Microsoft to Make Big Announcement About Future of Office Communication Server (Wave 14) at VoiceCon Tomorrow (March 24)

Many have been calling 2010 the "Year of Communications" at Microsoft. Those at VoiceCon Orlando have been saying the big news there the first day was all the vendors announcing partnerships and new products for OCS: Audiocodes, Polycom, Aastra and more. (Read the whole list here)

Microsoft UC person when asked which pbx features will be Wave 14 commented: "Everything". MVP Aaron Tiensivu predicts OCS Wave14 will be "all killer, no filler". And did I hear that OCS is getting a name change? Microsoft Communication Server? I'm sure these questions will be answer by the keynote tomorrow.

Tomorrow at 11:15 EST Gurdeep Singh Pall of Microsoft UC Group is set to unveil the new features of OCS "Wave 14". You can watch the keynote by livestreaming:

http://tv.voicecon.com/

11:15 am - 12:00 pm EST
Gurdeep Singh Pall, Corporate Vice President, Unified Communications Group, Microsoft Corporation

Very Interesting New SIP Phone from Aastra: 6739i

I haven't had the oppertunity to look at one but it sure looks interesting. This is the first SIP phone that I know of (comment if I'm wrong) that has built in bluetooth headset connectivity. It also has a huge 5.7" full VGA screen screen.

Okay, just for some perspective: If a couple of years ago when I had a VGA screen on my DESKTOP computer you would have told me that PHONES would have vga...what would I have thought? (okay, maybe a few more than a couple of years...;-) And what is next? Dual Display phone handsets?

Tip Courtesy of Matthew Hanson of 888 Voipstore.
Video Courtesy of Aastra.