Alliance Adds New Mid-Range Communications Platform To Next Generation I-Series Solutions Family.Business/Technology Editors PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2000 Alliance Systems, Inc. introduces the I-Series 5000 open communications platform designed specifically for medium-sized call centers, enterprises and Application Service Providers. The new I-Series 5000 joins the I-Series Communications Solutions Family, a complete line of advanced, open architecture systems serving the carrier, call center, network and enterprise markets. "We put our eight years of leadership in open communication systems to work designing, engineering and manufacturing each I-Series platform. Adding the 5000 to the I-Series line gives our resellers and their customers an excellent mid-range choice for functionality and reliability," said Jonathan Shapiro This article is about the computer software expert. For the political cartoonist Jonathon Shapiro, see Zapiro. Jonathan S. Shapiro is an expert in low-level computer system programming. , chief executive officer of Alliance Systems The I-Series 5000 delivers the performance and uptime required to meet the current and future demands of telephony, data, e-business and wireless infrastructure for communication applications and the Internet. Among the functions supported by the 5000 system include VoIP, IVR (Interactive Voice Response) An automated telephone information system that speaks to the caller with a combination of fixed voice menus and data extracted from databases in real time. , Fax, Automatic Call Distribution, switching, e-commerce, voicemail, unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. , wireless, multi-media conferencing and Customer Relationship Management. Other features of the 5000 include: -- Rack Mountability - Compact, rack-optimized design for building robust rack solutions, 8.75" high (5U) -- Reliability - Robust redundancy of hot-swappable, critical components, such as power supplies, hard drives and fans -- Certifications - Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , Windows 2000, Unix and Linux operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. -- Scalability - Passive backplane A backplane that adds no processing in the circuit. See backplane. supports combinations of up to 20 ISA/PCI slots -- Storage - Four media drive bays and one 3.5" drive(s) for optimum expandability -- Power - Supports loads up to 400 watts (45A at +5V), 2 AC, auto-switch About Alliance - www.alliancesystems.com Alliance Systems, Inc. is a global leader in Communications Solutions for telephony, data, e-business and wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. infrastructure. The company designs, manufactures, markets, installs and implements next generation communications platforms ranging from carrier-class communications servers and Internet appliance Also called "information appliance," "smart appliance," and "Web appliance," it is a device specialized for accessing the Web and/or e-mail. Designed for ease of use, it plugs into a telephone jack or LAN connection for Internet hookup. servers to telecommunication software for wire, wireless and Internet communications. With over 700,000 ports installed in more than 60 countries, Alliance's systems run more open communications applications than any other company. |
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