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Summer 2015

Carousel Industries

Enterprise Session Border Controllers
to Support Microsoft

as Skype for Business
Deploy Ingate’s award winning E-SBC

on your own hardware platform with
Launch Partner
Ingate Software SIParator/Firewall

Carousel Industries, a leader in uniied “Our team is fully aligned with Microsot’s
communications, managed services, data strategy and solutions roadmap, and we have
solutions and visual communications, begun implementing training sessions, and are
announced that it will be supporting Microsot already coordinating one-to-one and one-to- Easy Installation
as Skype for Business Launch Partner
many conversations among our entire customer
— North America. As a Microsot Gold base,” he continued.
Enhanced Security
Communications, Gold Hosting and Microsot “We anticipate Skype for Business will help
Certiied Skype for Business and Lync Support companies realize unprecedented collaboration
Partner, Carousel has already attained the and business productivity, and that the launch 0
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was recently invited to participate in the Skype Microsot Lync environments.”
for Business unveiling and project roadmap.
Skype for Business, which represents a natural or Business
“Carousel is proud to play an important role migration of Microsot Lync 2013, brings Works with Skype f
in the Skype for Business rollout,” commented together the familiar experience of Skype along
Ed Wadbrook, Vice President, Applications and with the security, compliance and control of
Collaborative Solutions, Carousel Industries.
Lync 2013 and Skype for Business applications,
“As a Gold certiied partner, Carousel has infrastructure and workloads.
Learn more about the
the experience, resources, relationships and he new communications platform promises
methodologies in place to encourage and drive broad adoption of Skype for Business across to transform the way people communicate by extending communications beyond the walls of benefits of an Ingate E-SBC.
small, medium and enterprise markets.”
businesses to connect customers and partners, Contact info@ingate.com or
As a launch partner, Carousel Industries
anytime anywhere.
has participated in many Microsot-based Carousel has already developed several in- try Ingate free for 30 days at
initiatives, including Project Neptune; the two- depth webinars to educate its customer base
week pre-release workshop for select vendors; while also conducting customized training www.ingate.com
Ignite, Microsot’s comprehensive technology sessions to help businesses understand the
event; and has been invited to participate in implications of Skype for Business in their own
the Skype for Business Advisory Council. networking environments. ■
Additionally, Carousel is one of several Skype
for Business North America Launch Partners.
More at www.carouselindustries.com
Sennheiser to Spotlight

Innovative Contact Center
Clarity Connect Now Supports

and Oice Wireless and DECT Skype for Business 2015

Headsets at Microsoft’s World
Clarity Consulting, a sotware development ends with creating a great experience for
Partner Event July 12 -16
irm with a strategic focus on creating our customers using Skype for Business and
sotware solutions native to Skype for Oice 365.”
Business (formerly Lync) today announced As a single sotware product, Clarity
the current version of Clarity Connect,
Connect’s powerful set of functionality,
their popular contact center product, will including IVR, ACD, IM routing, web chat,
support Skype for Business Server 2015. and email routing, can be enabled as stand- Sennheiser, a leading manufacturer of such the new SP 10 and SP 20 devices.
Since its initial launch as the irst contact alone features or conigured to manage a premium headset solutions, announced it
“he Microsot World Partner Conference is
center product to natively use Microsot’s multi-channel contact center as customers will participate in Microsot’s World Partner a prime event in the telecommunications space
Uniied Communication platform, Clarity transition from legacy-based systems and Conference, taking place July 12 through July and beyond, and Sennheiser is honored to be a
Connect has been widely recognized as the onto Skype for Business.
16 at the Orange County Convention Center Microsot partner. More enterprises continue
frontrunner in the market. By leveraging the his lexible approach allows customers of in Orlando, Florida. Sennheiser will be at to seek quality components for networking
Skype Developer Platform to integrate with all sizes to take full advantage of both SfB and booth #1400 during the event, which will investments based on Microsot’s evolving
Skye for Business and continuing its fully Clarity Connect at a cost basis unique in the feature live product demonstrations of the platforms such as Skype for Business, Lync,
native approach, Clarity Connect will provide industry.
company’s high-performance mobile, wireless, Azure and Windows 365,“ said Bill Whearty,
a seamless install and user experience with a “Our customer base ranges from Fortune wired and desktop-based headsets for uniied vice president, sales and marketing, CC&O,
zero client footprint.
“he message we hear from CIOs and 10 companies that have global and complex contact centers to small businesses that communications (UC) environments.
All Sennheiser CC&O headsets are Skype for Americas, Sennheiser Electronic Corp. at Sennheiser. “Yet workplace environments
CFOs is clear,” said Jon Rauschenberger, CIO simply want to add enhanced routing for Business- and Lync-certiied, allowing Microsot have typically ignored the importance of
of Clarity Consulting. “hey are looking to Instant Messages within their organization,” Partners throughout the marketplace to leverage the crucial ‘last mile‘ of audio quality that
move toward a simple and cost efective way said Craig Reishus, Director of Business the rich feature sets and robust designs in the the headsets delivers to these high-end
of managing multi-channel communication Development at Clarity.
Sennheiser portfolio, which add value to a architectures. Sennheiser’s products introduce
from their customers. A larger and ever- By leverage Clarity Connect either as a sophisticated UC deployment. Sennheiser’s
a new level of clarity and intelligibility that
increasing number of companies are looking part of their on-premises deploy of Skype
line of premium headsets feature advanced keeps any UC deployment on par with the
for a solution that fully leverages their current for Business or as a part of a hosted ofering characteristics such as noise cancellation and powerful capabilities that a modern business
investment in Lync and eventual transition to through one of Clarity’s partners, customers high idelity voice quality, plus long-wearing communications solution is meant to
Skype for Business.”
have the lexibility on ways they can consume comfort and a durability that places it is well accomplish.“
“Customers want to know their contact the product.
above competing brands. Models run the gamut Sennheiser will ofer interactive opportunities
center vendor’s investment in Skype for For more information on all the features from wired, wireless, mobile, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi for show attendees via social media campaigns
Business is as strategic as their own,” available with Clarity Connect, along with and DECT desktop models for a variety of through both the global ”Sennheiser
Rauschenberger continued. “In Clarity videos, case studies and testimonials, visit the complex call center and oice environments. Communications” LinkedIn channel, and a new
Connect, they get a product where R&D, product website at http://connect.claritycon. hese include the D 10 series, plus the SD global Twitter feed. ■
support, and implementation starts and
com/ ■
wireless, Century, Circle, Culture, MB and
PRESENCE units, and mobile speakerphones
More at www.sennheiser.com/cco

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