Microsoft has become one of the leading players in the unified communications (UC) market, having launched the Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) which provides the following functionality:
- Presence
- Instant Messaging
- Audio Conferencing
- Web Collaboration
- Integrated Outlook
- and many other features
With their dominance of the PC desktop, Microsoft has "communication-enabled" all of its world-class applications, providing a very compelling solution with a clear improvement in productivity.
Industry research shows that Microsoft and Cisco are the two leading vendors in the UC space today.
Companies are telling VOSS, however, that they want to have a clear deliniation in their business:
- They want Microsoft on the desktop
- They want Cisco in the network
And they do not want to have to integrate these two systems, nor do they want to have issues with their overall system, when they upgrade one platform.
VOSS works to support a seamless Microsoft/Cisco integration. This is where we believe the bulk of large enteprises will focus their communications budgets.