During a relaxing Sunday afternoon of flipping channels I happened to notice the 2008 Iron Man movie was on. I’ve seen the movie more times than I’d like to admit but happened to notice (for the first time) the below IP phone sitting on Tony Stark’s desk during the scene where Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow) is breaking into Tony’s office. It appears Stark Enterprises is partial to the Polycom...

Here are my notes from the Lync 2010 Launch. If you missed it you can catch the recording online at http://www.Lync.com.   -Lync is a “New Era of Communication” - Lync is the linchpin to the Microsoft Communication strategy - PC/Phone/Browser linked by Lync - Deliver technology on customer’s terms – In cloud or on premise - Video Call with Bill Gates- From his Office in Seattle – Hi-Def Video with off the shelf hardware -...

Blogs and Articles Issue Moving LCS 2005 Users to OCS 2007 R2 hosted on 2008 R2 Server – Microsoft UC Made Easy (Randy Wintle) Polycom – Smooth Transition of Leadership – Henry Dewing’s Blog (Forrester) Geographically Disbursed Edge Topology and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 – Byron Spurlock (NextHop) Tweets DrRez: UC Communications Strategies: Talbot Harty Discusses NET UC Strategy, Smart SIP, and Partnerships...

Week Ending 5/7/2010 In an attempt to get myself back on the blogging track, I’m going to start a weekly roundup of just random stuff from the Microsoft UC world. This will include links to blogs, tweets, and other social media as well as just general blobs of info. The formatting of this post may change weekly until I can figure out something that makes digesting information easy.  So here we go… Blogs and Articles: Upcoming...

I’m now using a Polycom CX300 as my primary phone for Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2. Before I jump into my review, my friend Chris Norman beat me to the punch and did a nice review of the CX300 on his blog at http://voipnorm.blogspot.com/2010/03/review-polycom-cx300.html. I highly suggest you check out his review as well. Now for my thoughts on the CX300. The CX300 is a a USB based phone, similar to the CX200, that connects...