Microsoft announces Istanbul LCS client
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft is developing a new front-end application for its upcoming Live Communications Server 2005 instant messaging server that links LCS 2005 with end-users' telephones. That way, the new application, code-named Istanbul, adds another way for reaching LCS users, on top of existing avenues such as instant messaging and voice and video.
"This is a big change. For the first time, end-users will be able to think of their enterprise PBX phone as part of the overall real-time collaboration infrastructure," said Ed Simnett, lead product manager at Microsoft for Istanbul. Istanbul can also be configured to dial cell phones and lines outside of a company's internal switchboard, he said. "Any phone becomes an addressable end point to LCS."