Productivity in the Cloud
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The Office
This is why mobile Unified Communications & collaboration can help your business have happier,...
Author: jkruse Date: 03/01/2009
Jabra Dial 520
Jabra have recently announced a few new products for Office Communicator – the M5390 headset and the...
Author: jkruse Date: 02/24/2009
Microsoft Recite
There is a great Technology Preview of a new product called Recite now available. This is perfect...
Author: jkruse Date: 02/18/2009
Exchange critical patch
Just in case you’re not on the security announcement lists…. Executive Summary This security update...
Author: jkruse Date: 02/18/2009
Views from Tech’spresso
On Friday morning I attended Dimension Data’s Tech’spresso on OCS R2 in Sydney. It was a full...
Author: jkruse Date: 02/15/2009
Where to download OCS 2007 R2
Today is the official launch of OCS 2007 R2 (sign up for the Virtual Launch!). What’s new?...
Author: jkruse Date: 02/03/2009
OCS R2 videos
There a bunch of videos showing OCS R2 and its capabilities on YouTube…...
Author: jkruse Date: 01/30/2009
Exchange 14
The next version of Exchange is coming, and it is going to be huge! See KC Lemson and Jim Lucey...
Author: jkruse Date: 01/15/2009
Sydney UC January meeting
The Sydney UC user/enthusiast community is meeting again on Tuesday (the 20th) at 1pm. ...
Author: jkruse Date: 01/15/2009
PIFEM is spreading
It’s good to see that word is getting around about Pay It Forward Email Management (aka PIFEM)....
Author: jkruse Date: 01/14/2009
OCS 2007 R2 Launch
Streamlined Communications Today, users face the challenge of managing their communications across...
Author: jkruse Date: 01/06/2009
UC Case Study: Cisco
Alex Lewis has written an interesting post over at Network World about Cisco and their UC...
Author: jkruse Date: 01/06/2009
Exchange Activesync protocols now open
A further sign of Microsoft’s commitment towards being more open is that the protocols for Exchange...
Author: jkruse Date: 12/20/2008
Do You Really Need A SAN Anymore?
I have had many interesting conversations about my post on Advantages of DAS over SAN storage in...
Author: jkruse Date: 12/14/2008
Microsoft uses software edge on Cisco in Unified Communications war
There is an interesting article over at SearchUnifiedCommunications.com about how the tables have...
Author: jkruse Date: 12/10/2008
Farewell Movember
Another Movember has passed. This morning I had my shaving ritual and am now walking around...
Author: jkruse Date: 11/30/2008
OCS VoIP in a disaster zone
Massive storms in Brisbane recently left many people homeless, and in fact it was declared a...
Author: jkruse Date: 11/27/2008
Communicator Mobile 2007 R2
At the Office Communicator Team blog we’ve just released information on the soon-to-be-released...
Author: jkruse Date: 11/26/2008
Microsoft, IBM Announce Inter-Domain Presence Federation
News from VoiceCon San Francisco, over at No Jitter…...
Author: jkruse Date: 11/13/2008
Sydney UC – next meeting
The next Sydney UC meeting will be held at Gen-I next Tuesday, Movember the 18th. More details at...
Author: jkruse Date: 11/09/2008
Microsoft and Telstra strategic alliance
You may have heard today’s announcement regarding the alliance between Microsoft and Telstra. What...
Author: jkruse Date: 11/04/2008
BlackBerry Client for OCS 2007
Research In Motion (RIM) have had a BlackBerry LCS client for some time, but in case you hadn't...
Author: jkruse Date: 09/10/2008
OCS 2007 Video-conferencing Interoperability White Paper
Office Communications Server 2007 is the first Microsoft product to combine enterprise-ready IM,...
Author: jkruse Date: 09/10/2008
Direct SIP connectivity with OCS and Cisco UCM v4.2, 5.1 and 6.1
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (aka CallManager) version 4.2, 5.1 and 6.1 (specific...
Author: jkruse Date: 09/08/2008
OFCCT201 - All-Up Unified Communications and Collaboration Demo
At Tech.Ed Australia Ian Palangio and I did a 75 presentation that contained no PowerPoint slides....
Author: jkruse Date: 09/08/2008
Tech.Ed 2008... what a week!
Tech.Ed 2008 has finally wrapped up... I was in Auckland for Tech.Ed NZ on Monday and Tuesday, and...
Author: jkruse Date: 09/06/2008
TE08NZ: UC interview
I was interviewed yesterday at Tech.Ed New Zealand by Nic Romaniuk about my views on Unified Comms,...
Author: jkruse Date: 09/02/2008
Tech.Ed Australia.. the first morning
Tech.Ed in Sydney has kicked off. A great vibe, and everybody seems to be enjoying themselves...
Author: jkruse Date: 09/02/2008
Tech.Ed New Zealand
I've just got back to Sydney after two days in Auckland for Tech.Ed New Zealand. From tomorrow...
Author: jkruse Date: 09/02/2008
Sydney UC community to launch at Tech.Ed 2008
At Tech.Ed next week we're launching a new community for Unified Comms in Sydney - Sydney UC! If you...
Author: jkruse Date: 08/29/2008
Palm Treo Pro
After a lot of whining, begging and stalking DonK, I finally managed to get my hands on a loaner...
Author: jkruse Date: 08/28/2008
TE08: Who will be The Ultimate Expert?
At Tech.Ed Australia next week we are doing something new with Ask The Experts night... at Commnet...
Author: jkruse Date: 08/28/2008
Is that an analog PABX in your pocket?
Sure is! (but I am also happy to see you) This beast was recently purchased on eBay and...
Author: jkruse Date: 08/25/2008
Exchange 2007 SP1 Virtualisation and Licensing Announcements
Two big announcements for Exchange 2007 SP1: Microsoft now supports Exchange Server 2007 SP1 running...
Author: jkruse Date: 08/19/2008
Engineering Windows 7
Not UC-related, but this is awesome... Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky and have started a blog about...
Author: jkruse Date: 08/14/2008
Harold Melnick is blogging
Harold Melnick, our local head of Unified Communications, has just started a blog. No doubt Harold...
Author: jkruse Date: 08/14/2008
Designing Your Perimeter Network for Office Communications Server 2007 White Paper
This paper answers questions about Office Communications Server 2007 with specific regard to its...
Author: jkruse Date: 07/16/2008
OCS presence in Lotus Notes
We have released a sample toolkit that is designed to enhance the adoption of Office Communicator...
Author: jkruse Date: 07/04/2008
Mobile UC with the HTC Shift
I've just posted my thoughts on the HTC Shift to the Windows Mobile Australia blog. Toy? ...
Author: jkruse Date: 07/02/2008
I had a conversation with my Exchange Server last night
I just stumbled across a great blog post describing the first impressions of Exchange UM by an IT...
Author: jkruse Date: 07/02/2008
Hyper-V is here.. what about Exchange?
In case you haven't heard the news, we have released Hyper-V into the wild. In fact did you know...
Author: jkruse Date: 06/26/2008
Talking Smack!
Yesterday I caught up with Roger Lawrence and Rick Anderson and we recorded a video discussion about...
Author: jkruse Date: 06/04/2008
Meet Colin Lee
Last week I caught up with Colin Lee, one of this year's presenters in the Unified Comms track at...
Author: jkruse Date: 05/27/2008
SIP trunking in Office Communications Server
In case you missed the post at the OCS team blog, we have described a feature currently under...
Author: jkruse Date: 05/26/2008