Industry News
E Squared C Tests Small Business Server in Secrecy
August 15, 2008 - Since September 2007, E Squared C and Carson Valley Golf Course have participated in a Microsoft Technology Adoption Program (TAP) for the next version of Small Business Server. During the TAP, we where under NDA with Microsoft and could not discuss the project outside of E Squared C. Over the last year we assisted the SBS development team with issue resolution, feature definition and end user usability.
Now that Small Business Server 2008 is released to public beta testers, we can finally talk about our experience. E Squared C implemented SBS 2008 in production during December 2007. SBS 2008 is stable, user friendly, and offers much needed network management tools. Having participated in the TAP gives us confidence in the new SBS 2008 and we are recommending to all of our clients that they migrate to the new server. Small Business Server 2008 is a rock solid server for companies with fewer that 75 employees.
Microsoft Announces Response Point Service Pack 1
HOUSTON — July 8, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. announced that Response Point Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now generally available. SP1 is a significant feature update to Microsoft Response Point, easy-to-use and -manage phone system software designed for small businesses with one to 50 employees. Current Response Point customers and partners in the U.S. and Canada can download SP1 for free at http://www.microsoft.com/responsepoint.
Response Point SP1 builds on the overall ease of version 1 and enables small businesses to immediately take advantage of powerful new features, including session initiation protocol (SIP) trunking for VoIP calling; click-to-call functionality for any contact using the Assistant software; a call history log; and the ability to select music for parked calls and hold time. SP1 is a simple, free download that takes a matter of minutes for a customer or partner to install.
