Group Chat feature in Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007™ is one of the best-kept technology secrets in the finance industry
It is a beautiful autumn day in New York with clear skies, and it’s uncharacteristically warm. I am seated in a conference room at Microsoft’s offices in the heart of Manhattan, surrounded by many of the key managers that run the messaging platforms for top global investment banks. The event is well attended and has been anxiously anticipated, partly because of the failures and acquisitions occurring in the banking market, but more tangibly due to the question of how the group can migrate from MindAlign to Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 Group Chat Console (GCC).
The occasion was a presentation by the Unified Communications Group to a group previously known as the MindAlign Customer Forum. The discussions were principally about the upcoming launch of OCS 2007 R2 and, more importantly for those attending, how Microsoft has integrated recent acquisition Parlano and its persistent group chat solution set, MindAlign, into the OCS 2007 R2 technology stack. The group and its business managers are a testament to the savings and benefits of persistent group chat, and are keen to make sure that Microsoft integrates the new technology into OCS in a way that protects its substantial investment. This group chat technology is not just another instant messaging feature – on its own it has become the very backbone of its users’ global communications systems.
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*Taken from Finance on Windows Magazine, Issue 31 Winter 2008
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