[cisco-voip] Upgrading CCM 4.x to CM Express?

[Paul]

Move everyone to CCME, install CUE or Unity Connection for voicemail/UC, and be prepared to go bald (unless you're already as such) as CCME's bugs tend to do that to the engineer taking care of these systems.

If they're really financially challenged, change all phones into SIP IP phones, and install Freeswitch.

http://www.freeswitch.org/




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From: Todd Franklin <toddnh65 at gmail.com>
To: "cisco-voip at puck.nether.net" <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 12:07:10 PM
Subject: [cisco-voip] Upgrading CCM 4.x to CM Express?

I have a client that is financially challenged right now, like a lot of them!
He has an install of maybe 70 phones, spread out over 4 buildings, linked up by fiber.
3560s and 2801s, mostly 7940s and 7960s.
He is looking to move to V7.

His question is, wouldn't it be more cost effective for him to move to CM Express and the lower end Unity?
He does not integrate with Exchange at all, he uses IMail for email.

What are your thoughts?