Siltek Telecoms, a telecommunications specialist and distributor of Active Voice products, has announced that the unified messaging vendor has signed an agreement with Cisco Systems. The deal ensures multi-year interoperability between Active Voice's Unity solution and CiscoCallManager and related products that fit within Cisco AVVID.
According to Michael Aitken, managing director of Siltek Telecoms, the two multi-national companies will co-operate to ensure that Unity, Active Voice's IP-telephony ready, true unified messaging solution, and Cisco CallManager, call processing software and related Cisco AVVID solutions, will continue to deliver an integrated communications solution to their respective customers. The agreement also establishes a business relationship that provides for cross training and other mutually beneficial sales, support, and marketing activities.
"Technological advances are driving the convergence of voice and data networks with the accompanying need for robust applications, and Unity is specifically built for this environment," says Aitken. "Cisco, as one of the leading developers of networking technology for the Internet, will enable Active Voice to deliver a comprehensive communications solution for this rapidly expanding market."
Bill Weber, general manager of Cisco Systems, adds, "Together, Unity and CallManager offer companies an IP-based solution that will enable them to communicate faster, easier, and less expensively than ever before." "Unity is one of the voice and unified messaging solutions available, that integrates effectively with IP-based call processing software such as Cisco Call Manager. This agreement will help ensure that our customers get the most powerful communications solution available today, and into the future."
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Active Voice develops PC-based voice messaging systems and Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) solutions. The Seattle-based company has offices in Australia, Canada, China, France, South Africa, Sweden, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. With more than 75,000 systems installed in virtually every kind of business in over 60 countries, Active Voice develops technology that helps businesses communicate better with people in the same office, across town, in the next time zone, on the other side of the planet.
More information about Active Voice is available at the company's Web site, www.activevoice.com
Siltek Telecoms
Siltek Telecoms is a specialist telecommunications distributor within the Siltek IT Supply Chain Group, and has agreements with some of the world's leading vendors. It is the master distributor for Lucent Technologies' range of voice products and Active Voice Corporation's portfolio of PC-based voice processing systems and Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) solutions. Controlled by Kunene Technology Ltd, Siltek Telecoms is committed to becoming the supplier of choice for telecommunications VARS and independent resellers.
Siltek Limited
Siltek Limited is the leader in the Southern African Information Technology (IT) Supply Chain with projected turnover of R3-billion in the year to end-June 2000. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Siltek comprises several complementary operating divisions, each of which is a dominant player in its niche area.