[cisco-voip] Unity and Google Apps

[Brantley Richbourg]

That makes a lot of sense and that would be a strong reason to switch, not the mention the DR aspects of not having to backup, restore, or worry about Exchange.

Other considerations that come to my mind are, if your Internet connection is down, then internal email will be down as well.  Depending on your network design that might not be an issue or much of a concern.  I don't know about EDU environments, but if email is down in our company, it is not a good thing.  It is also worth considering the recent hiccups with Gmail and the loss of account information and email data.  By moving to a hosted service, you gain in the fact that you do not have to worry about controlling the data as much, but on the same token you also lose the control and comfort that you data is secure and protected.  You have to trust that Google is doing a good job at protecting your data.  Since we deal with medical information at my company, that is not an option, but that will differ from org to org.

I use Google Apps personally for myself and I love it.  The fact that it is free is why I use it.  I store all of my information on Google Docs and I don't have a problem with it.

Another thought that crosses my mind would be to see how viable of an option it would be to use Google Voice in conjunction with Google Apps for your UC needs.  I do not know how well that will work or scale with a org that is as large as your EDU, but it might be worth looking into is cost is really that much of a concern.

From: Matthew Loraditch [mailto:MLoraditch at heliontechnologies.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:58 AM
To: Brantley Richbourg; Rossella Mariotti-Jones; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: RE: Unity and Google Apps

Google Apps is free for .edu users....

Saves lots of $$ on hardware and licensing.

Microsoft also has a free one live at edu but I don't think it's compatible with Unity Connection.

FWIW, Supposedly they are working on Unity Connection UM for the paid equivalents of Microsoft's free education offering.



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From: Brantley Richbourg [mailto:Brantley.Richbourg at MMICNC.COM]
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:41 AM
To: Matthew Loraditch; Rossella Mariotti-Jones; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: RE: Unity and Google Apps

I agree with Matthew... Classic Unity must have Exchange since messages are actually stored directly in the Exchange IS.  I don't know much about Unity Connection, but store and forward from a user's perspective is going to be quite a change in behavior and functionality from what they are accustom to with Classic Unity.  S&F is not going to be as elegant of a solution compared to what you have now.

If you don't mind me asking, what are the drivers for migrating to Google Apps?

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From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Loraditch
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 8:46 PM
To: Rossella Mariotti-Jones; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Unity and Google Apps

Well I'm sure classic Unity isn't going to be able to do anything for you and Unity Connection is only going to offer you store and forward.
Google Apps isn't exchange. I also haven't heard of any plans period for Google Apps support for UM.
Not the answer you probably wanted.


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From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Rossella Mariotti-Jones
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 7:28 PM
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: [cisco-voip] Unity and Google Apps

Hello all, we are a college in Salem, OR and our administration is seriously looking into moving all staff/faculty (between 1000-1500 mailboxes) to Google Apps and dropping Exchange. We have Unity UM (v. 5.0.1) and my colleagues and I are just starting to look into how this will work for UM. Is anyone looking to do the same thing?
Thanks in advance.

Rossella


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