December 10, 2009
AltiGen Max Communications Server Completes Microsoft's OIP CertificationBy Jai C.S., TMCnet Contributor AltiGen (News - Alert) Communications, Inc., a provider of VoIP business phone systems and Microsoft-based unified communications, has reportedly completed Microsoft's Open Interoperability Program, or “OIP,” for Office Communications Server 2007 R2. AltiGen's Max Communications Server is now OIP certified.
With this testing, company officials said AltiGen is now the first in the industry to offer an all-in-one integrated contact center application server and PSTN Gateway for OCS 2007.
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 is said to be one of the cornerstones of Microsoft’s (News - Alert) unified communications solution, and it is the platform that works with VoIP business phone system and extends real-time communication capabilities with instant messaging, audio and video conferencing, and presence for businesses around the world. By using this platform, it is stated that, companies can reduce expenses to a great extent.
Reportedly, only products that meet rigorous and extensive testing requirements and conform to the specifications and test plans receive qualification.
Niel Levonius (News - Alert), director of Business Strategy at AltiGen, said that AltiGen is the first vendor to be certified as both an integrated call center solution and intelligent gateway solution with direct SIP integration to Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007
“With a rich set of UC application functionality natively integrated to OCS 2007, AltiGen is able to uniquely offer Microsoft customers a powerful alternative to other Unified Communications (News - Alert) technologies,” Levonius said. “Finally, customers are able to deploy a complete end-to-end 100% Microsoft-based Unified Communications solution.”
AltiGen's Max Communications Server, is said to be an integrated intelligent gateway and application server for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 providing an all-inclusive real-time, multi-role business communications solution featuring call center server with native integration to Office Communications Server 2007, call recording, PSTN connectivity for OCS 2007 R2 with advanced call routing capabilities and branch/remote office gateway with full remote survivability. Jai C.S. is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Jai's articles, please visit his columnist page. Edited by Kelly McGuire |