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Nortel & Microsoft flesh out unified comms alliance

IT Industry - Strategy



- In the second quarter of 2007 the two plan to offer native session initiation protocol (SIP) interoperability between the Nortel Communication Server 1000 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Nortel professional services will be provide design, deployment and support for this product.

- Nortel Multimedia Conferencing and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 will be integrated to deliver "a single, familiar client experience consistent across applications such as voice, instant messaging, presence, and audio- and videoconferencing." The is planned to be available in the fourth quarter of 2007.

In 2007, the companies also plan to extend their current combined soft phone for VoIP, e-mail, instant messaging and presence client software for PCs to work with the Nortel Communication Server 2100, a carrier-grade IP PBX system supporting up to 200,000 users on a single system.

The two also presented a road map for 2008 and beyond outlining several key applications and technology developments including a unified communications contact centre, Nortel feature server, expanded hosted unified communications solutions, mobility and client solutions, and application-aware networking enhancements.

In the six months since the formation of ICA, the two companies claim to have signed agreements with "dozens of customers", and to have developed a pipeline of hundreds of prospects "who want to realise the benefits of unified communications"

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