what's the differences between Unity, U express, U connection

[kayih]

I would like to start learning unity, but I'm really confused about which version to study on. What version of unity is commonly installed for medium size businesses. If I understand and know Unity, would this mean as well that I know U express and Unity connection or each of these 3 products work and are configured differently.

an other question, Cisco replaced unity by unity connection in the CCIE blue print, does it mean Unity is a dying product ??

I'm a newbie in IPT, so any comment is welcome.

thanks in advance

[Hythim Ali El Hadad]

Hi Kayih,

Unity is the voice mail application that you install in a separate server and integrate it with the ccm.

uniy express is a network module installed in cisco routers and integrate with the ccm also but give fewer number of mailboxes.

for unity connection , i think it is the same as unity but iam not sure for that,i'll search for it and reply to you soon.

The famous version of unity now adays is 4.0

wish this be helpful

[Rob Huffman]

Hi Kaine,

Just to fill in the last little bit here, Unity Connection is is built on a Linux Appliance model and with release of UC 7.x can be deployed in an Active-Active setup :)

Cisco Unity-delivers unified messaging and intelligent voicemail capabilities to enterprise and mid-market customers with Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino environments

Cisco Unity Connection-combines integrated messaging, speech recognition, and call routing rules into an easy-to-manage system for midmarket customers with up to 10,000 users

Cisco Unity Express-provides cost-effective integrated voice messaging and automated attendant capabilities for small and medium-sized branch office environments with up to 250 users

CUE Overview;

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps5520/index.html

Cisco Unity Connection

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6789/ps5745/ps6509/data_sheet_c78-484749.html

Cisco Unity

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/products/sw/voicesw/ps2237/products_data_sheets_list.html

Cisco Messaging Products: Feature Comparison

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6789/ps5745/ps2237/product_data_sheet0900aecd806bfc37.html

Hope this helps!

Rob

[Hythim Ali El Hadad]

nice arrange in reply rob ") [u always have za best]

[sivaprakasam81]

Really nice. Thanks