Network Computing's article (5 March 2007) about Cisco's updated Unified Communications Platform was forwarded to me some time ago and I just now read the story. The portrayed system is really what unified communications should not be. Loosely integrated components or modules enabling limited interactions between many moving parts is hardly the communications productivity dream we all have. Many parts, bundles, tie-ins will create more problems than they can solve. If anyone knows the Cisco executives responsible for these solutions, I'd be happy to show them the CommuniGate Pro platform difference. I can be reached via SIP, SIP IM, Jabber, email, and more from the single address above.