Megaconference

["Kirch, Joseph" <>]

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From: Todd L. Austin
Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 1:44 PM
To: Jon Winterbottom
Cc: 

Subject: Re: [Megacon] AW: Lync


Jon,

If your institution is heading toward buying Microsoft cloud services, I can 
understand the interest. Michigan went heavily to Google and we've seen a 
push to use Google Hangouts and the like. Lync has a small footprint on our 
campus, but is a bit too Windows-oriented for our diverse computing 
environment. The bigger players here are Adobe Connect and Saba for web 
conferencing and Hangouts, Skype, Vidyo, and BlueJeans for videoconferencing 
(in addition to H.323 and SIP).

For synchronous two-way video communications, we're looking hard at 
BlueJeans. It gives us connections of excellent quality and reliability and 
allows us to bring in existing H.323 systems as local endpoints, while our 
distant partners can use the BlueJeans browser plugin (Mac or PC), iOS app, 
Skype, Lync, Jabber, Hangouts, or even a telephone. That has the added 
benefit of providing a tool to manage multi-person teleconferences, obviating 
the need for a separate service and infrastructure.

BlueJeans is now partnering with Internet2 in the States to provide their 
service under a contract with predictable pricing  in the Net+ suite of 
services to universities. I expect Canada has something similar through its 
NREN. If your folks are not yet talking with BlueJeans about a partnership, 
they should consider it.

Todd

Todd L. Austin
Videoconferencing Lead
LSA Instructional Support Services
University of Michigan

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On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:25 AM, Stock,Dr.Joern wrote:

Hello,
Lync (and it´s predecessors) already has a long history.
But although not ready for prime time WebRTC is worth a look.
Browser-based, (hopefully) no additional license fees for both staff and 
customers, peer-to-peer AV-data transport, ……


Regards


Dr. Jörn Stock
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 Im Auftrag von Jon Winterbottom
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Hi All,

I’m being asked/told (not by customers) to start looking into adopting link 
for desktop communication.  Since I haven’t come across a single request that 
involved anybody on Lync and we already have a software based h.323 solution, 
I haven’t really felt the need to start looking into it.  I’d like some input 
on anyone that is currently using Lync, what you are using it for, why, what 
problems do you have with it etc.  I think the big push behind this is the 
Cloud based service that office 365 offers but to be honest I haven’t really 
wrapped my mind around what Lync will do for me that is drastically different 
from what we are currently doing.

Regards,

Jon Winterbottom
Audio Visual Technician, Client Services
Brock University /Information Technology Services
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