Microsoft to muscle deeper into VOIP?
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
Microsoft is expected to play up Live Communications Server 2005, due out this month, as a key piece of its quest to conquer the telephony market. LCS 2005, code-named "Vienna," went to beta this summer. Microsoft announced it had delivered to testers the near-final "release candidate" beta in mid-September. Microsoft is expected to launch the final release later this month.
Microsoft officials have described LCS 2005 as "a next-generation enterprise instant messaging (IM) and presence-awareness server."
But Microsoft also will use LCS 2005 as a way to gain a toehold in the voice-over-IP (VOIP) space, according to sources claiming familiarity with the company's plans.