Siemens Enterprise Communications (
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The design objective is to facilitate the integration of UC technologies with existing business applications. They build on Siemens’ (
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OpenScape UC Application is positioned as a unified SOA-based, enterprise-grade UC platform. It can be integrated into virtually any IT ecosystem, including Microsoft (
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The latest release enables integration with Openfire, presence automation with Outlook Calendar, an integrated Netviewer Web conferencing and multi-party instant messaging solution. Customers now have more options on how they access their communications solutions (e.g., Web clients, mobile devices like Blackberry and Apple’s iPhone (
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In addition Siemens has created new OpenScale Professional Service and Integration Solutions. These service offers are designed to make the process of implementing, integrating and securing UC solutions simpler and also to make costs more predictable.
Bob Emmerson is TMC's (News - Alert) European Editor. To stay abreast of the latest news affecting the European market, check out Bob's columnist page.Edited by
Patrick Barnard
