In the present IT world, cloud seems to be the “secret word of the day” that gets a lot attention because people recognize how important it is to their IT strategy. There is so much talk about what it is, what the benefits are, when it will be available and who will use it. When cloud is mentioned the general reaction is: I don’t understand exactly how it works or when our enterprise will deploy it – but I want it! Tom Bittman of Gartner said, “I continue to talk with clients who understand the concept of private cloud computing, they think they know it when they see it, but they can’t quite explain it in words.”

Chris Preimesberger of eWEEK.com defined the two types of cloud; public and private. “Cloud, or utility, computing serves up computing power, data storage or applications from one data center location over a grid to thousands or millions of users on a subscription basis. This general kind of cloud — for example, services provided online by Amazon EC2, Google Apps, and Salesforce.com — is known as a “public” cloud, because any business or individual can subscribe. Private cloud computing is a different take on the mainstream version, in that smaller, cloudlike IT systems within a firewall offer similar services, but to a closed internal network. This network may include corporate or division offices…”These smaller cloudlike IT systems are owned by enterprises and are known as “Corporate Cloud.”

AVST is right there in the mix. In fact, we have hundreds of large enterprises already deployed on Private Cloud, participating in all the benefits it offers. CallXpress 8 provides them with the perfect architecture for Private Cloud. Companies are able to manage CallXpress services within a corporate firewall and network that are dedicated to their organization. With the CallXpress platform, customers have a highly available solution with Neverfail™ and survivable Call Servers within their private cloud that assures security and disaster recovery. Customers can also implement virtualization through VMware® vSphere™ 4.There are many benefits to Private Cloud including; centralizing applications within a datacenter, providing remote survivability and having peace of mind knowing your network is secure. Private Cloud is definitely a must for enterprises and companies alike.

So next time you hear “the secret word of the day” remember that the real secret is- AVST can move your company to Private Cloud today! We have hundreds of deployments and all the capabilities available to make it a smooth and easy transition. Now is the time to move to Private Cloud. Once you do, you’ll wonder how you ever managed without it.

It means that CallXpress 8 delivers the mission critical functionality you have been looking for while protecting your current and future communications infrastructure.

Here are the some of the highlights of CallXpress 8:

• High Availability and Disaster Recovery – New, multi-call server architecture delivers continuous high availability and avoids system downtime.   A multi-server architecture combined with Neverfail®, a fully synchronized hot standby, provides IT administrators with the peace of mind that CallXpress is running 24×7.
• Centralization – CallXpress 8 provides customers with the ability to centralize messaging and call processing applications by using their existing voice or data networks and deploying AVST’s survivable call server technology or SIP gateways.
• Speech -  CallXpress provides speech access to your company’s communication infrastructure and real-time call connectivity. It also offers hands-free mobile management of telephone calls, e-mails, fax messages, contacts and calendar and complies with the hands-free mobile phone laws enacted in many states and countries.
• Personal Assistant - Provides Find-me/Follow-me capabilities to automatically route calls to the most appropriate telephone based on their current presence as well as Calendar and Contact management for users of Microsoft® Exchange and IBM® Lotus Notes®.  When combined with existing mobility applications such as unified messaging, voice user interface, and single number/single mailbox, CallXpress 8 becomes the most mobility-enabled solution offered by AVST to date.
• Scalability – Now able to scale up to 384 ports and 40,000 users, CallXpress 8 doubles the scalability of previous versions and can be networked for larger capacity.
• Interoperability – CallXpress 8 is compatible with more than 250 TDM, IP-PBX, and Centrex integrations with the ability to support up to 10 switches on a CallXpress system.
   

Understand the Benefits of Upgrading to CallXpress 8

AVST believes it is critical for customers to continually utilize the latest version of software. Proactive upgrades ensure optimal performance, continued feature enhancements, increased stability, and ongoing compatibility with emerging communications technology. Click here to view a feature matrix that lists many of the features available with recent versions of CallXpress.

Related Links:

• CallXpress 8 Unifying Communications Brochure
• High Availability Datasheet 
• Personal Assistant Datasheet 
• Legacy Voicemail Replacement Datasheet

CallXpress offers a variety of deployment options that support many different emergency preparedness and business continuity initiatives:

• Multi-Server
• Multi-Server with Neverfail®
• Redundant Server Components
• Built-in System Reliability

Related Articles:

• CallXpress 8 High Availability Datasheet