Contact us Products and Services Insights and Success Stories Support About Partners Home Products and Services Unified communications (UC) Unified Communications for Enterprise Share this: What is “Unified Communications” and what does it mean to me? At its best, unified communications (also called “UC”) is just what it says – it enables better collaboration by unifying formerly separate modes of communication into a single, combined user experience. Email, text, and voice messaging work seamlessly with live voice, audio and video conferencing, and Web collaboration, in one interface, with “presence” notification to indicate your availability to participate. A finger swipe lets you move between tablet, smartphone, or desktop phones, while One Number Service lets calls follow you to whatever device you select – whether office, home, or fishing lodge – completely transparent to your caller. And unified communications can be integrated or embedded into your business process software. Voice Platforms Deliver secure and scalable communications with our comprehensive suite of software-based UC platforms for any IT, voice and application environment. Learn more about Voice Platforms Applications Easy-to-use, award-winning unified communications applications streamline your communications and help make everyone more productive. Learn more about Applications Phones and Clients Choose from a broad range of desktop, mobile and soft phone clients that feature industry-leading engineering and cost-efficient network management. Learn more about Phones and Clients Unified Communications FAQ How does Unified Communications lower operational costs? Unified Communications reduces costs in many ways, including transferring mobile device traffic from the cellular network to the WLAN (when in WLAN range), further reducing service provider charges by enabling use of more efficient network transport such as SIP trunking and intelligent call routing, reduced travel costs and time replacing in-person meetings with Web collaboration , and by minimizing or even eliminating the human latency that arises from unsuccessful contact attempts. Do I need an IP phone system to gain Unified Communications functionality? Not necessarily. Some “legacy” PBX solutions, such as Unify’s OpenScape Enterprise, centralize the voice and UC server platform to enable UC capabilities, including mobility, provided there is desktop internet access. This approach is ideal for organizations migrating or evolving gradually to a full IP-based solution. By the way: IP and UC are distinct technologies – just because a phone systems is IP-based does not necessarily mean it is UC-enabled. How long has Unified Communications been around? Unify introduced the first functional IP-based Unified Communication solution, called OpenScape, in 2003. Can I utilize Unified Communications functions with people not on my network? Great question! With some capabilities such as Web collaboration and video conferencing , yes, non-subscribers can participate in your Unified Communications session. For others such as presence, the answer is “no.” © Unify Inc. 2015 Contact Legal Information Privacy Policy Terms of use Sitemap