Connected Systems Introduces the First Advanced SME Turnkey IP Voice Messaging Appliance That Obsoletes Stand-Alone Voice Mail Systems.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers Internet Telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. 2000 SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000 Connected Systems, a leading manufacturer of specialized voice processing The computerized handling of voice, which includes voice store and forward, voice response, voice recognition and text to speech technologies. and messaging products, will introduce at IT Expo 2000 in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. the industry's first plug-and-play, IP-based 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. product that unifies voice and e-mail messaging and administration into a single low-cost appliance-style product that meets the price and performance requirements of the small to medium enterprise (SME (1) (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) See SMB. (2) (Subject Matter Expert) An individual who is well-versed in the policies and procedures of a particular department or division. ) market. Millions of SME businesses can now take advantage of the advanced features of robust voice mail and auto attendant The part of an interactive voice response (IVR) system that replaces the human operator and directs callers to the appropriate extensions or voice mailboxes. See IVR. functionality combined with the productivity-enhancing attributes of unified messaging. Unlike Web-based services targeted at individual subscribers, iConnectMail integrates seamlessly with business telephone systems and standard e-mail servers, and can be deployed as a stand-alone, premise-based integrated messaging system or a gateway to carrier- based enhanced messaging services. Connected Systems Chief Executive Officer Dwight Buck stated: "This revolutionary product is the first to be introduced to the industry that truly offers the critical features of expensive, high-end enterprise unified messaging systems, in a compact, easy to install and operate appliance that is affordable to the high-growth small to medium enterprise market. This product should eliminate the need for legacy voice mail systems as we know them today." iConnectMail utilizes advanced, DSP-based voice compression technology to store and transmit voice messages over the corporate LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and the Internet with maximum efficiency, yet works with standard desktop clients for "single inbox" retrieval, access, storage and management of all messages. iConnectMail's benefits were reinforced by Victor Cagnazzi, vice president-Global Accounts for the Mid-Atlantic Region of Dimension Data US, who stated: "The functionality and simplicity of iConnectMail makes it one of the most innovative and compelling messaging products yet introduced into the industry. "As both an end user and a premier integrator of iConnectMail, Dimension Data sees tremendous opportunities to enhance our enterprise and service provider clients' communications solutions." Connected Systems will be introducing iConnectMail at the Internet Telephony Conference & Expo 2000 in San Diego at the Hotel del Coronado The Hotel del Coronado is a luxury hotel in the City of Coronado, just across the San Diego Bay from San Diego, California. It is one of the few surviving examples of an American architectural genre: the wooden Victorian beach resort. on Oct. 5 and 6 at booth No. 107. Connected Systems is a leading innovator of voice processing networking solutions for enterprise and service provider applications, addressing large, rapid-growth Internet telephony and unified messaging markets with unique, embedded systems designs that provide high functionality implemented in compact, "plug-and-play" products. Connected Systems has offices throughout the United States and headquarters in Santa Barbara. For more information, contact info@connectedsystems.com, visit the Web site at www.connectedsystems.com or call Connected Systems at 888/583-6376, ext. 205, or PowerLink Communications at 805/965-5885. |
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