Nortel Delivers Converged Office Solution to Simplify Communications
Santa Clara, California (ots/PRNewswire)
- Solution Integrates with Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 to Streamline Workflow, Improve Productivity
SANTA CLARA, California, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --
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SANTA CLARA, California, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --
Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) announced the general availability and customer deployments of the Converged Office solution to enhance business communications by providing customers with the option to integrate Nortel's voice communications with Microsoft Office System business applications. Applications such as Outlook, Word and PowerPoint are integrated through Microsoft Office Live Communication Server. The Nortel Converged Office is intended to streamline workflow, simplify communications, improve productivity and drive efficiency. It builds on the Microsoft-Nortel relationship to deliver real-time business communications previously announced in August, 2005.
"Integrating telephony, email and faxes into the desktop with instant messaging, and application sharing is critical to successful collaboration for improved productivity," said Ettienne Reinecke, group CTO, Dimension Data. Dimension Data is a US$2.7 billion global IT solutions and services provider and Nortel channel partner. "The Converged Office solution makes it possible for employees to collaborate instantly, in real-time by choosing the most efficient application with one simple click of the mouse."
Baker Communications is benefiting from the Converged Office Solution with enhanced productivity from their workforce with features such as click to call, instant messaging and telephony presence.
The Converged Office solution integrates Nortel IP telephony systems with Microsoft Live Communication Server (LCS) 2005 to provide SIP-based, business- grade desktop call control. The integration of Microsoft's Office Communicator and Nortel's Communication Server (CS) 1000 provides business-grade telephony with click-to-call convenience, telephony presence and content sharing allowing employees literally to work from the same page, as if they were in the same office.
"Nortel's goal in developing the Converged Office solution was to open up a world of new opportunities for businesses to communicate through the most effective means possible and we've been able to achieve that by collaborating with Microsoft," said Alex Pierson, vice president and general manager, Enterprise Multimedia Solutions, Nortel.
"Bringing voice functionality to the desktop environment allows communications on par with office-based capabilities, regardless of where users are located, such as when they are working from home or from a hotel room while traveling. Nortel brought a very clean, well-running solution that is fully redundant and integrated with the Microsoft desktop environment. This joint solution takes business communications to the next level," said Microsoft.
Nortel's open SIP application interface allows customers choice as they build solution sets that meet their business needs. Customers driving converged communications from their desktop can take advantage of superior voice quality and service from the Nortel CS 1000 and Converged Office Solution, while those who are expanding by way of their telecommunications infrastructure may choose to do so through Nortel's Multimedia Communications Server (MCS) 5100/5200. In addition, the Nortel Application Switch provides application load balancing, security and enforcement of communications policies to ensure the solution remains available to users.
This builds on the Microsoft-Nortel relationship to deliver real-time business communications announced in August.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that enhance the human experience, ignite and power global commerce, and secure and protect the world's most critical information. Our next-generation technologies, for both service providers and enterprises, span access and core networks, support multimedia and business-critical applications, and help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying networks and connecting people with information. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news.
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