Aug 12
eZuce's OpenUC is a software-only, SIP-based enterprise product that is designed to be a less expensive alternative to Microsoft's UC offerings. - A startup called eZuce is offering an open-source, software-only unified
communications solution that company officials say is an alternative to
Microsoft's UC offerings.
eZuce, which launched Aug. 12, is rolling out OpenUC, which
officials say is aimed at midsize to large enterprises of 200 to ...
Jul 13
Polycom and BT are unveiling enhancements to their communications solutions to take advantage of Microsofts Communications Server 14 offering. - Polycom and BT are bulking up their communications offerings to
leverage Microsofts plans for its Office Communications Server
technologies.
The two companies made their announcements during the
first two days of Microsofts Worldwide Partner Conference in
Washington, D.C.
Polycom introduced ad...
Jun 29
HP and Avaya have announced a three-year partnership that will have HP selling and servicing Avaya UC solutions, including Avayas Aura platform. The move is part of HPs strategy of competing with Cisco through a series of alliances with the likes of Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent. - Hewlett-Packard is partnering with Avaya to help expand its unified
communications offerings in its ongoing competition with Cisco Systems.
HP officials on June 29 announced a three-year
alliance that will include HP selling and servicing Avaya UC and
Contact Center products as part of HPs UC am...
Jun 10
LG Electronics is introducing its executive conferencing system, a 24-inch HD display with integrated video communication capabilities from LifeSize Communications. The all-in-one system includes an integrated camera, microphone and speakers, and can interoperate with UC offerings from the likes of Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft. - LifeSize Communications and LG Electronics have teamed up to create an
all-in-one collaboration system, with video and audio conferencing capabilities
housed in a 24-inch high-definition display.
LG's executive conferencing system, announced June 9, is
powered by LifeSize's HD video communicatio...
Jun 07
Polycom continues to grow its telepresence offerings in the face of growing competition from the likes of Cisco and LifeSize, most recently with the unveiling of its OTX 300 system. OTX is designed to offer full telepresence capabilities while using half the network bandwidth as competing products. - Polycom officials are continuing to position themselves as a lower-cost video conferencing alternative to Cisco Systems, announcing June 7 a telepresence solution that offers the same capabilities while using half the network bandwidth.
Polycom announced its OTX (Open Telepresence Experience) 300, ...
Jun 07
Citrix Online officials say they are working to bring video features to its line of Web collaboration products, such as GoToMeeting. The demand is growing, they said, but they want to make sure that the technology is done right. Current desktop video conferencing offerings are hindered by such issues as low resolution, according to Citrix Online. - Citrix Online is the last of the major online collaboration vendors to not include video capabilities in its offerings.
That could change over the next few quarters.
The six-year-old company is working to bring video
features to its portfolio of online collaboration offerings, including
GoToMeet...
May 19
A number of vendors, including Microsoft, Polycom and HP, are creating the UCIF to leverage currently available standards to improve interoperability among unified communications products. Juniper and Logitech also are founders of the UCIF, which has about a dozen members. However, absent from the membership rolls are Cisco and Avaya. - Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Polycom are among the founding members of an
alliance created to push interoperability between unified communications
offerings using currently established standards.
Other founding members of the UCIF (Unified Communications
Interoperability Forum) include Juniper...
May 05
Skype the week of May 10 will introduce a group video chat feature that will help it better compete with video collaboration offerings from the likes of Cisco, Polycom and LifeSize. The new Skype feature will first go into a free beta program, but the company will begin charging for it in the next three or four months, Skype officials said. - Skype reportedly will be rolling out a new function that will let up
to five people participate in a video call at the same time, a
capability that will let it counter the video conferencing capabilities
of such vendors as Cisco Systems and Polycom.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Nei...
Apr 07
Qwest is offering a hosted UC platform that gives enterprises and smaller businesses alike a way to take advantage of a unified communications environment without having to worry about the cost or complexity associated with in-house offerings. Qwest joins a growing group of vendors, including Nortel, Cisco, NEC and BT, in developing hosted UC platforms. - Qwest Communications is the latest company to offer a hosted unified
communications platform.
Qwest on April 7 unveiled its iQ HUCS (Hosted Unified
Communications Service) to help businesses bring together the various pieces of
their communications infrastructure from voice and video to e-mail, ...
Mar 23
Nortel CVAS, which is being bought by Texas-based Genband, is unveiling its upcoming 4G Mobile VOIP solution designed to enable service providers to seamlessly integrate all cellular technologies. In addition, at VoiceCon, Nortel CVAS took the wraps off an enhanced Hosted IP Communications solution. - Nortel CVAS is rolling out new VOIP and hosted
IP offerings for service providers.
Nortel CVAS (Carrier VOIP
and Applications Solutions) on March 23 unveiled its new 4G Mobile VOIP
solution that will enable service providers to integrate all cellular
technologies including 2G, 3G, the new 4G LT...
Mar 22
Verizon Business is partnering with Microsoft to enable customers using Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 R2 UC platform to take advantage of Verizon's IP Trunking technology. Verizon and Cisco also are partnering on an immersive video collaboration service. - <p>Verizon Business is building up its unified communications offerings through
partnerships with Microsoft and Cisco Systems.</p>
<p>At the VoiceCon show in Orlando,
Fla., March 22, Verizon officials announced
that the company's IP trunking technology has been certified to interoperate
with Mi...
Mar 18
Tandberg is unveiling the EX90, a telepresence offering that brings the immersive video collaboration technology to the desk. At the same time, Avaya is teaming up with LifeSize to add more video conferencing capabilities to its Aura platform. - <p>Tandberg and Avaya are making moves in the video collaboration space.</p>
<p>Tandberg on March 18 launched EX90, which extends the companys
telepresence capabilities to the desk.</p>
<p>The EX90 brings the functions available in Tandbergs
Telepresence offerings including video and audio quali...
Mar 09
Avaya and Polycom are expanding their relationship to include the development and marketing of new voice and video unified communications solutions. The integrated offerings will be based on Avaya's Aura UC platform and Polycom's Open Collaboration Network strategy. The Avaya-Polycom partnership is the latest move in a quickly changing UC landscape as vendors attempt to take on major players like Cisco Systems. - <p>Avaya and Polycom are expanding their partnership to include integrated
video, voice and collaborations offerings, the latest move in a quickly
evolving unified communications market.</p>
<p>The two companies March 9 announced plans to jointly develop
and market a host of new, tightly integra...
Jan 21
The UC alliance between Siemens Enterprise Communications Group and Polycom comes in the middle of other maneuverings in the market, including Ciscos intended acquisition of video conferencing equipment maker Tandberg. At the same time, Mitel is kicking off a bus tour through the United States to show off its UC offerings, including its TeleCollaboration telepresence software.
- The maneuvering in the increasingly competitive video conferencing
space is continuing, with Siemens Enterprise Communications Group
announcing that it will integrate Polycoms telepresence technology
into its unified communications offerings.
The alliance and resale agreements between the two co...
