CIO's Passion: Building a 'Connected Delphi'
Delphi Automotive's CIO is paving the way toward a connected, socially-enabled, collaborative workplace
Delphi Automotive's CIO is paving the way toward a connected, socially-enabled, collaborative workplace
The widespread adoption of Microsoft Lync and Cloud-based unified communications (UC) are two major factors contributing to the changes happening in the UC environment, according to analyst firm Frost and Sullivan.
Cisco chose the eve of Microsoft's first Lync conference to attack the Microsoft unified communications platform as incomplete when compared to Cisco's enterprise UC offerings.
Microsoft's Lync has evolved into a serious unified communications competitor for enterprises looking to upgrade or adopt a UC platform. In a crowded field where players still struggle with interoperability issues, Lync's integration with Skype is a potentially transformational improvement.
Customers eying Microsoft's Lync 2010 unified communications server need to take a step back and evaluate what's really new and whether they need it right now, down the road or not at all, experts say.