Cisco Unified Communications with MicrosoftFor more than ten years, Cisco and Microsoft have provided innovative business solutions for their customers. Today the two companies are working together to help customers design Unified Communications solutions that closely align with their productivity, communication and collaboration objectives. Cisco offers several categories of unified communications interoperability with Microsoft:
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Secure Information Sharing Architecture (SISA)To more effectively serve constituents and protect the homeland, the federal government must share information and collaborate closely. Increasingly, agencies are expected to proactively store, access, and share information so that they can respond quickly to requests from other agencies as well as the public. Secure collaboration architectures that support dynamic communities of interest (COIs) would usher the federal government into the digital economy by enabling collaboration while maintaining security. Cisco, Microsoft and EMC have formed an alliance to help solve this problem by developing a comprehensive approach for enabling information sharing and consolidation among agencies. That is what Secure Information Sharing Architecture (SISA) offers; a flexible platform that enables governments to dynamically establish secure collaborative communities across organizational boundaries. For more information, please go to the SISA website. Press release: July 10, 2007 - Cisco, EMC, Microsoft Align to Offer Comprehensive Technology Architecture for Helping Protect and Share Sensitive Government Information IPTVMicrosoft TV and Cisco share the vision that Internet Protocol can improve entertainment and communications services while providing service providers with new revenue opportunities. Cisco Systems, through its acquisitions of Scientific Atlanta and KiSS Technology, is part of the Microsoft TV IPTV ecosystem, delivering advanced set-top boxes and the latest encoding solutions to help make IPTV a reality. Set-top boxes and video encoders are key components of the overall Microsoft TV IPTV Edition solution and critical for successful IPTV deployments. Microsoft and Cisco are working together on a number of Microsoft’s largest global deployments, featuring the Microsoft IPTV Edition software platform and Cisco set-top boxes and video headend equipment.
IPv6IPv6 support in Cisco Systems® Cisco IOS® routers and switches and Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows Server™ 2003, Windows VistaTM (now in beta testing), and Windows Server "Longhorn" (now in beta testing) enables enterprises to support a larger network address space while eliminating the need for NAT or other workarounds. There are many techniques that enable an enterprise to transition to an IPv6 environment. One easy to manage transition solution is Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol or ISATAP. ISATAP provides a solution that enables enterprises to deploy IPv6 within their infrastructure with little time and effort.
Cisco and Microsoft SMB SolutionsThe Cisco Unified CRM Connector integrates Cisco Unified Communications with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM application to provide all staff in small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)—not just call center agents—with an easy-to-use and more complete customer relationship management (CRM) solution. The Cisco Unified CRM Connector quickly and easily integrates Cisco Unified Communications solutions with Microsoft CRM at the desktop, without the need for additional hardware. The solution helps provide a complete view of the customer, including current and past purchases, sales information, order status, account relationships, and billing information. When a call is received, the Cisco Unified CRM Connector 3.0 integration automatically links into the Microsoft Dynamic CRM system and provides screen pops of the customer contact record and phone call activity record to track the call. Network Optimization for Microsoft Application and PlatformsWithin the application networking technology, Cisco and Microsoft are empowering businesses with the tools to optimize application availability, performance, and security and to reduce application ownership costs. This site includes marketing and technical collateral, Podcast, videos, and other reference materials. Windows Server® on WAASCisco® WAAS (“Windows Server® on WAAS” or “Wow”) is a jointly developed and supported solution from Microsoft and Cisco to optimize branch IT services delivery. Wow reduces the cost and complexity of supporting branch office IT operations by integrating Microsoft Windows Server® with Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) technology. Wow increases branch employee productivity by delivering LAN-like performance of centralized applications and increased efficiency and availability of local IT infrastructure services. Click here to read more about the announcement of Windows Server on WAAS availability. Click here for our joint website with comprehensive information on this solution. Be sure to bookmark this page! |
