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

[Syed Khalid Ali]

This might be interesting:
http://www.proexchange.be/blogs/ocs2007r2/archive/2009/12/04/interesting-whitepaper-microsoft-amp-cisco-on-interop-statement-for-uc.aspx



On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Bill Riley <bill at hitechconnection.net>wrote:

>  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.
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> I have already given up on trying to fight the replacement of Unity with
> Exchange 2010.
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> *From:* cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [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?
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>    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.
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> What would your reply be? , I need help justifying the CISCO option. I read
> this document:
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> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns151/C11-604516-00_Evaluating_UC_Solutions_WP.pdf<https://webmail.duckcreektech.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=7d9a2103295c47799dacf3a191228bc1&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cisco.com%2fen%2fUS%2fsolutions%2fcollateral%2fns151%2fC11-604516-00_Evaluating_UC_Solutions_WP.pdf>
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> 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.
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> Not even CISCO partners in my area have been able to provide solid answers
> to this question.
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> Thanks
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> John
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Thanks,
Syed Khalid Ali
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