The ability that OCS brings when it comes to tying a VOIP system to Outlook/Office has enormous business benefit if you do much outbound calling. I'm pretty sure that most people at our company wouldn't know how to dial their phone using the actual touchpad anymore if they had to. TVK
From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Unified Communications IM can be done for free using any number of clients. The cost of OCS vs business functionality gained doesn't make sense for my organization so therefore, not really necessary to keep business functioning. On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Steven Peck <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: What part of it is 'not really necessary'? We had a lot of people that thought IM was silly but it truly has helped communications here in the past few years. Steven On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Sherry Abercrombie <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > We looked at OCS 2007 and have not done anything on it. OCS is just too > pricey for something that is not really necessary. > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Cameron Cooper > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Trying to get a feel for what's out there and what others have deployed. >> >> _______________________________ >> Cameron Cooper >> IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified >> Aurico Reports, Inc >> Phone: 847-890-4021 Fax: 847-255-1896 >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
