Microsoft Chats Up Office Communications Server 2007 R2

Microsoft introduces Office Communications Server Release 2 at VoiceCon in Amsterdam. In private beta now, the VOIP and messaging and collaboration platform includes an attendant console and built-in audio conferencing to streamline unified communications and collaboration utilities. OCS R2 comes as the UCC war between Microsoft, IBM and Cisco is heating up. - Microsoft released details about the next version of its Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Release 2, the company's unified communications and collaboration platform that bundles e-mail, instant messaging, Web conferencing and voice over IP. Microsoft introduced the platform, whic...