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Microsoft Unified Communications : 15 phones and other devices unveiled May 14, 2007 [General] | By Edward J. R. Generally it is about phones with voice over IP, cameras for video conferencing and about using PC as your phone - in enterprise environment - with help of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 - but it includes also client software (Office Communicator) for Windows Mobile devices! Information from Microsoft follows. * * * * * Microsoft, Manufacturers to Deliver New Generation of Workplace Phones and Devices Nine industry-leading companies to unveil 15 phones and other devices optimized for Microsoft’s unified communications software. Monday at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007, Microsoft Corp. and nine industry-leading companies — ASUSTek Computer Inc., GN, LG-Nortel Co. Ltd., NEC Corp., Plantronics Inc., Polycom Inc., SAMSUNG, Tatung Co. and ViTELiX — will introduce a new generation of devices that connect the workplace phone to e-mail, instant messaging, real-time presence information, conferencing, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and mobile communications. Beginning tomorrow, a new wave of phones and devices will become available for use in the public beta program of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007. Microsoft is providing the device manufacturers with design specifications, helping to assure customers that the new phones and devices work easily with Office Communications Server and Office Communicator. “Today’s office phone is marooned on an island, separate from the rest of the communications tools that information workers rely on to do their jobs,” said Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division. “By weaving the business phone together with e-mail, instant messaging, presence, conferencing and the productivity software people use most, we are putting voice communications back into business.” Using an open approach and published software interfaces, Microsoft is enabling companies to innovate new workplace phones and devices that make business communications more effective and productive. The products are nearing the end of the Microsoft qualification cycle, which will help ensure the devices and phones deliver the following:
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