Although the ISR G2 announcement from Cisco seems like more of the same, but faster and stronger, there are significant improvements related to voice and video that are worth mentioning. Here is a table that shows them:
Prior to TechEd Europe this coming week, a number of third party vendors have made announcements. One of these is F5, who on November 3 announced its new F5 Management Pack Solution for OpsMgr 2007, allowing customers using F5 and Microsoft to dynamically manage application delivery in virtual environments, particularly when using Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
F5 has added Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) capabilities to its F5 management pack, previously introduced in April 2009. Read more
I haven't disappeared, I've had several family medical related "incidents" to deal with. These are not over, but I will resume blogging as time permits. I appreciate your patience!
New to Exchange 2010 is the Exchange Control Panel, or ECP. This is a component of Outlook Web App 2010 where an administrator can sit in their OWA screen and not only check their emails, calendar appointments, and contacts, but can perform administrative tasks. So instead of the administrator having to find a computer and terminal server remote into a system to add a user, delete a user, make configuration changes in public f Read more
I'm going to take some time off from blogging for at least a month, if not longer. My MBA classes have been intense this semester and, honestly, I've lost the motivation to blog each week. It's not that big of a time commitment - about 2 hours a week. But when it comes time to write the blog I either have homework to do or I've done homework all day and would prefer watching a movie. Read more
At least Cisco is warning Unified Communications customers about it NOT successfully offering support for Microsoft Windows 7:
"Cisco will have no liability for any delay in delivery, or failure to deliver, any or all of the planned Windows 7 support features set forth herein. Therefore, any such delay or failure will not in any way grant to Cisco customers the right to return, refund, adjust, or exchange any previously purchased Cisco products or products that customers may purchase under their Cisco purchase contracts."
Are you "rolling the dice" by deploying Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) while purchasing the following Cisco UC products? Read more
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