On NoJitter, I recently attempted to explain Lync licensing (Lync Licensing: Effective Confusion). I recently completed a 40+ page report “summarizing” Lync licensing for a major research and analyst firm. The bottom line is Lync licensing is complex, but partially...
Dave is an independent analyst and founder of TalkingPointz which is focused on enterprise communications. In addition to this (free and paid) content on TalkingPointz, he contributes to industry sites, can be found at major industry events, and provides advisory services to vendors and financial analysts.
Dave,
Glad you brought up the importance of trialing UC capabilities to help organizations migrate to technologies they have never used before. Interactive Intelligence recently announced their “Quick Spin” offer for trialing their simplified CaaS contact center applications for free.
http://www.inin.com/ProductSolutions/Pages/Quick-Spin.aspx
Thanks Art.
I truly believe 2012 (and on) is going to be all about the pilot. Telecom has always favored incumbents, and now with virtualization, standard servers, SIP, and VoIP we can actually do pilots in telecom and UC. It is going to be an uphill battle for the vendors that are hardware based.