We all know how high the stakes are getting with video, and Cisco's recent call-out to Microsoft for its plans with Skype and their proprietary applications has made this a hot topic.
I would argue that MSFT has the potential to get the upper hand here, and if they find a way to integrate Skype with its business offerings - namely Lync - the desktop gains a big boost in becoming the locus for video. That's not what Cisco wants to see happen, so we've got a pretty important tete-a-tete shaping up here.
This is the topic we explored on this week's
UCStrategies podcast, moderated by Dave Michels, who always has interesting things to say. It was a lively session, and is
running on the site now - both in podcast form and with transcript.