[cisco-voip] CISCO UC 8.X solution over MS OCS/Lync 2010. Why?

[Bill Riley]

I have the same situation in my company. They just renewed their enterprise
agreement which gets the E-CAL of Lync and I am being asked about deploying
new sites with Lync instead of CUCM. I would be interested in hearing
everyone's opinion.

 

I have already given up on trying to fight the replacement of Unity with
Exchange 2010. 

 

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[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of JA Colmenares
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 6:12 AM
To: cisco voip
Subject: [cisco-voip] CISCO UC 8.X solution over MS OCS/Lync 2010. Why?

 



If you were asked why choosing CUC 8.X over OCS/Lync 2010 when the costs of
setup and licensing for the MIcrosoft solution are much cheaper?. Please
take my word about being cheaper due to particular circumstances in our
company.


 

What would your reply be? , I need help justifying the CISCO option. I read
this document:

 

 
<https://webmail.duckcreektech.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=7d9a2103295c47799dacf3a1
91228bc1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cisco.com%2fen%2fUS%2fsolutions%2fcollateral%2
fns151%2fC11-604516-00_Evaluating_UC_Solutions_WP.pdf>
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns151/C11-604516-00_Evaluati
ng_UC_Solutions_WP.pdf

 

I need a more objective and unbiased resource. If you believe you can still
take a "jab" on the cost aspect, elaborate on it. But I am looking more on
the benefits and robustness of the solution. A Hybrid solution is not an
option. Either all CISCO or all Microsoft.

 

Not even CISCO partners in my area have been able to provide solid answers
to this question.

 

Thanks

 

John

 

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