VoiceCon: Microsoft expands on its communications efforts
InformationWeek | at | by Mike
When Microsoft entered the Unified Communications field about a year ago, there were many questions on if it could deliver in a crowded field.
But during a keynote conference at VoiceCon Tuesday, a Microsoft executive said the company has proven the transformative power of software in communications, and this is leading to many companies already bypassing a generation of PBX hardware.
Even with the uncertain economic climate, interest for UC seems high. Forrester estimated 84% of large enterprises are at least in the evaluation phase, and about 27% have done some type of deployment.