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of RingCentral’s open platform and cloud
communications solutions combined with other Microso productivity applications.
“In today’s multi-vendor cloud application environment, enterprise customers are empowered to choose best-of-breed so ware solutions,” said Marco Casalaina, VP of Integrations for RingCentral. “With our
open platform, we make it easy to have a
seamless experience with RingCentral’s cloud communications capabilities embedded into many popular business applications. Our integrations with Outlook and Skype for Business are the latest examples of how we’re innovating and delivering a best-of-breed experience to ful ll the needs of enterprise customers.”
RINGCENTRAL FOR OUTLOOK
For businesses that rely on email and calendar functions within Outlook on the PC, the
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said Richard Penington, CEO for Technoso Corporation. “As a Microso Silver Partner for Applications Development we have worked closely with Microso to create a rigorous and streamlined testing process that will ensure third-party UC products built on top of Microso technologies meet all of their quality requirements.”
e UCPE Lab o ers a variety of testing, validation, automation and development, services to “Skype for Business” partners. e UCPE Lab will have a combined expertise of 200+ person years of experience across all facets of UC. In addition to this new lab, Technoso will also be opening a 15,000 square feet co-engineering lab in Bangalore, India to service “Skype for Business” product engineering team, “Skype for Business” partners and clients. Two labs together will enable Technoso to provide 24/7 services in the UC space.
“Microso remains deeply committed to its UC initiatives and we continue to make signi cant investments in our partner ecosystem in order
to help them bring new innovations to market,” said Sam Bedekar, Principal So ware Engineering Manager for Microso Corporation. “We look forward to Technoso Corporation o ering a valuable service to both ISVs and other Microso partners.”
To learn more about the UCPE Lab’s capabilities or schedule a tour, contact: dave@technoso corp. com, 609-933-5999. n
More at: www.technoso corp.com.
RingCentral integration adds robust enterprise voice capabilities, SMS, online meetings and
fax. It’s easy to set up and start conference
calls with the dial-in and online meeting link from RingCentral automatically added to Outlook calendar entries. is makes setting up meetings simple and convenient with conference and online meeting dial-in details and links automatically added to a calendar invitation. All phone numbers and meeting links displayed in emails are also clickable, and with the built-in dial-pad it’s convenient to make calls from within Outlook.
RINGCENTRAL FOR SKYPE FOR BUSINESS
Now available, RingCentral’s integration with Skype for Business is ideal for businesses that want to support a multi-vendor communications environment. For example, a business may want
to stay with Skype for Business for messaging,
but prefers the quality, reliability and rich
cloud communication services available with RingCentral O ce. Or a business may desire to have mixed communication solutions in di erent locations. e RingCentral integration allows users to call either Skype for Business contacts or RingCentral contacts, as well as make regular calls to any number. In addition, users can send an SMS to anyone or easily set up a conference call or online meeting through RingCentral O ce.
“We’ve experienced rst-hand the enterprise grade cloud PBX capabilities of RingCentral,” said Wayne Lerario, sales manager for Nutmeg Technologies, a channel partner and customer
of RingCentral. “Now with RingCentral’s Skype for Business integration, we can have the best
of both worlds, without sacri cing reliability
and superior voice quality. As an experienced technology reseller specialized in communication
services, we’re hearing from an increasing number of our clients who want to be empowered with both Skype for Business messaging services and RingCentral O ce. It’s great to see we can address both needs and o er a smart and simple way to do it with the new integration from RingCentral.”
First launched in 2015, the RingCentral Connect PlatformTM o ers developers a set of tools and services to build, deploy, and manage custom integrations using a robust set of open APIs. RingCentral’s open platform is a key di erentiator among other uni ed communications competitors, and has enabled RingCentral to
be integrated with a number of leading SaaS providers, including Google for Work, Microso , Oracle, Salesforce, and many others. rough
an open platform, RingCentral helps enterprises achieve greater workforce productivity and e ciency. n
More at www.ringcentral.com.
and industry-standard video conferencing systems
l Streamlined Federation: Zoom handles the directory and SIP domain changes needed to enable B2B media communications between enterprises
INTEROPERABILITY BEYOND THE CONFERENCE CALL APP ShoreTel and Skype for Business are also bee ng up their interoperability for non-conference
call app solutions. ey’ve created a plug-in so ShoreTel solutions users can dial phone calls, access voice mail and utilize a variety of other features through Skype for Business.
Before making a conference call app purchase, it’s critical that you evaluate the interoperability of your solutions, along with looking at possible adoption rate, ease of use and price. n
Verba Recording System is
Awarded Microsoft Skype
for Business Certi cation
LONDON, UK – e Verba Recording System 8.7.4885.0 is awarded the Microso Skype for Business certi cation provided by Microso Corp.
Without a scalable and sound compliance solution, that can record, archive and manage all modalities of uni ed communications, organizations in regulated industries will not be able to reach the full potential of their Skype for Business collaboration solution.
e new Certi ed for Skype for Business designation attest that the Verba product has completed and passed all tests and ful lls all speci cations outlined through the Skype for Business Certi cation Program. Testing was executed using Skype for Business 2015 and Verba Recording System 8.7.4885.0.
is certi cation rea rms Verba’s leadership
in the new eld of Uni ed Communications Compliance and indicates that their solution provides the quality, compatibility, and reliability features to provide the best experience with Skype for Business.
“We are grateful to receive this certi cation from Microso . We work very hard to make sure the Verba Recording System seamlessly integrates with Skype for Business.
“Our aim is to keep our technology leadership and make our solution the number one choice for the world’s largest and most mission critical Skype for Business deployments,” said Gabor Moczar, CTO of Verba Technologies.
“We are pleased to see Verba Technologies certify their compliance solution for Skype for Business Server 2015 and extend the communication experience for organizations to achieve more,” said Andrew Bybee, Principal Group Product Manager for Skype at Microso . n
Conference Call App Interoperability: What You Need
Mto Know any of us might remember the early
days of personal computers, when
les created for early Macs were just completely incompatible with those on DOS
or early versions of Windows. It was incredibly frustrating – the exchange of information was closed o and limited by barriers that wouldn’t be resolved for years. It’s a problem that persists today with so ware applications connecting over the Internet, and it’s a hot topic in the conference call app business.
Luckily, conference call app providers are proactive in developing solutions to create interoperability. Skype for Business recently announced their users would be able to connect directly into Zoom video conferences. at means employers will only need to purchase one license – the Skype for Business license – to enable their customers to communicate with users on two di erent conference call apps.
Jason Price
According to Zoom’s press release, this connection also o ers a number of other bene ts that would not be available by simply dialing into a conference call.
l Room System Interoperability: Bridge Skype for Business meetings with devices not traditionally supported by this platform, such as H.323 and SIP conference room systems
l User Experience: Provide the Zoom meeting experience for external meeting participants while leveraging existing Skype for Business investments internally, enabling full two-way data, voice, and audio sharing between Lync clients, Skype, other desktop and mobile clients,
by Jason Price, UC & Conferencing Strategist at Select Communications (www.selectcommunications.com)
Jabra enhances enterprise voice generated communication with launch of Cortana-integrated headsets
O ers customers greater workplace functionality with Cortana-enabled headset
LOWELL, Mass., - Audio and communications technology specialist Jabra
is now o ering customers access to Cortana, Microso ’s digital personal assistant. is is via integrated, Cortana-ready headsets, which o er high-quality audio with the voice-control functionality of Cortana, giving users easy access to all that Cortana has to o er.
Jabra headsets enabled for Cortana with voice are both wireless and wired, o ering UC plug- and-play functionality. ey are also optimized for Microso Skype for Business to enable customers to gain the full business potential of their collaboration solution.
Jabra EvolveTM Series: ideal for desk-centric workers, the Jabra Evolve headset creates a complete concentration zone around the user in a noisy, open o ce – enabling the user to stay
focused on the job. Headsets within the range are:
l Jabra Evolve 80
l Jabra Evolve 65
l Jabra Evolve 40
Jabra Biz 2400 II: HD voice technology and
an ultra noise-cancelling microphone provide the highest degree of background noise elimination of any Jabra headset
Jabra Motion UC: designed for mobile-centric workers, Jabra Motion is ideal for comfortable all-day use and performs under any condition, including scenarios with lots of background noise. Cortana, your personal digital assistant, is designed to help you get things done throughout your day across your devices, helping you with tasks such as sending emails and scheduling events. Speech recognition and conversational understanding are built into Cortana; these functionalities add the ability to
speed up commands and communication with Cortana. Jabra’s range of headsets make it easy for Cortana to hear the user even in a noisy o ce environment.
Holger Reisinger, SVP, Jabra, comments: “Jabra has long recognized that audio has an important role to play in the workplace, whether through ambient noise, during phone calls or in meetings.
“ e future of communication, inside and outside of the workplace, will center around voice. In the o ce, it will be focused on voice control and the productivity gains and seamless communication experience it can o er. Workplaces are already experiencing this to an extent, but to truly bene t, they must get their competencies right. Only if audio and voice are high quality can they stand up against the audio challenges the workplace presents.” n
More at www.jabra.com.
More at http://www.verba.com/home.