CallWare Technologies connects over 200 telephone systems to the Internet; Corporations can deploy worldwide voice messaging without long-distance charges.SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1996--CallWare Technologies, the leading Computer Telephony See CTI, VoIP and IP telephony. Computer Telephony - Computer Telephone Integration developer, introduced its Internet integration, the first software developer to link corporate telephone systems with the Internet allowing users of its popular voice processing The computerized handling of voice, which includes voice store and forward, voice response, voice recognition and text to speech technologies. system the ability to retrieve and send voice messages on the Internet. The company also laid out its plans to utilize the Internet as a partner -- complementing the functionality of its voice processing system by integrating over 200 existing telephone systems with the Internet. The technology introduced today gives users two-way voice messaging Using voice mail as an alternative to electronic mail, in which voice messages are intentionally recorded, not because the recipient was not available. through any Internet connection in the world, eliminating long-distance charges. CallWare's system integrates with existing PBXs and key systems, giving mailbox owners the ability to retrieve messages left by any caller or Internet user Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f , at any time, on any Internet connection -- free! "CallWare's integration with the Internet provides the first corporate Internet voice solution," said R. Craig Hansen Craig Robert Hansen (born November 15, 1983 in Glen Cove, New York) is a relief pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization. Hansen, a closer out of St. John's University, was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the first round of the 2005 draft. , chairman and chief executive officer of CallWare Technologies. "Until now voice messaging on the Internet was between two individual computer users having the same software application installed at both locations. CallWare is the first provider that allows the caller to leave Internet voice messages through a 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). or key system, making it as easy to use as the telephone. Users can also speak-through their computer with a multi-media device as a telephone to leave messages." An application example would be an employee traveling away from the corporate offices. The employee would plug-in his/her laptop to a phone connection in the hotel room. Using CallWare ViewPoint, the employee connects to the CallWare server's Internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. at the corporate office. Spending 20-30 minutes each morning in voice messaging tasks would save a corresponding amount in long-distance charges. Overseas travelers would see even more significant savings. Another example is when a customer or client calls into the corporate office and leaves a voice message in an employee's mailbox. Using the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises employee can retrieve the message, pass it on to someone else -- turning on their message waiting light and giving them notification through a pager -- all at no charge. Existing telephone systems integrated through CallWare include manufacturers such as AT&T, Comdial, Cortelco, Fujitsu, Mitel, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Nortel, Rolm, Siemens, Sprint, Tadiran, and Toshiba. CallWare Technologies is a privately-held company based in Salt Lake City. CallWare Technologies is leading the way in linking computers and telephones by providing the first software only LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network solution for voice and call processing. CallWare is distributed in 28 countries around the world. CallWare also offers computer telephony training to end-users and resellers in 25 education centers in the United States and worldwide. CallWare recently finished as a finalist in the McGraw-Hill/LAN TIMES "Best of Show" judging during the Fall NetWorld+Interop tradeshow. For more information about how CallWare's Internet integration can benefit your organization, call 801/486-9922. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: CallWare, CallWare Technologies, CallWare ViewPoint, CallWare ViewPoint for the Internet, and CallWare EX are trademarks of CallWare Technologies Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: CallWare Technologies Inc., Salt Lake City Erik Hughes, 801/481-8916 or Network Associates, Salt Lake City Cheryl Snapp or Merideth McIntyre, 801/373-7888 |
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