications software, said Kim Akers, general manager of unified communications at Microsoft, in an interview Wednesday. At the same time, Microsoft will line up device, infrastructure, and software partners who are part of the "ecosystem" the company will promote as part of its edge in combined voice, e-mail, text, and video. The Office Communicator 2007 client and Office Live Meeting will also debut at the event, which will feature Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates.