Cisco and Microsoft Collaboration in Unified Communications

Cisco and Microsoft have an established history of cooperating across technologies to provide customers with `innovative business solutions. In the area of unified communications, the two companies are interoperating to help joint customers deliver inclusive and business-transforming communications solutions using services and applications from each company.
Both companies are committed to making collaboration a transparent and effective experience for customers and partners. To help achieve this goal, Cisco and Microsoft actively participate together in open-standards working groups, such as the IETF. Developers from both companies also meet regularly to discuss current integration efforts and to define future areas of integration.

Unified Communications

Cisco® Unified Communications Solutions unify voice, video, and web applications on fixed and mobile networks, delivering an easy-to-use, media-rich collaboration experience across business, government agency, and institutional workspaces. These applications use the network as the platform for enhancing competitive advantage by accelerating decision time and reducing transaction time. The security, resilience, and scalability of the communications network enable users in any workspace to connect - everywhere, every time, so everyone's included.
The main components of Cisco Unified Communications Solutions include call processing, presence, voicemail and unified messaging, video, conferencing and collaboration, mobility, security, unified clients, and contact center services and applications. Table 1 lists unified communications products both companies offer.

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