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Real Time Communications and the Search for a Killer App

From Voice on the Net to Real Time Communications Jawad Khaki Vice President Windows Networking & Communications Microsoft Corporation. Real Time Communications and the Search for a Killer App. We’ve been waiting for VoIP killer app since 1995… We learned it wasn’t just cheap telephony

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Real Time Communications and the Search for a Killer App

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  1. From Voice on the Net to Real Time Communications Jawad KhakiVice PresidentWindows Networking & CommunicationsMicrosoft Corporation

  2. Real Time Communications and the Search for a Killer App • We’ve been waiting for VoIP killer app since 1995… • We learned it wasn’t just cheap telephony • We learned it wasn’t just videoconferencing over IP… • Then came presence, buddy lists & instant messaging • Gave control to end users • Brought people closer to one another • The first real leap in IP-based communications industry since email!

  3. Devices User experiences Web services Servers Real Time Communications and Web Services

  4. Device Progress

  5. Smart Devices: All About… • You • Personal preferences and data • The Experience • Scale UI to match the form factor • Consistent and integrated across multiple devices • Connectivity • Scale services to match bandwidth • Software • Programmable and extensible by developers

  6. The PC’s Future • Digital media center • New user interface • Reading • Handwriting • Speech • An active personal assistant • Brings me information I need • Blocks information I don’t need • A form of personal expression • Rich interpersonal communications

  7. Connected Everywhere • Networking explosion • Personal computers • Smart devices • Broadband • Mobility & no new wires • Wireless Networks • Home Networks • Personal area networks

  8. SIP – A Disruptive Ingredient • Not an evolution from Q.931, H.323 or MGCP • But works well with legacy systems • Supports Web services model • Incremental addition of voice, video, IM, … • Enables new powerful peer-to-peer applications Re-defines telephony and creates new opportunities for Real Time Communications

  9. SIP support for Windows

  10. SIP support for Windows • Standards-based interoperability • Both client and server • Available to any application • Goal: make standards-based RTC mainstream Design Preview: June 2001

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  12. The RTC Opportunity • Deliver the real promise of IP-based communications • More than just voice • Build services with IP connectivity in mind • Empower the end user • Re-think the business model • Make it mainstream

  13. RTC Challenges • Waiting for the new infrastructure to get deployed • Using PSTN tools and programming model to create new services • Applying the telephony business model to RTC • Ignoring NATs and firewalls

  14. Summary • Great user experience: • Smart devices + Web services + great software • PC: still the most important smart device • Disruptive technology emerging: SIP • Microsoft investing in SIP • Committed to work with you to make it happen for customers

  15. For More Information • Microsoft booth • Design preview (June 2001) • Microsoft .NET site • http://www.microsoft.com/net/ • Windows XP • http://microsoft.com/windowsxp • Windows Telecom Alliance • http://www.microsoft.com/isn/windowsTA

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