Microsoft and Cisco are each partners and competition. However they aren;t going to let just a little competition get in the means of doing what;s correct for customers.Yawn. Heard that before. And we;re all about to hear it once more, when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Cisco CEO John Chambers appearing at a joint press event in Ny (with Charlie Rose hosting) on August 20.I;m certain there will be a lot of talk about the “I” (interoperability) word. And unified communications — the grand convergence of email,
Microsoft Office 2010, PBX systems, desktop phones, VOIP platforms, Web conferencing systems, faxes and mobile phonesMicrosoft is unveiling a couple of news tidbits. It will announce a bunch of new partners — Intel,
Windows 7, Texas Instruments, AudioCodes,
Windows 7 64 Bit, Dialogic, LG Nortel are licensing its voice-codec software. (Audio Codec can be used to customize audio conferencing, video and wireless over IP and games offerings, according on the Softies.)Microsoft still isn;t ready to launch officially its Office Communications Server 2007 product, which it released to manufacturing at the end of July. That launch is coming later this fall. Ballmer will discuss availability of a complementary server — known as “Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Quality of Experience Monitoring Server” — which,
Microsoft Office 2007 Key, as its name indicates, is a server for monitoring voice and video quality.If there;s anything else of interest from Monday morning;s dog and pony show,
Office 2007 Product Key, I;ll blog extra from the occasion.