Esnatech Named 'Cool Vendor' by Gartner
April 18, 2012
By Jacqueline Lee, Contributing Writer
Gartner’s 2012 “Cool Vendors in Unified Communications (News - Alert) and Network Services” report has recognized Esnatech’s solutions for UC integration. “Cool vendors,” according to Gartner, use innovative approaches to deliver enterprise communications in complex environments.
“Esnatech’s innovative approach to integrated unified communications delivers maximum flexibility for enterprise customers who live in the real-world of mixed technology environments,” said Mohammad Nezarati (News - Alert), CEO of Esnatech. “Our strength is in our ability to connect diverse telephony, messaging and email technologies and applications—whether premise- or cloud-based—into an easy-to-manage, easy-to-use solution that delivers bottom-line value.”
Esnatech’s award-winning Office-LinX solution has been deployed to millions of users in 28 countries around the world. Office-LinX aggregates both premise-based and cloud-based UC services while integrating with enterprise business applications such as those from Microsoft, IBM and Novell. In addition, Office-LinX integrates with collaboration and social media applications like Google Apps, Salesforce.com (News - Alert), Office365 and VMware Zimbra.
Office-LinX supports all major smartphone integration across all major platforms including Android, iOS, RIM, Windows and Nokia. The solution also integrates with enterprise communications platforms Avaya, Cisco (News - Alert), Siemens and others. According to the Gartner report, aggregating UC along with collaboration applications and solutions from a variety of providers enables greater capabilities and easier management.
The Office-LinX platform won a Product of the Year Award from the editors of Internet Telephony (News - Alert) magazine in March. “Esnatech has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace,” said TMC CEO Rich Tehrani about the award. “We look forward to seeing continued advancement in technology solutions from Esnatech in the future.”
The recently released Esnatech Office-LinX Cloud Connect beta leverages the Cisco Jabber SDK to integrate with Unity Connection, transforming groupware applications like Google Apps into a live communication and collaboration hub.
“Our customers who are already using Office-LinX Cloud Connect, including higher education institutions, state and local government agencies and large commercial enterprises, have given us great feedback on its ease of use, robust feature set and seamless integration with cloud- and premise-based productivity solutions,” said David Petramala, executive vice president of Sales for Esnatech.
Office-LinX is available through Esnatech’s network of OEM and reseller partners.
Edited by Jennifer Russell