Mercator Capital has made the Microsoft (MSFT) Unified Communications announcement a feature of their July newsletter. Titled “Microsoft Unified Communications Strategy – Going Forward or Backwards?” they praise Microsoft for articulating a strategy, but then note that they are behind when compared to other solutions. They single out iotum as an innovator (thank you!). Mercator is also critical of Microsoft’s mostly standard protocol implementations, observing that they effectively bind Microsoft clients and servers together.Â
For what it’s worth, we think this represents opportunity. One of our developers will be attending the Microsoft Unified Communications lab at the end of the month to learn more.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
