Siemens OpenScape 2011 gets easier to deploy for both SMBs and Enterprise

With its newest version of OpenScape, Siemens is making its unified communications suite even easier to deploy. The new version now has a Web Collaboration suite as well as apps for iPhones and other smartphones.

The new Web Collaboration suite is just one server with clients running on user computers and mobile phones. It's a departure from past launches because it doesn't require any other Siemens products to run. Of course it works with extra features when combined with the the OpenScape Platform.

Additionally, the new suite will feature applications for mobile phones. OpenScape Phone Apps, is a set of building block apps that will be supported through the OpenScape unified communications (UC) Application server. The 20 apps in all feature conferencing, controls, presence, alerts, info like the weather and utilities like currency conversion. The apps can be put together to create tools and the whole system features a developer kit for creating new applications.

For more:
- read the PCW article

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