[cisco-voip] CUCM 7

[Voice Noob]

I think this is where they are headed. I had an SE tell me they were going
this way so that it would cost more not to have UCSS. ALso are you sure you
can purchase an upgrade from 4.x to 7.X just as an example?

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca> wrote:

>  I really think Cisco shot themselves (and us) in the foot by demising
> SASU and creating UCSS. If it was still SASU, we would buy SASU every year.
> But now, we're gonna simply buy the upgrade when necessary. As long as it's
> not every two years, we're financially better off. Granted we won't get all
> the bells and whistles, but we'll still have a phone system. I'm just
> waiting for them to implement an N-1 upgrade limit which says you can only
> upgrade to version 8 if you are on v7. Then we're really screwed. ;)
>
>
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> Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
> Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Back" <Michael.Back at nisd.net>
> To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>  Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2008 8:50:06 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] CUCM 7
>
> Thanks for the input.  Upgrading beyond 7 is not an issue for us due to
> financial reasons.  We have the 6.1 and 7 software now; we are just
> waiting on some new hardware and the time to put it all together.  I was
> really hoping that someone else would have already installed 7, but I
> guess it is still fairly new.
>
> >>> "Carter, Bill" <bcarter at sentinel.com> 12/3/2008 11:00 PM >>>
> I would expect a CM version upgrade at least every 18 months. That
> would mean CM 8.0 in Spring/Summer 2010.
>
>
>
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lelio
> Fulgenzi
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 3:50 PM
> To: Michael Back
> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] CUCM 7
>
>
>
> I may have mentioned it on the list a while back. I came to this
> conclusion for the simple fact that the release date of v7 was only 6 to
> 8 months after the release of v6 or something like that. We were told
> that originally this would be 12 months and then that moved to 18
> months. How could they have done it in 8?
>
> So, honestly, I think it's somewhere in the middle. ;)
>
>
> ---
> Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
> Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
> (519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> "Bad grammar makes me [sic]" - Tshirt
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Back" <Michael.Back at nisd.net>
> To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 4:14:51 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
> Eastern
> Subject: [cisco-voip] CUCM 7
>
> I read somewhere (maybe here) that CUCM 7 is pretty much the same as
> 6.1, but with a name change to be more consistent with the other
> products.  Does anyone know if this is true?  The reason I am asking
> is
> because we are going to upgrade end of first quarter next year, and I
> am
> trying to decide if we will go with 6.1 or 7.  If I go with 7 I won't
> have to worry about a major upgrade for another 3 to 5 years, only
> minor
> upgrades.  Has anyone had any direct experience with 7?  Please share
> any useful information you may have.  Thanks.
>
> Mike Back
> VoIP Systems Administrator
> Northside ISD
> michael.back at nisd.net
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