Microsoft plays up PC-phone union
C|Net | at | by Mike
A Microsoft executive Wednesday detailed the software giant's vision of PCs and Internet-based phones working hand in hand as part of an overarching strategy to power real-time communications in the workplace. Speaking at the AIIM Expo in New York, Gurdeep Singh Pall, general manager of Microsoft's real-time communications group, highlighted PC-to-phone integration as the holy grail of the company's strategy. The software giant is building software that will fold phone calling into the interactive PC environment.