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NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND LARRY HETTICK ON
CONVERGENCE
09/14/05
Today's focus: Nortel, Microsoft strengthen partnership

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* VoiceCon news from Nortel and Microsoft
* Links related to Convergence
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Nortel, Microsoft strengthen partnership

By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

In addition to the VoiceCon Fall announcements and
demonstrations we highlighted last time, today we'd like to
point to news from Nortel and Microsoft, which expanded their
strategic relationship.

The latest cooperative initiative provides collaborative
real-time capabilities for businesses through the integration of
Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 and Office Live Communication
Server with Nortel's open, SIP-based communications product. The
package would provide desktop call control, using Microsoft
Office Communicator for telephony infrastructures built on
Nortel Communication Server 1000. It would also provide access
to critical applications such as unified messaging, contact
center and self-service via the Nortel Applications Center.

With this announcement, Nortel joins Siemens and Alcatel in
similar cooperative agreements with Microsoft.

Nortel announced new products, including a WLAN handset, an IP
phone, CallPilot Unified Messaging 4.0, Secure Multimedia
Controller 2450, Multimedia Communications Server 3.5,
Survivable Remote Gateway 50, and Communications Server 1000
Release 4.5.

After the Nortel/Microsoft announcement was made, we went over
to the Microsoft demonstration of Office Communicator. In the
demonstration, Microsoft showed how the software offers a
unified messaging GUI that can be used to integrate with a third
party's PBX extension. Unlike previous Microsoft PC-to-PC voice
calls, the voice quality on the PC-to-PBX demo call was
excellent. The product
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence6731> offers
integrated PC-to-PBX presence management and instant messaging,
and of course it is integrated with Microsoft Outlook and
Exchange.

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To contact: Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates
and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed
information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter,
connect to Webtorials <http://www.webtorials.com/>, the premier
site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and
market research. Taylor can be reached at
<mailto:taylor@webtorials.com>

Larry Hettick is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of
experience in voice and data. He is Vice President for Telecom
Services and Infrastructure at Current Analysis, the leading
competitive response solutions company. He can be reached at
<mailto:lhettick@currentanalysis.com>
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