I am not attending Enterprise Connect (March 16-18, 2015), but as always I will be watching Lync/Skype4B developments as a “remote worker” (how else for a UC professional to attend?) and will scribble developments and new stuff I notice.
EC15: http://www.enterpriseconnect.com/orlando/
EC15 Notes: http://bit.ly/mattec15
Skype4B Keynote by Zig Serafin March 18, 2015 10 AM
http://blogs.office.com/2015/03/18/skype-for-business-is-here-and-this-is-only-the-beginning/
Skype for Business Keynote by Zig Serafin: New Announcements Summary
- “WebRTC coming soon” for Skype for Business – click here
- Search Skype Users by skype username or Geo-location from inside Skype for Business
- Adding Voice to Office365 Later This Year: Audio Conference, PSTN Calling, Ent Voice
- Polycom Roundtable 100
- $1000 price point (available early summer)
- controlled via smartphone (all will be supported click here)
- photo https://twitter.com/adamjacobs/status/578201665234415616
Control with Mobile
The Unit
Announcements
- Polycom: VVX Lync firmware Improvements coming in VVX 5.3: Click Here Video: Click Here
- Visual Voicemail
- CCCP
- Click to Join
- Audiocodes: Click Here
- Smart: Click Here
- Cyberdata SIP Pager now works with Polycom IP Phones: click here
Skype4B/Lync News
http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Whats-New-in-Skype-for-Business
I had the opportunity to attend. The one thing that struck me was the number of vendors offering Hosted Skype4B. Tata Communications, Sprint, and Rackspace to name a few. What is the market for these vendors once MSFT offers true Enterprise Voice in Office365?
ReplyDeletethat is a question. Currently they are providing functionality msft is not. Going forward that will get smaller. Choice? Specialization of some sort? very valid question.
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