BroadSoft Launches Enhanced Desktop Telephony Toolbar with Advanced Call Control Features; Desktop Toolbar Enables BroadWorks Users to Access Advanced Calling Features within Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer.GAITHERSBURG, Md. & SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- BroadSoft, Inc., the leading provider of VoIP application software, today announced enhanced capabilities to its BroadWorks Assistant-Enterprise Toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the , a carrier-class desktop communications product for everyday users of Microsoft(R) Outlook(R) and Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. (R). The new BroadWorks(R) Assistant-Enterprise 13.0 allows users to easily access advanced call control features within the Microsoft mail An earlier and simple messaging system from Microsoft that runs on PC and AppleTalk networks. Gateways are available to a variety of mail systems including X.400, PROFS and MHS. Microsoft Mail-enabled applications are written to the MAPI programming interface. See Microsoft Exchange. and browser programs, affording service providers additional tools to offer their customers. A desktop telephony toolbar that is integrated with the BroadWorks(R) VoIP platform, BroadWorks Assistant-Enterprise is suitable for corporate as well as small office/home office See SOHO. (SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. ) users. The new advanced call control capabilities give the BroadWorks user a pop-up notification when a call comes in, and enables the user to answer the call, place it on hold, send it to voice mail, or transfer it to another party, without leaving the Microsoft application. Additional highlights include click-to-dial capability from the Outlook contact directory and Internet Explorer Web pages, three-way conferencing and caller identification. BroadSoft acquired the integrated desktop toolbar product as part of its acquisition of CarbonTwelve, a software and multimedia applications developer based in Sydney, Australia, in September 2005. BroadSoft integrated the acquired company's client software applications into the company's BroadWorks VoIP client applications product line and has continued to enhance product functionality and expand its customer base. "The BroadWorks Assistant-Enterprise 13.0 toolbar represents another milestone in our continuing effort to make advanced call features easier to use, to drive adoption of service providers' enhanced VoIP service offerings," said Scott Wharton, vice president of marketing for BroadSoft. "BroadSoft Assistant-Enterprise 13.0 is a valuable tool that packs a collection of convenient voice options into a small space and saves users valuable time. By enhancing our applications with such value-added functionality, BroadSoft is empowering service providers with a growing range of differentiated revenue-producing offerings for their customers." BroadWorks Assistant-Enterprise will be featured in BroadSoft's booth at the Spring 2006 VON Conference & Expo, Booth 1127, on March 14-16 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA. The BroadWorks Assistant-Enterprise toolbar and Deployment Studio are currently available. About the BroadWorks Platform BroadSoft's IMS-compliant BroadWorks(R) platform provides a comprehensive range of VoIP applications, including hosted PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). , IP Centrex A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP and other IP-based services as well as connectivity to the regular telephone system (PSTN). , mobile PBX, business trunking and residential broadband services fully integrated into a single VoIP application platform. BroadWorks is uniquely capable of providing these applications with the reliability, redundancy, scalability and regulatory capabilities required to deliver carrier-class service. About BroadSoft BroadSoft's VoIP application software is revolutionizing the delivery of hosted telephony and multimedia services. Its flagship BroadWorks(R) technology empowers wireless and wireline carriers to deliver next-generation voice and multimedia applications and advanced features that increase revenue, enhance competitive differentiation and elevate customer satisfaction. BroadSoft's family of carrier-class software products delivers the scale, open architecture and reliability that the world's leading telecommunications companies demand to serve mission-critical enterprise and residential broadband customers. BroadSoft's customer base of 150 network operators, including BellSouth, Korea Telecom KT (formerly, Korea Telecom, Korean: 한국통신, NYSE: KT) is South Korea's top integrated wired/wireless telecommunication service provider. KT has been Korea's leader in the development of the information & communications business for the last 25 years , Singtel, TDC TDC Top Dead Center TDC Time-to-Digital Converter TDC Tabular Data Control TDC Total Development Cost TDC Texas Department of Corrections TDC The Discovery Channel TDC Torpedo Data Computer TDC Theater Deployable Communications , Telefonica de Espana, Telstra, Verizon and XO Communications XO Communications is a United States telecommunications firm and one of the largest Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) in the country. It is owned by XO Holdings, Inc OTCBB: XOHO. leads the industry with more than 1,750,000 lines deployed. BroadSoft and BroadWorks are registered trademarks of BroadSoft, Inc. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies. |
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