Jabber for Everyone (J4E)

So you may have heard about a new offer from Cisco tagged "Jabber for Everyone" but do you know what it is all about?  The net of it is this.....as long as you are a current Communications Manager customer you are now entitled to IM and Presence for ALL of your employees using the Jabber branded clients.  The key operative here is ALL.  Even if you only have 20% of your employees currently deployed with a Cisco UC solution 100% of your users are now entitled to IM and Presence at a minimum.

Here are the requirements:

• Running CUCM 7.1+
• Running CUP 8.6(4) <-- To be released mid-May

That's it!

Here is what it includes:

• All Jabber client licenses - Desktop and Mobile
• Cisco Unified Presence (CUP) Server licensing

The biggest question we are starting to get is "if Jabber is free now why do I need to invest in workspace licensing (CUWL)?"  The answer is simple.....the J4E offer is for IM and Presence ONLY.  CUWL still has immense value providing advanced features of the client:

• Deskphone Control
• Softphone Features
• Standards based Desktop Video
• Click-to-Call
• Visual Voicemail

These features are very important as customers are wanting more and more for their desktop client to be the center of their UC universe.....one application as a launching point for all of their modes of communication rather than a bunch of disparate point products.

If you have any questions please reach out to me or your local Cisco team.

What is Jabber?

As Cisco renames some of their existing products and add new products to the portfolio it is important to understand that Jabber is more of a brand than a singular product. I hope this video helps clarify the message.

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iPad Airplay Mirroring

In case you haven't come across the Reflection app for Mac you should give it a look.

http://www.reflectionapp.com/

It gives you the ability to turn your Mac (no PC yet) into an AirPlay target for your compatible iOS devices. From a technical seller standpoint this is great to be able to demo iPad apps like Jabber over WebEx or in presentation settings. It uses the Bonjour service for discovery so your Mac and iPad have to be on the same wireless network. Typically this is not a problem but I have run into some situations where traffic is filtered between devices on the same segment.

But never fear......I have found a slick little fix to this.


You can pair your iPad to your Mac which creates a PAN that allows you to share information between the two including Airplay Mirroring. Yay!

Steps:

1. Purchase ($14.99) and install the Reflection app on your Mac.
2. Pair your iPad to Mac via bluetooth. If you can’t do this we need to talk.
3. Double click the home button on your iPad and scroll to the left. You should see the Airplay icon. Click it, select your Mac and enable mirroring.



Viola! Whatever is displayed on your iPad is now displayed on your Mac.

Jason