Comments on: A Blogger’s Unified Communications Story - Unified Messaging

By: Customer X Factor

Customer X Factor — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:35:51 +0000

MWI is the same as when Cisco bring out a phone that has 150 phone lines.. We going back in time to 60’s and 70’s.

People should be looking at new way so of work.

By: Mitch Garvis

Mitch Garvis — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:19:08 +0000

I am much happier receiving an e-mail on my smartphone telling me I have a voice mail than any MWI on a phone… especially since when I am in Canada (70% of the time) I do not want to carry my US cell phone, and will receive the e-mail on my Canadian smartphone. Having said that if I were sitting in an office I always have my Outlook open on my desktop, and would see the e-mail almost instantly.

By: Blair

Blair — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:45:43 +0000

One of the complaints Microsoft has received about its UM offering is the lack of a message waiting indication and that a third-party integration is needed for this. I wonder what Mitch’s experience was with MWI, or if it was even an issue. Microsoft contends that most people don’t need the message waiting indication anymore, which is why they didn’t bother with it. I wonder how end users really feel about this…