[cisco-voip] Voicemail vs. Unified Messaging

[Bill Riley III]

Is your current Unity server VM only now? If it is VM only then you have
Exchange on the same server as your Unity software. You can keep this
model even if you move to Exchange for your e-mail. You will just have
two exchange servers, one that you use for e-mail and one on the Unity
server. 

 

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From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Brian Duncan
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 3:03 PM
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: [cisco-voip] Voicemail vs. Unified Messaging

 

We are in talks on campus about migrating to an MS Exchange system for
email.  We are currently running Unity voicemail.  I understand from my
readings that if we purchase an exchange system from Microsoft with the
proper client access licenses and move our current exchange mailboxes
over we will be violating some license with Cisco and will need to
migrate to Unified Messaging.  

 

The thing is I can't get anyone to explain to me what benefit I actually
get (besides being able to listen to my voicemail in
outlook...whoop-didee-doo) from the over $30,000 they are asking for the
upgrade. 

 

Where is the additional cost to Cisco?  It seems to me like if I use an
exchange server other then theirs I should be saving money.  What do we
actually get?  Is anyone actually using UM?

 

Any help you guys might be able to offer would be greatly appreciated.  

 

Brian Duncan

Coordinator of Telecommunications

Ozarks Technical Community College

1001 E. Chestnut Expressway

Springfield, MO 65802

417-447-7505

duncanw at otc.edu

 

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