Siemens Enterprise Communications (
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It works with existing telephony infrastructures and offers out-of-the box UC with built-in voice mail, UM, IM, presence, and audio and Web conferencing.
Brian Riggs, Research Director at Current Analysis (
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OpenScape Xpressions is designed to meet this demand by offering a simple upgrade for any of the more than 10,000 existing enterprises worldwide already using the previous version or for new deployments in enterprises looking for an affordable, easy to deploy solution.
As illustrated, version 6 adds IM and presence capabilities as well as support for multi-party IM sessions. The desktop client can show user presence status and user profile sharing, including location information to streamline communications. Another highlight is Visual Voicemail, which provides users access to all their voice messages via the software’s desktop interface.
