Unified Communications A massive partner opportunity Oscar Trimboli Director Unified Communications oscartr@microsoft.com
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Agenda What is unified communications? What is the partner opportunity? Demo What skills do you need? What can you do next week?
Evolving Workplace
Microsoft’s Unified Communications Personal & Intuitive Flexible & Trustworthy
Infrastructure Challenges Parallel investments Voice communications through PBX E-mail communications through PCs
Infrastructure Challenges Parallel investments Voice communications through IP-PBXs E-mail, IM, web communications through PCs
Unified Communications Complex Disconnected Expensive Productivity Collaboration Business Results
Microsoft’s Unified Communications Personal & Intuitive Convenient & Integrated Flexible & Trustworthy Innovative Communications with Revolutionary Economics
Partnerships across voice & video Alcatel Avaya Cisco Dimension Data HP IBM LG Mitel Motorola NEC Nortel Polycom Radvision Siemens Tandberg Telstra
What is the opportunity for partners? FY07 AUD million NZD million Telephony market – Frost & Sullivan 602 125 Collaborative Applications – IDC 81 12 Conferencing – Frost & Sullivan 17 3 Total software & hardware market 700 140 Total associated partner services opportunity 2,100 420
Demo
What skills to you need? Identity management – a strong understanding of active directory Exchange 2003 – 2007 Communications Server 2005 Partner with PABX providers for voice integration skills
What do you need to do next week? Install Live Communications Server in your business Federate with Microsoft Install Live Communications Server with a friendly customer and federate them with yourself and Microsoft Nominate customers for Exchange 2007 beta 2 program – oscartr@microsoft.com www.microsoft.com/uc
Unified Communications A massive partner opportunity Oscar Trimboli Director Unified Communications oscartr@microsoft.com