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Unified Communications Licensing Is Complex and Expensive So Ensure Your Users See the Value
14 April 2008
 
Steve Blood   Jay Lassman  

Bundling of unified communications technologies and complex licensing could lead to unnecessary overbuying of technology. We examine the licensing costs of Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 and Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Analysis
2.0
    
 Licensing UC and Support Costs
3.0
    
 Selecting Your Microsoft-Cisco Combination
4.0
    
 Analyzing the UC Product Offerings

4.1
    
 Microsoft's OCS 2007 "Co-Exist" Configuration

4.1.1
    
 OCS Co-Exist Model's Strengths and Challenges

4.1.1.1
    
 Strengths
4.1.1.2
    
 Challenges
5.0
    
 CUWL

5.1
    
 CUWL Strengths and Challenges

5.1.1
    
 Strengths
5.1.2
    
 Challenges
6.0
    
 UC Recurring Costs Are Much Higher Than Initial Acquisition Costs

    
 Recommended Reading


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Table 1.  
 Microsoft and Cisco Product Summaries
 

Table 2.  
 Microsoft Product Summary for Its Co-Exist Configuration
 

Table 3.  
 Cisco Product Summary for CUWL
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Microsoft's Co-Exist Configuration
 

Figure 2. 
 Microsoft-Cisco Comparisons of Acquisition and Operational Costs
 



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