http://blog.unison.com Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:56:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) will apparently see the first demo of the new Office Web software. Think Google Docs but with more functionality and better compatibility with MS Office. If it works out, then it will make all the people hyping Google and proclaiming "the death of Microsoft" look ... http://blog.unison.com/2009/07/13/rip-google-docs/ The VAR Guy called us this week for an update on our plans and to see what we have in store for partners/resellers. "Unison is preparing some new unified communications surprises that will debut in September 2009. Plus a hosted beta for channel partners is under way. Here’s the scoop, from ... http://blog.unison.com/2009/07/10/the-var-guy-unisons-next-moves/ Analyst Blair Pleasant wrote about Unison last week on NoJitter. When we met Blair at VoiceCon Orlando earlier this year, she couldn't quite believe Unison was free. Now that she has had a chance to have a good look, I'm glad to say she's suitably impressed. Read the blog post: http://www.nojitter.com/blog/archives/2009/07/unison_too_good.html "Unison ... http://blog.unison.com/2009/07/06/no-jitter-unison-too-good-to-be-true/  Google's latest hypefest, which began last week, presents Google Wave as the next advancement in communication. A combination of e-mail, IM and social media, it is, according to the developer "what e-mail would be like if it were invented today". Wave will be an open source project, although it remains ... http://blog.unison.com/2009/06/02/does-google-really-think-well-wave-goodbye-to-email/ Follow us: @unisontech   http://twitter.com/unisontech http://blog.unison.com/2009/05/22/follow-us-on-twitter/ Microsoft just placed the first nail in the coffin of its Office suite. In Service Pack 2, the company debuted the ability to save documents, spreadsheets and presentations in the OpenDocument format - including an option to make this the 'default' document format. For years, the largest barrier to switching away from ... http://blog.unison.com/2009/05/07/microsoft-paves-the-way-to-openoffice-migration/ Microsoft recently announced their Exchange 2010 beta and the interesting thing is that there does not seem to be a single 'wow' feature in there. It actually brought to mind Barack Obama's slogan against John McCain in their presidential race: 'more of the same'. The best features that the Microsoft Exchange ... http://blog.unison.com/2009/04/22/ms-exchange-is-mccain-unison-is-obama/ I'm very happy to say that Gartner named us a Cool Vendor in Unified Communications for 2009. This got me to thinking: how much will it do for us? On the plus side, it is great to have the stamp of credibility from a major brand and influencer like Gartner. IT ... http://blog.unison.com/2009/03/30/how-cool-is-that/ It's not just the designer labels that are having fun this Fashion Week. Check out our Unison Top Models, where even IT guys can meet models. http://blog.unison.com/2009/02/18/unison-top-models/ eWeek published a nice review of Unison from Andrew Garcia, the Senior Editor and Technical Analyst at eWeek Labs. He writes: "With integrated VOIP, IM, presence, e-mail and calendaring, it delivers an experience similar to Microsoft Office and Communicator merged together. And the best part – Unison Server and Desktop is ... http://blog.unison.com/2009/02/10/unison-reviewed-by-eweek/