[cisco-voip] CME vs CM

[Lawrence E. Bakst]

Thought I throw in a plug for CME.

CME runs on a router that runs IOS, typically these days that's an ISR router. These routers are inexpensive and have lots of connectivity options with a large choice of WIC, VIC, NM, and other card form factors. CME has a companion product called Unity Express which gets you voice mail either on flash (AIM-CUE) or on a hard disk (NM-CUE). You can use the same 79xx phones as CM and if necessary you could also use regular analog phones. The phone system is a large number of features, but not a large as CM, however there are a few features that CME has that CM doesn't. You get analog, SIP, and H.323 connectivity. CME has a pretty nice basic automated attendant system and call distribution capabilities.

If you have a small 10-150 phone office you can make a nice ISR system that has data, voice, and voice-mail all on a single router, at a very low cost. For example at 2821 or 2851 ISR with AIM-CUE for smaller sites or a 3825/3845 with NM-CUE for larger sites.

I think CME is under appreciated. Cisco doesn't seem to push it.

Best,

leb


At 1:00 PM -0800 1/25/07, Voll, Scott wrote:
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>I know it's been asked but I can't find it.
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>What's the difference between CME and CM?
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>Thanks
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>Scott
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