I've put together this quick feature/workload matrix for the main Unified Communication technology providers in the marketplace today, It's something I've been meaning to do for months now and only just found a spare 20minutes to blog on it instead.
I'll fill this out in more posts over the coming weeks as I research further the gaps in the two non-Microsoft providers to ensure I’m providing a “fair” representation of all vendors.
Obviously there will be gaps in the Cisco story as they do not have an email server or client available as a software/hardware offering.
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Microsoft |
Cisco |
IBM |
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Server/Service: |
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Email |
Exchange Server 2007 |
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Lotus Domino |
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IM/Presence |
OCS2007 |
Unified Presence Server |
Sametime |
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Audio Conferencing |
OCS2007 |
Meeting Place, WebEx, IPVC |
Sametime |
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Video Conferencing |
OCS2007 |
Meeting Place, WebEx, IPVC |
Sametime |
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Web Conferencing |
OCS2007 |
Meeting Place, WebEx |
Sametime Unyte |
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IP Telephony (VoIP) |
OCS2007 |
Unified Communications Manager |
Sametime with 3rd Party software |
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VoiceMail |
Exchange Server 2007 |
Unity |
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Client: |
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Rich Email |
Outlook 2007 |
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Lotus Notes 8 |
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Reach Email |
Outlook Web Access |
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Domino Web Access |
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Mobile Email |
Outlook Mobile (WM)
Other clients: Symbian, iPhone. |
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Rich IM |
Communicator 2007 |
Unified Personal Communicator |
Sametime |
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Reach IM |
Communicator Web Access |
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Mobile IM |
Communicator Mobile |
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Web Conferencing |
Live Meeting 7 |
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Sametime Unyte |