Jabber vs Lync

[alialjamri2008]

I am new to Jabber, can you help me identify the differences and the advantages over the Lync.

Thanks,
Ali

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[keglass]

Ali,

The best place to learn more about Cisco Jabber is right here http://www.cisco.com/web/products/voice/jabber.html

I hope that helps.

Kelli Glass

Moderator for the Cisco Collaboration Community

[Steven DiStefano]

Kelli,

Thats a great general webpage for Jabber, but where is the side by side comparison which was asked for buried in there?  I cant find it.

You would be surprised, that when I ask MSFT for the same, how quickly they respond and how biased they are in favor of Lync and how negative they go on Jabber.  While it is clear to me the game they are playing, the point is they make there case and try to make some points stick in the cuatomers/partners mind, and unless you refute this, there is a good chace some of there fud will stick.

Toughen up Cisco!  Play to win!  Tell us what Jabber has that Lync doesnt for starters.

Thanks and respectfully,

Steve

[dietercox]

I'm also interested in the Cisco vision ... if there is any Cisco material Jabber vs Lync please do share!

[skilambi]

Cisco has many internal docs that they can share. Since you have posted on the public side and not the partner side posting the links here won't add any value. If you are a partner you can get that information from internal competitive docs

Srini

[keglass]

Thank you, Srini, for sharing that Cisco has a number of internal competitive docs for our Partners through the Partner Community (https://communities.cisco.com/community/partner/collaboration), keep in mind that it is accessible only to Cisco Partners.

Dieter, you may find this thread in the Cisco Support Community helpful and informative regarding Jabber versus Lync: https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/2161327.

Kelli Glass

Moderator for the Cisco Collaboration Community