Microsoft LCS and Radvision - things to come?

[Peter Morgan]

I just signed up for a Wainhouse conference:
Multi-Party Multimedia Communications and Collaboration on the Desktop -- RADVISION IMfirst and Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003

This sort of collaboration has been a long time in the making, but with Microsoft's Live Communications Server (LCS) it is finally here. I think that this will eventually roll up into the Exchange server and lead to the next leap forward in business and home communications. Just like email did - well, now we add the video and voice element!

I think this would be an interesting thread to pursue. What do you think? Will this give video a push forward? Will it finally get easy enough to be accepted on a wider level?

Between this and the efforts to increase broadband availability ( think broadband over power lines) we could see some major shifts!

[Keisuke Hashimoto]

I think that this will give video a push forward and facilitate the use of video.

Just FYI, Microsoft Japan, together with Macnica Networks, a partner of Radvision, and HP Japan joined forces to boost the sale of the solution,RADVISION IMfirst and Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003.
HP Japan will be focused on the sales while Microsoft on marketing, Macnica on technical support.
I am just curious if Xbox video chat will eventually be integrated into this LCS in the future allowing Xbox video chat to communicate with Windows Messengers.

[tom9933]

I agree that IM integration is the next step, still waiting to see how it really works but so far the news is definitely promising. The other announcement that looked promising was that AOL, MSN and Yahoo have all agreed to be compatible with LCS in the near future. I think this will finally bring the IM world together. I’m eagerly awaiting the day when I can participate in a video conference with a free IM client and a webcam :)