Archive for September, 2009

Microsoft has updated its support documentation for virtualised communications clients. New scenarios include: Office Communicator 2005 supports Terminal Services and Citrix MetaFrame only when Office Communicator is used for text chats and presence functions. Office Communicator 2007 supports Terminal Services and Citrix MetaFrame when Office Communicator is used for text chats, presence functions, and Remote […]

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 08:52 | 0 comments
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Most IT pros will not be in possession of an OCS/UC capable PBX from the day they decide to look into evangelising their businesses comms infrastructure. But now that OCS 2007 R2 supports UDP based SIP trunks and third parties like JAHJAH offer off-site trunking services there are alternatives worth considering before making the “bigger” […]

Sunday, September 27th, 2009 at 13:33 | 1 comment
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The “PreCallDiagnostic” tool is an application that reports expected audio quality as it relates to the network effect. The tool should be installed on any desktop or laptop PC that suffers from inconsistent network connection quality. The PreCallDiagTool can provide a quick check of the current network conditions and also preserve a history of quality […]

Saturday, September 19th, 2009 at 14:51 | 0 comments
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Keeping up with the current wave of Microsoft products is always challenging, but I am personally excited about Exchange 2010, messaging and UC is my particular area of interest. One of the first things I wanted to address was my migration from Exchange 2007 and understanding what works and doesn’t work – the current release available to the public […]

Monday, September 14th, 2009 at 18:05 | 0 comments
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Today Nortel sold off its enterprise business arm to Avaya for $900m, this is great news for companies with significant investments in Nortel technology (like mine!). see below for more details: Will sell the assets of the Enterprise Solutions Business, and shares of Nortel Government Solutions and DiamondWare  to Avaya Avaya to Pay US$900 Million […]

Monday, September 14th, 2009 at 17:53 | 0 comments
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Yesterday Apple hosted it’s regular “Media Event” and launched a new Nano, iTunes 9 and version 3.1 of the iPhone/Touch firmware. New features include: Genius Recommendations for Apps Genius Mixes Download Ringtones Wirelessly Organize Apps in iTunes Improved syncing for music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and photos iTunes U content organization Redeem iTunes Gift Cards, […]

Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 08:33 | 0 comments
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