Microsoft announced its entry into the red-hot VoIP market Tuesday with the beta release of a new communications client capable of powering instant messaging, telephony integration and PC-based voice and video.
The software giant used the Fall 2004 VON Conference & Expo stage in Boston to introduce the client, code-named Istanbul, as a “client of choice” replacement for Windows Messenger in a new version of the Office Live Communications Server (LCS).
The existing LCS 2003 uses Windows Messenger as the embedded IM client, but when Istanbul ships, enterprise customers can expect to see the new communications client handling all aspects of text, presence, voice and video.
Anoop Gupta, vice president of the Real-Time Collaboration Business Group at Microsoft, said Istanbul represented a key milestone by integrating various modes of communication in one unified desktop experience.
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