[cisco-voip] Is this Unity's death knell?

[Jake Doe]

It depends.  See the following for more info:

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/08/14/428677.aspx

You'll need to do a traffic analysis to determine your
maximum busy hour (e.g. # of concurrent calls), type
of PBX, etc. in order to size both the number of voice
mail ports AND the number of Exchange 2007 UM servers.

--- Scott Voll <svoll.voip at gmail.com> wrote:

> there has been some issues with scalability with
> exchange 2007 that has come
> to my attention that I'm a little concerned about. 
> How many exchange
> servers to I need for 32 port and 800 VM boxes?
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> On 9/12/07, Matthew Saskin <matt at saskin.net> wrote:
> >
> > However Unity doesn't provide any of the
> additional features that
> > Outlook Voice Access provides.
> >
> > While I'm torn about features, various individuals
> (mostly sales,
> > management, etc.) that we've exposed our lab
> CM/Exch 2007 setup to
> > instantly fell in love with the voice interaction
> to their calendar and
> > inboxes.
> >
> > -matt
> >
> > K S wrote:
> > > Ahhh the "Free" Unified Messaging from MS.  Free
> is a
> > > bundled price....something else in that bundle
> could
> > > also be called free. Check out the Cisco
> Workspace
> > > License.....lots of "free" there as well.
> > >
> > > Free from MS is a Software license that requires
> MS
> > > users to buy software support on for for the
> rest of
> > > it's natural life....or it becomes illegal.
> > >
> > > Free is calling MS tech support when the Intel
> Gateway
> > > they recommend won't talk to your
> NEC/Nortel?Avaya
> > > PBX...thats a trip in itself.
> > >
> > > T.38 IS supported with CUCM in H.323 mode so
> that
> > > shouldn't be an issue.
> > >
> > > The new versions of Unity (4.2, 5.0) offer a ton
> of
> > > enhancements that MS doesn't have. MWI for
> starters
> > > (there is 3rd party for MS that charges per user
> plus
> > > the application). Also Unity users don't have to
> > > change their TUI...they can use what they are
> already
> > > using with the custom TUI settings in Unity so
> there
> > > is no re-learning by the user.
> > >
> > > Cisco's encryption of messages means security
> that MS
> > > doesn't have. Imagine having someone forward an
> > > internal message that had critical business info
> on it
> > > to someone off the network. Cisco Unity prevents
> that.
> > >
> > > Cisco has failover for Unity that is at least as
> > > reliable as the MS clustering....probably more
> so.
> > >
> > > Speech Rec on Unity is in its first phase in the
> 5.0
> > > product and will be getting better over the next
> 3
> > > months from what I hear.
> > >
> > > Again, there are many enhancements to Unity that
> make
> > > "free" not so attractive.
> > >
> > > You've got to look at the overall offer and how
> it
> > > impacts the business.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Jake Doe <jd80301 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Perhaps not through Play on Phone (since it's
> just
> > >> an
> > >> embedded Windows Media Player).  However, if
> you use
> > >> the TUI or VUI, then you have the ability to
> slow
> > >> down
> > >> or speed up the message.  See the Outlook Voice
> > >> Access
> > >> (OVA) Quick Reference Guide for those options:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
>
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397228.aspx
> > >> --- Robert Kulagowski <bob at smalltime.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Jake Doe wrote:
> > >>>> Yes, Exchange 2007 UM allows you to play your
> > >>> voice
> > >>>> mail through the phone as well.  However, the
> > >> Play
> > >>> on
> > >>>> Phone feature is only available with Outlook
> > >> 2007
> > >>> or
> > >>>> Outlook Web Access 2007 (e.g. no plug-in
> > >>> required).
> > >>>> Otherwise, the voice mail is just another
> > >> WMA/WAV
> > >>> file
> > >>>> attachment in older versions of Outlook.
> > >>>  From what I recall at Interop, they don't
> have a
> > >>> pitch-adjusted tempo
> > >>> feature during playback, so you can't slow
> down
> > >> the
> > >>> audio to catch a
> > >>> phone number which may have been spoken too
> > >> quickly
> > >>> to make out.
> > >>>
> > >>> ObPetPeeve:  People who delight in giving you
> a
> > >>> phone number in a
> > >>> voicemail as quickly as possible as some sort
> of
> > >>> personal contest.
> > >>>
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