Telecom Tactics Insider articles from October 2004

Telecom Tactics Insider archives from October 2004

New from NEC Unified Solutions.
October 15, 2004... NEC's new SIP-enabled client server or UNIVERGE(tm) SV7000 Telephony Server integrates Voice over IP, data and video into a single network and enables over 750 voice features based on NEC's NEAX 2400 IPX feature set. As a pure IP system, SV7000...

3Com Launches a Portfolio of SIP-based Solutions.
October 15, 2004... 3Com Corporation launches the 3Com Convergence Applications Suite, a portfolio of Session Initiation Protocol or SIP-based applications and products for IP telephony, conferencing, messaging and contact center. SIP technology enables the...

Avaya To Purchase European Communications Provider Tenovis.(Brief Article)
October 15, 2004... Avaya Inc. announces the acquisition of Tenovis GmbH & Co. KG, a German provider of enterprise communications systems and services for small and medium businesses in Europe. The acquisition expands Avaya's presence in Europe through the...

Cisco Systems Launches Voice Gateway Appliance to IP-enable Legacy PBX Networks.(Brief Article)
October 15, 2004... Cisco Systems announces the new Cisco EGW 2200 Enterprise Gateway, an easily installed network appliance that smoothes the migration from timedivision multiplexing (TDM) PBX networks to Cisco IP Telephony solutions. EGW 2200 enables voice...

Toshiba Announces New Strata CIX, Wireless IP Telephone and New SoftIPT.
October 15, 2004... Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. Digital Solutions Division (TAIS DSD) announces the new Strata CIX native IP business communications system. Designed for businesses of varying sizes, the 672-port CIX can be deployed in small or...

NEC Announces MA4000 Web-based Software and OpenWorX Communications Portal.(Brief Article)
October 15, 2004... NEC Unified Solutions announces the NEC OpenWorX Communication Portal to integrate a user's messaging, directories, calendars and personal information and manage incoming calls according to user preferences. The new solution gives users access...

Polycom Ships SoundStation2W Wireless Conference Phone.(Brief Article)
October 15, 2004... Polycom, Inc. announces North American availability for the SoundStation2W, the company's first wireless conference phone, eliminating wiring on the conference room table and accommodating today's dynamic and mobile workplace. Notable features...

Samsung and InTouch Digital Announce Hospitality Industry Collaboration.
October 15, 2004... Samsung Telecommunications America Business Communications Systems announces collaboration with InTouch Digital Systems to provide a hospitality application for the Samsung iDCS 500 telephone systems. Two solutions are available: the InTouch...

New Small Office System from Vodavi.
October 30, 2004... Vodavi Technology Inc. addresses the small and remote office environment with the new XTSc, a "compact" eXpandable Telephone System for small offices or offices with remote locations. The single cabinet grows from eight to 44 stations and...

Alcatel and Verizon Target Small- and Mid-Sized Businesses.
October 30, 2004... Alcatel and Verizon Communications announce an agreement to deliver a managed services solution for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) many of which may not have a dedicated IT staff for networking or computing needs, according to Alcatel....

Avaya Contact Center Express Launches for Medium-Sized Businesses.
October 30, 2004... Avaya Inc. announces Avaya Contact Center Express (CCE), Avaya's first "mid-market, multi-channel, high volume" contact center solution with packages particularly relevant for medium sized businesses that need a formal contact center with...

Cisco Announces New Voice Security Enhancements and CallManager Version 4.1.
October 30, 2004... Cisco Systems announces new security features and enhancements for the CallManager 4.1 IP telephony system. Privacy of telephone conversations is improved for Cisco 7940G and 7960G IP phones via new voice media and signaling encryption that...

ESI Introduces Enhanced VoIP Card.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2004... ESI introduces the IVX VoIP Card (IVC), a single card option that increases the capacity of ESI's earlier VoIP card at a lower cost. Designed for ESI's IVX E-Class Generation II and IVX X-Class systems, IVC is upgradeable via a flexible...

Nortel Networks Delivers New Capabilities for the Virtual Enterprise.
October 30, 2004... Nortel Networks announces new solutions designed for the "Virtual Enterprise" or distributed work environments that represent a growing workplace trend. The new solutions enable a geographically dispersed workforce to collaborate in real-time,...

ShoreTel Announces ShoreTel5 Release 1.2.
October 30, 2004... ShoreTel announces ShoreTel5 Release 1.2 with new features for distributed office environments, including Group Paging, Hunt Groups, Automatic Message Forwarding and Automatic VLAN Tagging for IP telephones. Prior to Release1.2, the ShoreTel5...

Symbol Technologies Introduces New Family of Handheld Mobile Computers.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2004... Symbol Technologies, Inc. introduces the Symbol MC50 mobile computer, a new enterprise digital assistant (EDA). The first of a new family, MC50 is equipped with wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) connectivity (Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition)...