AVST Launches CallXpress® 7.9 Unified Communications Solution
New Version Extends AVST's Flexibility in Deploying Unified Messaging Throughout the Enterprise
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Increasingly, legacy communications systems are reaching end-of-life, and a flexible roadmap to UC has become a top-of-mind consideration for corporate decision makers that are actively seeking alternative solutions. An important component of UC is unified messaging (UM) - the integration of voice, fax, and e-mail messages from a single interface including mobile phones, fixed network phones and personal computers. Now, enterprise decision makers can select from four UM architectures based on the needs of their business or they can mix and match based on individual departmental requirements. This unprecedented flexibility is unique to CallXpress and makes it the ideal UC solution for businesses of all sizes.
“Corporate messaging needs are constantly changing and evolving, leaving IT managers with a range of implementation and integration issues as they look to adopt new technologies,” said AVST’s Vice President of Product Management, Tom Minifie. “With CallXpress 7.9, enterprise customers can select from multiple ‘flavors’ of unified messaging, deploy on a user by user basis, and even change methodologies down the road. CallXpress provides companies with complete flexibility in the deployment and usage of unified messaging, both now and in the future.”
The four ‘flavors’ of unified messaging offered by CallXpress 7.9 (server-based; client-based; secure and simplified) can be uniquely tailored to fit businesses and organizations in a wide range of industries. UM architecture choices featured in CallXpress 7.9 include:
- Server-based: All messages (voice, fax and e-mail) are placed into one location – the e-mail server. Users can access voice messages using any or all of their familiar methods: desktop e-mail program, telephone, web-based e-mail access program, PDA e-mail program
- Client-based: Voice and fax messages remain on the CallXpress system. This dual message store version integrates voice and fax message access from the desktop e-mail client and voice, fax, and e-mail message access from the telephone while minimizing impact on the LAN and e-mail message store
- Secure: Messages on CallXpress are accessed using Web PhoneManager, a secure voice portal, ensuring that voice and fax messages never interact with the e-mail server and therefore cannot be forwarded externally
- Simplified: An e-mail notification is sent, optionally including a copy of the user’s voice or fax messages as an attachment to the e-mail
In addition to flexible deployment options, CallXpress 7.9 offers the most comprehensive collection of user interface emulations, including Avaya® Intuity™ AUDIX®, Octel® Aria®, Octel Serenade® and Mitel® NuPoint with Centigram interface. This capability alone makes CallXpress the easiest platform to implement and offers the benefits of UC with minimal training and interfaces that are already familiar to users.
Additionally, CallXpress 7.9 features new SIP integrations to IP Telephony systems, including Avaya, Alcatel® and Nortel®. AVST has also developed a rapid integration tool to assist in future SIP integration projects. The new version is rounded out with expanded localization, new Web PhoneManager (WPM) features, compatibility for Microsoft® Outlook® 2007 and Microsoft Windows® Vista Business.
“CallXpress offers a unified messaging architecture that is a configuration choice, not a pre-purchase decision requirement,” added Minifie. “Every business has its own unique needs and the technologies that they adopt must adapt to their environment. CallXpress is the only platform that can offer this level of customization and integration – from the architecture to the user interfaces.”
CallXpress 7.9 is currently in field trial and scheduled for general availability within 90 days through AVST’s established reseller channels. AVST has an extensive list of partners that sell and support its unified communications solutions throughout the world. For sales information, visit http://www.avst.com/contactus/howtobuy.asp.
About AVST
The typical enterprise communications infrastructure is made up of a collection of technologies from multiple vendors, acquired over time and never intended to work together. To maximize user and business productivity, while leveraging existing IT investments, interoperability is a must.
AVST delivers the industry's most interoperable Unified Communications (UC) platform that brings best-of-breed voice, mobility and business process solutions to the enterprise. Unlike virtually every other UC vendor, AVST does not constrain customers with a single vendor lock-in approach. In fact, it's the very opposite. By connecting new and existing technologies, AVST frees organizations from the constraints of a closed, single-source UC solution, unlocking the full potential of their communications infrastructure.
With over 15 million users worldwide and three decades of innovation excellence, AVST is unifying communications®.
Headquartered in Orange County, California, AVST maintains facilities in Seattle, Washington, Victoria B.C., Canada and the United Kingdom and has remote sales offices throughout the United States. AVST's UC solutions are sold and supported worldwide by an extensive network of resellers and OEM partners. To learn more about AVST, our products and partners, please visit www.avst.com or you can follow us at Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.
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