Voice Mobility Introduces Google Apps™
UCN Vmerge is the first UC solution for Google Apps in the Workplace and Campus Markets
Vancouver, BC, CANADA – February 14, 2008 – Voice Mobility International, Inc. (TSX: VMY, OTCBB: VMII and FWB: VMY), a Vancouver-based developer and provider of carrier and enterprise enhanced messaging solutions, today announced its new Google Apps™ functionality, a first in the enterprise market.
Voice Mobility’s UCN Vmerge is now integrated with the Google Apps solution suite to provide workplace and campus customers full collaboration functionality. The Google Apps suite includes Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Contacts, Mobile apps and other collaboration tools all using the workplace or campus domain. UCN Vmerge adds unified communications to complete messaging, collaboration, calendaring and presence functionality.
Enterprise clients want the ability to enable their enterprise voice and fax communications to work seamlessly with Gmail. UCN Vmerge allows full on-premise or hosted enterprise PBX integration with a hosted personalized Gmail service. Industry analysts have calculated that the average IT manager spends 75% of their budget on infrastructure maintenance, leaving a small amount for new technology. With Google Apps, free or premium service combined with the cost-effective UCN Vmerge solutions, IT managers can roll out new technology to keep pace with consumer technology.
“By integrating UCN Vmerge with Google Apps, workplace and campus customers have price-effective options for collaboration functionality,” said Mike Seeley, Voice Mobility’s VP of Global Sales. “This is like deploying a full Microsoft® Exchange® server, Active Directory® and Office Communication Server® at a fraction of the cost. No longer are customers forced to utilize expensive on-premise solutions from providers like Microsoft for collaboration functionality."
"The market has asked for this type of solution and Voice Mobility is proud to be the first to bring it to the market. This new functionality will bring the same change to the workplace and campus markets that Salesforce.com® brought to the CRM market. Combine this functionality with our mobile applications and we can deliver unified communications on all Symbian™, Windows Mobile® or Blackberry® devices.”
UCN Vmerge enables users to access voice, fax and email messages directly from their Gmail account and synchronize all messages across all their devices — in essence, gluing the Google Apps to the enterprise telephony infrastructure. For example, if an email is heard via the user’s mobile device, it will be show as ‘read’ in their Gmail account. Other functionality enables users to:
- Send faxes directly from their Gmail account;
- Receive voice and fax messages in their Gmail account;
- Record and deposit office conversations in their Gmail account;
- Manage live calls from their desktop;
- Click-to-dial internal and external numbers from any Google application;
- Synchronize call logs;
- Import Google Contacts into UCN Vmerge for remote access;
- Utilization of least cost routing available from the enterprise PBX;
As is standard with all Voice Mobility’s UCN solutions, included are message waiting indication and message notifications, mobile workforce integration and offline access to the user’s inbox. Our next UCN Vmerge release will offer PBX presence integration with Google Talk and other exciting features.
The combined collaboration suite is easy to set up and manage: Google Apps is installed in six easy steps, and UCN Vmerge is compatible with the majority of PBX and Centrex solutions in the market.
n most cases, one day is all it takes for a certified Voice Mobility technician to install the UCN Vmerge product with flexible training and support options available. Workplace or campus customers also have the choice between purchasing the UCN Vmerge solution outright or selecting managed or hosted solutions from Voice Mobility and its certified partners.
For more information about Voice Mobility’s product line or how to purchase Voice Mobility solutions, please contact one of our sales representatives.
For Immediate Release
http://www.voicemobility.com/News/14Feb08news.html
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