Here's another interesting article about UC ecosystems, from a website that covers the Microsoft ISV (independent software vendor) community. The article itself probably won't tell you a lot you don't already know about the basics of UC, but I thought it was worth a read to pick up on the perspective that you get of how the folks who supposedly will be building a lot of the new UC apps view the whole marketplace. I also thought these paragraphs near the end of the article were telling:
Here's another interesting article about UC ecosystems, from a website that covers the Microsoft ISV (independent software vendor) community. The article itself probably won't tell you a lot you don't already know about the basics of UC, but I thought it was worth a read to pick up on the perspective that you get of how the folks who supposedly will be building a lot of the new UC apps view the whole marketplace. I also thought these paragraphs near the end of the article were telling:
Perhaps the reason Microsoft's UC strategy hasn't yet achieved broad market appeal is because it remains a moving target. Communication has meant dramatically different things, even over the short span of four years. Efforts to unify emerging technologies and techniques are likely to be a never-ending proposition. If the goal line is always being moved forward, Microsoft has to modify the details of its message almost annually. That's not conducive to convincing organizations its approach isn't vaporware.
Another obstacle is that unified communications sounds nice on paper, but few groups use all the different media it encompasses. For many interested in bringing together two or three communications platforms, the entire strategy and its components can be difficult to comprehend.
Another obstacle is that unified communications sounds nice on paper, but few groups use all the different media it encompasses. For many interested in bringing together two or three communications platforms, the entire strategy and its components can be difficult to comprehend.
