Captaris Joins Alcatel Application Partner Program; CallXpress Unified Messaging Earns Integration Certification from World's Second-Largest PBX Manufacturer.Business Editors/High Tech Writers KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001 Captaris, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAPA CAPA California Alternate Performance Assessment CAPA Captaris, Inc (stock symbol) CAPA Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants CAPA Creative and Performing Arts (school) ), a leading provider of unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. and mobile business solutions, has been accepted into the Alcatel Application Partner Program (AAPP AAPP Administraciones Públicas (Spanish ministry) AAPP Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) AAPP Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace ). Alcatel is a world leading communications server See network access server, modem server, terminal server and communications controller. (operating system) Communications Server - IBM's rebranding of ACF. and IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. provider and the European market leader in enterprise voice and data convergence solutions. As an Alcatel application partner, Captaris will engage in co-marketing efforts, product interoperability development and testing, and channel development to help enterprise customers purchase leading 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. and IP telephony solutions from a single source. Captaris CallXpress unified messaging has passed extensive compatibility testing Compatibility testing, part of software non-functional tests, is testing conducted on the application to evaluate the application's compatibility with the computing environment. to become certified as integration compliant for the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400, an Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. private communications exchange (IP PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. ). The award-winning Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 is designed to support the rapidly converging worlds of voice and data while enabling enterprise users to migrate to an IP-based voice and data network at their own pace. CallXpress improves a company's productivity by bringing voice, email and fax messages into one "Inbox" where they can be prioritized and managed more quickly. Mobile CallXpress users can manage all of their messages in about one-third the time of accessing the three message types separately. CallXpress allows users to access and manage all of their messages by phone, Internet, computer or other mobile device, so checking messages can be a great deal more convenient and timely. Companies using CallXpress to improve their communications flow range in size from small business to multi-national enterprise. Highest usage has been within the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , healthcare and legal industries, as well as government and education organizations. "CallXpress software has earned the largest market share among unified messaging solutions that are not proprietary to a specific 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). manufacturer," said Christopher L. Davis, Captaris senior vice president of global marketing, "so we are most pleased to become an Alcatel application partner." "The Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 has proven itself as a feature-rich, reliable IP PCX that provides customers with an excellent platform for voice/data convergence," said Ron Smits of CT-Innovations, a convergent technologies (company) Convergent Technologies - A company formed by a small group of people who left Intel Corporation in 1979. Convergent Technologies' first product was the IWS (Integrated Workstation) based on the Intel 8086, which ran Convergent Technologies Operating System - their first solution provider headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. "CallXpress unified messaging is a perfect match with the 4400 to provide businesses with increased flexibility, productivity and cost-savings." Captaris was welcomed into the Alcatel Application Partner Program at an Alcatel summit in Paris this fall. To showcase CallXpress to premiere Alcatel sales partners, key customers, and consultants, Captaris also will participate in the exclusive Alcatel Forum in Paris in February. The Alcatel co-marketing program focuses on reaching companies in North America, France, United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. About Captaris Captaris is a leading provider of unified communications and mobile business solutions that allow companies to improve business communications with customers, partners and employees. The company provides access to and control of critical business information from almost any communications device and enhances communications workflow by improving the way in which company stakeholders exchange information. The company specializes in developing and marketing CallXpress unified messaging, RightFax fax and communications servers, MediaLinq electronic document delivery services, and the Infinite Mobile Delivery product line. Captaris has more than 75,000 systems installed and over 1 million users worldwide, with 80 percent of Fortune 100 companies using the company's award winning products and services. Founded in 1982, Captaris is publicly traded under the symbol "CAPA" on the Nasdaq National Market. Captaris maintains a site on the World Wide Web at www.captaris.com. About Alcatel Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With sales of $29 billion (EURO 31 billion) in 2000 and 110,000 employees, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com |
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