Telephony World LAN & WAN Buyer's Guides

Network Telephony may be the ultimate future for our industry. The model is simple; eliminate all geographic and architectural constraints. Networked telephony encompasses a modular, distributed communication platform that can easily overcome obstacles in mobile, distributed, and enterprise communication needs and requirements. Success in this area will be predicated on overcoming compatibility issues. Many companies involved in networked telephony have spearheaded efforts in open architectures and standards that will allow multiple programming interfaces.

The capabilities of some of these solutions are just breathtaking, and truly deliver on all of the promises of telephony. Such features include PBX and ACD, audiotext, automated attendant, automatic telephone dialing and connection, auto-scheduling, fax mail, Caller IDs and IVR. Distributed call control, distributed messaging, distributed accessibility, and "on the fly" information management capabilities. Other benefits of networked solutions include unlimited users and message storage, message notification and delivery, and centralized administration.

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