AltiGen Opens New Markets with MAX Communications Server 6.0.

AltiGen Communications IncAltiGen Communications, Inc. announced the new MAX Communications Server 6.0 at the recent 2008 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, Texas. MAXCS 6.0, a software-based Voice over IP phone softswitch, targets a new market for AltiGen since it can support larger businesses with up to 5,000 users (1,000 users on per single server). Previously, the company has focused on the small to mid-sized business (SMB) market and distributed businesses with its ALTI-MAX1000 systems (48-96 users) and ALTI-OFFICE systems (100-400 users).

The new MAXCS 6.0 can operate as an IP-PBX plug-in for Microsoft Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging (voicemail plus more advanced features such as speech recognition, voicemail delivery to an e-mail inbox and text-to-speech access to e-mail, calendar, contacts), and also integrates with Microsoft Office Communicator for presence status information. Standard Intel-based servers (AltiGen certified) allow the system to scale in capacity, but also allow IT personnel to deploy and manage MAXCS in a familiar server environment. And, IT personnel can manage both the MAXCS server and unified messaging as a single system.

Niel Levonius, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at AltiGen, explains that "AltiGen is positioning MAXCS 6.0 as the IP-PBX plug-in for Exchange Server 2007. Exchange Server 2007 requires IP-PBX integration to unlock the new unified messaging features located within. AltiGen's goal is to be the leader in this market since ...