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UNIFIED MESSAGING
With a revamped architecture and a new management interface, Exchange Server 2007 will offer reliable, high-performance e-mail and collaboration. Improvements in the Web version of Outlook and the addition of unified messaging features will create convenient user access.
Thanks to maturing standards and improved features, not to mention SIP support, improved connectivity and reduced costs, there's finally a reason to rally behind unified messaging. We explore the market and the technologies.
Convergence applications like unified messaging, VoIP and presence management empower users with desktop tools to enhance productivity and improve the bottom line. This year's winners are sure to do just that.
Why should a 200-employee company buy your VoIP system rather than outsourcing its telecom needs?
If you're in the market for a VoIP system, our Editor's Choice, with its excellent presence application and conferencing system, not to mention its affordability, might be what you're looking for.
We brought a trio of VoIP systems in-house to evaluate SIP compatibility. Find out which offering received our coveted Editor's Choice, thanks to its excellent interoperability and features-to-price ratio.
An early, private, beta of Exchange Server 12 will go out to some 1,400 OEM, ISV, and partner testers on Wednesday, Microsoft said.
We tested three SIP-compliant UM systems. Each product performed well, but our Editor's Pick won thanks to its intuitive system and powerful toolset.
That giant sucking sound you hear is your users' valuable hours being spent channeling multiple e-mail, fax and voicemail streams. Two unified-messaging systems--Cisco Unity and Interactive's Communité--can plug the hole.
Microsoft's Office Communication Server 2007 integrates IM, VoIP, video and audio conferencing, Web conferencing and presence into one package.
Appliance supports the interworking of voice signaling protocols with call-processing software, voice mail, and unified messaging.
Thanks to messaging and collaboration products, your customers and remote staff have more ways to contact you. In the past year, we've tested hundreds of tools that allow the seamless and effective sharing of ideas and data.
Ready to bring VoIP into your business? Getting pressure to implement it but trying to avoid it? Here's our five-point take on the state of the technology.
Enterprises get bundled presence, IM and mobile communications options on latest version of Cisco telephony server.
The announcements come as Nortel launches its North American Optimized Networking campaign, building on IPT 1-2-3 campaigns from last year.