Community Voice Mail Wins Washington Software Association's Outstanding Contribution to the Community Award.High-Tech Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2004 Washington state's oldest and largest technology association honored Community Voice Mail with its 2004 Industry Achievement Award for "Outstanding Contribution to the Community" at its awards ceremony on February 26. Community Voice Mail (CVM) utilizes technology to provide free, 24-hour voice mail access to people in crisis and transition nationwide, helping them to secure jobs, housing and stability. CVM's partnership with Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. to upgrade its technology, increase impact, and reduce costs was singled out by the WSA WSA Web Services Architecture (Bow Street) WSA Wilderness Study Areas WSA Wilbur Smith Associates WSA Washington Software Alliance WSA World Shoe Association WSA Workers Solidarity Alliance for this year's award. Cisco & Community Voice Mail Partnership "The unwavering commitment of Cisco Systems' Enterprise Communications Software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems Business Unit -- all of whom volunteer their time and resources to customize their technology for our needs -- sets a new standard of volunteerism vol·un·teer·ism n. Use of or reliance on volunteers, especially to perform social or educational work in communities. volunteerism in producing real change for the common good," said CVM Executive Director Jennifer Brandon. "Through Cisco's Unity product, we will utilize VoIP technology (voice over 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. ) to reduce telephone costs, eliminate equipment redundancies, and increase our service areas nationwide." Kevin Chestnut, General Manager of Cisco's Seattle Business Unit, says, "Each member of our volunteer team recognizes the importance of CVM's mission and the role that we can play in expanding access to communications for thousands of people in need nationwide -- a requirement to advance in today's world. We are proud to be working with Community Voice Mail to deliver broad-based and cost-effective technology to meet this basic need." Community Voice Mail: Free and Easy To Use Community Voice Mail enrollment is free, and takes less than 3 minutes to set up. Each client receives his or her own voice mailbox A simulated mailbox in the computer that holds e-mail messages. Mailboxes are stored on disk as a file of messages, a database of messages or as an individual file for each message. The standard mailboxes are usually In, Out, Trash and Junk (Spam). , and activates it by recording a personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. greeting in their own voice. A Community Voice Mail ("CVM") number looks like any other local telephone number and therefore does not signal the client's status as a homeless or phoneless person. CVM is funded entirely through grants and individual donations. Results Despite record unemployment and lack of affordable housing, nationwide statistics show that in 2003, 48% of CVM users looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. jobs found jobs, and 53% of CVM homeless users found housing. Overall, last year over 47,000 people had access to Community Voice Mail. Unity is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. |
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