Aastra Intecom, provider of enterprise communications and contact center solutions for large enterprises, and BroadSoft (News - Alert), Inc., developer of voice applications servers, have decided to form a strategic alliance to offer integrated VoIP
solutions for large enterprises.
Under the agreement, Aastra will use BroadSoft’s carrier-grade BroadWorks VoIP platform as the foundation for its new next-generation IP-PBX solutions.
“Aastra has a rich history of product innovation, including the first commercially-available VoIP platform, integrated call center and PBX (News - Alert) functionality, and the first IP distributed PBX,” said Dana A. Call, executive vice president and general manager, Aastra USA Inc., in a statement. “By using BroadSoft’s platform as the foundation for deploying new Aastra enterprise solutions, our customers can take advantage of the latest VoIP features to simplify their communications and increase productivity – all with the superior support enterprises have come to expect from Aastra.”
Michael Tessler, president and CEO of BroadSoft, added, “BroadWorks is the de-facto VoIP standard for service providers and Aastra Intecom has an impressive history of selling to the world’s largest and most demanding enterprises,” said Tessler. “Our strategic partnership with Aastra presents an excellent opportunity to reach new markets, giving enterprise customers access to the same technology used in the most advanced carriers.”
The alliance will combine VoIP applications available on the BroadWorks platform with Aastra’s know-how in implementing complex solutions for large organizations.
“Enterprise IT executives are challenged with providing an extremely reliable communications infrastructure that integrates voice, data, and collaborative applications. Obtaining 99.999% uptime can require an overload of redundant equipment,” says Robin Gareiss, executive vice president of Nemertes Research. “The ability to use a system that provides carrier-grade reliability and technology at enterprise price points, and the option to use open standards-based handsets, will be very appealing to large companies.”
Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
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