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December 08, 2010

(20)10 Days of Techness: On the Second Day of Techness IT Gave to WeProductivity Apps

By Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, IP Communications Magazines

Welcome to the (20)10 Days of Techness. This is the second installment of a 10-part series of postings that will discuss prevalent trends during past year. Happy Holidays!

2010 was the year that Microsoft (News - Alert) made a splash in the PBX and UC space.

First we saw Microsoft’s introduction of PBX functionality within its Office Communications Server 2007 R2 product. While the software giant in unveiling this capability didn’t put the emphasis on the fact that it could ultimately kill off the PBX as we know it, that point was not lost on many news organizations and industry analysts.

This quote, which Tom Keating of TMC (News - Alert)/INTERNET TELEPHONY delineated in his blog earlier this year, puts that possibility in stark relief: "Office Communications Server 2007 R2, debuting just one year after the Microsoft unified communications launch, highlights the pace of innovation that is possible with software," said Stephen Elop, president of the ... Read More >>>


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