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Microsoft's vision for unified communications enables a people-centric solution of rich, intuitive, and seamless communications across e-mail, IM, voice, data, video, and conferencing. Microsoft offers companies a complete software platform that unifies all communications with their business applications and processes, streamlining how people reach each other and communicate. 

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UC Clients - Review of Top Vendors (Part 2 of 2)

In the second of a two-part podcast on UC clients, the UCStrategies experts review individual UC clients from top unified communication...

By Dave Michels

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2011 Year in Review in UC

UCStrategies founder Jim Burton moderates this Industry Buzz podcast which takes a look at the year 2011 in unified communications. J...

By Jim Burton

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Emerging Privacy Concerns in UC

The UCStrategies experts discuss privacy and security issues in unified communications, including specific concerns about presence, in ...

By Michael F. Finneran

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UCStrategies Experts Discuss SBCs

In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss session border controllers (SBCs). The discussion is moderated by Russe...

By Russell Bennett

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UCStrategies Experts and the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephon...

The topic of this week's Industry Buzz podcast is the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony. The discussion is moderated by Ma...

By Marty Parker

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The Role of the Channel in UC

In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss the Channel's role in unified communications, what is changing now and ...

By Dave Michels

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UC and Disaster Recovery(2)

In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss how companies need to consider UC as part of their business continuity ...

By Blair Pleasant

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UCStrategies Experts Review Gartner Magic Quadrant for UC

The UCStrategies team examines Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications for 2011. The discussion is moderated by Marty Parke...

By Marty Parker

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UCStrategies Experts Discuss ShoreTel Analyst Conference

In this Industry Buzz podcast, several UCStrategies Experts who attended the recent ShoreTel analyst conference provide their thoughts ...

By Jim Burton

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UCStrategies Experts Discuss UC Clients

In this Industry Buzz Podcast hosted by UCStrategies' Marty Parker, the UCStrategies experts discuss UC clients. The UC Expert panel in...

By Marty Parker

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UCStrategies Experts Discuss Availability of Microsoft Office 365

In this Industry Buzz podcast hosted by Marty Parker, the unified communications experts of UCStrategies discuss Microsoft's announceme...

By Marty Parker

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Mark Zerbe Discusses Dimension Data’s Role in UC

At Dimension Data’s Perspectives analyst conference, Mark Zerbe talks to Blair Pleasant about how the company helps customers implement...

By Blair Pleasant

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Microsoft to Acquire Skype - UCStrategies Reaction

In this week's Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies team examines today's announcement that Microsoft has agreed to acquire Skype. T...

By Jim Burton

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UC Summit 2011 - Microsoft Keynote

UC Summit 2011 was held March 27-30, 2011, at Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa in La Jolla, CA. Microsoft was a Platinum sponsor of th...

By Blair Pleasant

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UCStrategies at Enterprise Connect

In this Industry Buzz podcast, several of the UCStrategies UC experts talk about their sessions at the upcoming Enterprise Connect, Feb...

By Jim Burton

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UCStrategies Experts Discuss Upcoming Conference Season

The UCStrategies UC experts discuss the unified communications tracks at the various upcoming conferences: Lotusphere, IT Expo, Enterpr...

By Jim Burton

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Consumer Products vs. Enterprise IT - Part 2 - Social Media

In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies experts discuss how social media and social software has moved from the consumer world ...

By Jim Burton

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UCStrategies Experts Make UC Predictions for 2011

In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts make their predictions for unified communications in 2011. The UC expert panel ...

By Jim Burton

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UCStrategies Experts Discuss 2010 - Year in Review

In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts look back at the year 2010 in unified communications. The UC expert panel inclu...

By Jim Burton

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Consumer Products and Enterprise UC

The UCStrategies Experts discuss the role of consumer products (Skype, social networking, etc.) and services in the world of unified co...

By Jim Burton

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UCStrategies Experts Review Microsoft, Cisco, and HP Announcements

In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts cover announcements from Microsoft, Cisco, and HP. The UC expert panel includes...

By Jim Burton

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UCStrategies Experts Discuss Microsoft Office 365

In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies UC Experts discuss Microsoft Office 365. The UC expert panel includes Jim Burton, Marty...

By Marty Parker

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UCStrategies Experts Debate UC Interoperation

In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies Experts discuss interoperation and interoperability in unified communications. This was...

By Marty Parker

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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications - Part 1

UC experts Jim Burton, Marty Parker, and Dave Michels discuss Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications in the first of two I...

By Jim Burton

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What is UC All About? Revisiting the Definition of Unified Communications

In this Industry Buzz podcast, the UCStrategies experts debate the definition of unified communications, and the validity of trying to ...

By Jim Burton

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Future Prospects of Mobile UC

The UCStrategies experts debate the future of mobile UC, the driving forces that shape the market, and handicap some of the key players...

By Michael Finneran

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UCIF Kickoff Dinner - Video Highlights

The Unified Communications Interoperability Forum (UCIF) is an open alliance of technology leaders working together to fully realize th...

By Jim Burton

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