Microsoft on Thursday plans to announce that its Greenwich software will be renamed Microsoft Real Time Communications Server 2003, which it plans to roll out the first half of the third quarter.
The new moniker describes the company's intent to provide real-time communications functions for the enterprise. As previously reported, the initial product will be an updated, secure version of the company's Windows Messenger instant messaging software designed for enterprises. IM is the foundation for Microsoft's vision of selling software that manages a company's communications functions.
"We're taking instant messaging as the first enterprise solution here," said Ed Simnett, lead product manager for Microsoft's real-time collaboration group. "Forming the cornerstone of that is...the idea that it really changes the way information workers do their jobs by seeing the presence of their co-workers."
Microsoft has said that future versions of the software will offer Internet phone calling, video conferencing and e-mail. The company believes that the Real Time Communications Server can manage all of these features for companies, while allowing developers to write software to run on top of Microsoft's product.
Real Time Communications Server will run on Windows Server 2003, Microsoft's biggest product launch this year, slated for April 24.
News source: news.com
The new moniker describes the company's intent to provide real-time communications functions for the enterprise. As previously reported, the initial product will be an updated, secure version of the company's Windows Messenger instant messaging software designed for enterprises. IM is the foundation for Microsoft's vision of selling software that manages a company's communications functions.
"We're taking instant messaging as the first enterprise solution here," said Ed Simnett, lead product manager for Microsoft's real-time collaboration group. "Forming the cornerstone of that is...the idea that it really changes the way information workers do their jobs by seeing the presence of their co-workers."
Microsoft has said that future versions of the software will offer Internet phone calling, video conferencing and e-mail. The company believes that the Real Time Communications Server can manage all of these features for companies, while allowing developers to write software to run on top of Microsoft's product.
Real Time Communications Server will run on Windows Server 2003, Microsoft's biggest product launch this year, slated for April 24.
News source: news.com
- Changes:
- New functions under Image menu: Cut-out Strip/Horizontal or Vertical allow to cut-out a strip from the middle of an image and join remaining parts. This could be used for example to easily remove an ad banner from a captured web page.
- New function under Color menu: "Color Correction" combines Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation and Gamma corrections in one step.
- "Quick Save" now permits specifying increment step, instead of always incrementing the file name counter by 1.
- New options on "Quick Save" permit the naming scheme with file name incrementing to be used also for naming captured images (tabs in HyperSnap-DX window) even when not auto-saving to files. Previously new captures were always named Snap1, Snap2 etc.
- The graphics file format and options of files saved with "Quick Save" and through File/Save As menu is now the same. Previously they used to have different formats and settings remembered, which led to some confusion.
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