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Iwatsu Announces Planned Release of Enterprise Telephony Office-LinX 7.0

By Mae Kowalke, TMCnet Senior Editor

Iwatsu Voice Networks, a company that specializes in unified communications solutions and a distributor of Esna Technologies (Esnatech) products, announced today the planned release of Enterprise Telephony Office-LinX (TOL) 7.0.

 

Release 7.0 of Enterprise TOL—a real-time, unified communications solution for large enterprises—is scheduled to launch during the fourth quarter of 2006.

 

This latest release incorporates two key upgrades:

 

SIP integration with voicemail – allows Iwatsu’s SIP-ready Enterprise-CS to interface with voicemail without the use of analog or voice cards.

 

CSTA and TAPI-enabled presence management – lets users view the phone and network status of others in the organization (on and off-site).

 

“The new enhancements are an exciting step in the evolution of SIP technology," said Don Gant, Vice President of Channel Marketing at Iwatsu, in a statement. “The Enterprise-CS was designed to take advantage of exactly these kinds of advances, and we’re pleased to incorporate them.”

 

In a recent phone conversation, Gant told TMCnet that the upgrades mean users no longer need hardware to interface between an IP PBX (News - Alert) and the server housing Enterprise TOL. As a result, the solution is both more affordable and more efficient.

 

In its announcement, Iwatsu also noted the following additions to Enterprise TOL: 

• Mobile LINK, a software feature that enables presence management using a PDA
• SoftFax, which digitally processes and manages faxes over an IP network, eliminating the need for fax hardware
• Agent Logging Service, which records and stores calls

If you’re attending Internet Telephony Conference & EXPO West this week in San Diego, be sure to stop by Iwatsu’s booth, #812. Even more information about the company is available on its TMCnet.com channel, Unified Communications.

 

Mae Kowalke previously wrote for Cleveland Magazine in Ohio and The Burlington Free Press in Vermont. To see more of her articles, please visit Mae Kowalke’s columnist page.