Post on 17-Jan-2016
The Power Of Software In Unified Communications
Paul GradyDirector Australia and New ZealandUnified Communications Group
Communications Transformation
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Consistent User Experience
Presence, SIP, Media
Active Directory, Security, Policies
Microsoft’s approach toUnified Communications
Horizontally integrated distributed architectureStandards-based common platformConsistent user experience: OfficeUnified management plane
Greater Cost Reduction
$More
Choice
Opportunity Software Brings
More Innovation
More Productivity
Basic VoIPCost Reduction
Software-Powered VoIP
announcing…Public Beta
Public Beta
Interoperability Specification
Software-Powered VoIP
Connect to the right people
and information
Click to Communicate
within MS Office
Work together in real-time
from anywhere
Streamlined communications
Enhanced Unified Communications In The2007 Office SystemJohann KruseTechnology SpecialistMicrosoft Corporation
demo
Software-Powered VoIP
Streamlined communications
“Just Works” Experience
Microsoft UC Quality Of ExperienceIt works: Evidence of the superior quality
Psytechnics, a highly-regarded research firm specializing in voice call quality diagnostics, recently released results of a benchmark study comparing a pre-release version of OCS/OC. The study showed that the Micorosft solution, a new software-based approach to managing voice quality, delivered equal or better call quality results over a variety of network conditions.
Subjective perceptual experience Mean Opinion Scores
Microsoft Unified CommunicationsInnovative Meeting Experience
Extending Communicator experience
Today: PCs, web, mobile devices
Tomorrow: Dedicated communications devices
Software for innovative IP phones
Implementation design with embedded software
Partners will deliver production devices
The Right Experience…
Microsoft Unified CommunicationsInnovative Meeting Experience
Immersive virtual meetingsActive speaker and panorama views
Views synchronized with data
Revolutionary experienceRecord and playback meetings
Suitable for every meeting room
Software-Powered VoIP
Cost Reduction
Streamlined communications
“Just Works” Experience
Companies Already Seeing Benefits
“…saved more than $29.4 million in the first year”
“reduce overall operating costs of up to 15%”"payback on our
investment in 8 months"
Streamlined CommunicationOperational Control
Extensible VoIP Foundation
How Companies Are Moving Forward Tomorrow
PBX / IP-PBX
LCS/OCSExchange
Office System
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Consistent Experience
TodayCommunications Platform
Value-Added Feature Servers
BusinessApps
Smart Unified Clients
How You Can Move Forward
Plan for the futureBuild your foundationHear the difference
Register for the beta at www.microsoft.com/uc
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