Sphere Communications Inc. have announced that Marconi will sell Sphericall.ems products under the Marconi brand throughout the world. The new product line focuses on providing multimedia data, voice and video service throughout the enterprise using customers^1 standard network infrastructure.
"Selling Sphericall.ems products under our own brand allows us to provide the latest in end-to-end network convergence for our customers," said Koos Vorster, Chief Executive of Marconi Communications South Africa. "The addition of Sphericall.ems broadens the Marconi Communications product line to incorporate toll-grade network-based voice solutions, video switching and a standards-based platform for further converged network services. From WAN to backbone to desktop, Marconi customers will have the best-of- breed solutions to make their businesses competitive and cost effective."
Sphere Communications has been shipping enterprise-level network telephony solutions for five years. Using existing data networks, Sphere`s systems provide enterprise customers and service providers with a foundation for fully converged voice, data and video implementations. Marconi`s world-wide distribution and expertise in deploying network solutions will help spread working, stable and highly scalable multimedia convergence throughout the market.
"Our relationship with Sphere Communications has evolved rapidly due to the synergies between our products and an incredible amount of customer demand from the marketplace," said Vorster. "This move from our prior co-marketing and reseller arrangement to the closer OEM relationship is a win-win situation for our companies and for our mutual customers who want a total communications solution."
Sphericall.ems: Convergence built for the enterprise businesses
Sphericall.ems is the only enterprise-level multimedia platform to provide the scalability and reliability needed for large corporations and businesses. With Sphericall.ems, businesses can leverage their existing standard network infrastructure for all of their communications needs. Using a common set of simple hardware components and robust call control software, Sphericall.ems provides feature-rich telephony to all departments of an enterprise with the ability for constant growth simply by adding more components to the network.
Sphericall.ems features
15,000+ voice, video and data users
Multi-level redundancy, load balancing and automatic fault detection and recovery
Multiple T1, E1 ISDN PRI and analog interfaces to the PSTN
Multi-service interfaces to Ethernet and ATM networks
Industry standard voice mail interfaces to support Active Voice, AVT, Callware and other popular voice mail and IVR computer telephony software applications
Easy integration of additional 3rd party business applications such as call accounting and call centres
Advanced monitoring, configuration and administration capabilities
Video telephony enabled desktop software
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Sphere Communications
Sphere is the leader in enterprise multimedia softswitch technology, providing customers with voice, video and data communications solutions on multi-service networks. Shipping products to satisfied customers for five years, Sphere Communications was the first company ever to install network-based PBX systems, and today has many customer sites
supporting thousands of users. Sphere Communications is committed to developing and marketing open, standards-based communications software enabling customers to make technology investments today that will grow with their needs and provide long-term returns.
Strategic technical and marketing partners include Marconi, IBM, Microsoft Corporation and other hardware and software companies. Sphere Communications sells and supports Sphericall.ems through qualified resellers and distribution relationships. Founded in June 1994 and privately held, Sphere Communications is headquartered in Lake Bluff, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, with a subsidiary office in London, England.
Marconi, plc
Marconi is a global communications and IT company with 45 000 employees worldwide and sales in over 100 countries. It supplies advanced communications solutions and the key technologies and services for the Internet. Marconi plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol MNI. The headquarters of Marconi Communications is in Pittsburgh, PA.
Marconi Communications South Africa
Marconi Communications South Africa has around 850 staff, with a factory in Springs and a sales office in Midrand.