Communicate

• Business Instant Messaging & Presence. Business Instant Messaging (IM) & Presence means that users can contact each other in several ways and that they know when (and how) to do that most appropriately.
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  • Display Presence. Office Communicator 2007 shows which users are online and available.
  • Set Presence. The calendar and computer usage influence the status of the presence indicator automatically. You can add notes to tell others by which means you can be contacted.  
  • Manage contacts. You can group contacts and the people you get in contact with most often are displayed on top for convenient collaboration. 
  • Communicate appropriately. With Office Communicator 2007 you can start with a chat conversation, continue with a phone call and end with a video-call or presentation. With that you communicate appropriately. 
  • Telephony. You can make phone calls to ordinary phone users directly from your PC (Enterprise Appliance).
  • Integration. The presence of your contacts is visible in several applications: in Office 2007, Sharepoint 2007 and CRM 4.0.
  • Devices. There are a lot of devices available that make communication with others even simpler.
• Audio and Video between PC's. The Appliances support multi-party audio and video communication between users.
• IM in groups. Instant Messaging between more than 2 users is supported.
• Client Applications. The UC Appliances support the following clients:
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  • Microsoft Office Communicator 2007. This software is deployed automatically and is the best client for all your communication scenarios.
  • Microsoft Office Communicator Phone Edition. This physical phone has the Communicator software running embedded. Therefore it can operate without being connected to a PC.  
  • Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 Client. This software is deployed automatically and is used to conduct online meetings and presentations.  
  • Microsoft Outlook Add-in. For easy planning of online meetings in the Outlook Calendar.

Enterprise Appliance

• Enterprise Voice (VoIP). With the Enterprise Appliance we can create an out-of-the-box integration with a VoIP supplier. Also (as extra) a connection can be made with an existing PBX.
• Multi-Party Web Conferencing. With the Enterprise Appliance users can conduct meetings both inside as outside their company boundaries. The meetings can be enriched with IM, audio and video. This is good alternative for hosted web conferencing software.  
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  • Application sharing over the Internet. During a Web Conference, applications like Powerpoint, Word en Excel (and others) can be shared with others. This can be done in read-only and in shared mode. If a document is being shared, multiple users van edit the document concurrently.  
  • IM in groups. During a conference, more than 2 users can IM with each other concurrently. 
  • Collaboration. 
  • Audio and Video.
  • Microsoft Roundtable. The Microsoft Roundtable makes collaboration and meeting online meeting even more intense.  

Appliance Features

• Easy Installation. The Appliance installs itself quickly and appropriately in the desired environment. 
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  • Pre-Installed. Pre-configured hardware and software solution. 
  • Plug & Play. Installation in (often) less than 2 hours. 
  • Integration. Quick and easy integration with the existing infrastructure.  
  • Easy. Installation-wizard for first installation.  
• Managed Services. Our vision is to deliver a complete solution so that our customers don't have to spend their sparse time on installation, configuration and maintenance of (standard) infrastructure.   
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  • Self Managing. The Appliance contains self-managing functions for optimal performance. 
  • Proactive monitoring. The performance of the appliance is under constant surveillance. 
  • Management User Interface. Simple Management Interface for both hardware and software maintenance.  
  • Simple in usage. Function-specific screens for daily maintenance.  
  • Remote Management. Remote Management for System Fixes, Patch Management and Updates.  
  • Remote Problem Management. Out-Of-Band Management features to even remotely manage turned off appliances.
  • Integration. Seamless integration with existing Windows Network infrastructures.
• High Performance. StartReady invests in appliances that are tuned perfectly for their function.  
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  • Advanced functionality and integration.
  • Integrated. Integrated functions for availability, high performance and security.  
  • Hardware. Proven and function specific tested hardware platform.   
• Recovery & Restore. Parts of the software that guarantee a maximum up-time. 
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  • RCS. Quick recovery & restore via Remote Configuration Services (RCS). 
  • Service Level Agreements. Possibility to use a Cold Standby Appliance for very quick recovery and high SLA's.   
• Cost effective. Low price, low TCO and therefore very cost effective. 
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  • Low purchase costs.  
  • Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).  
  • Minimal maintenance requirements. 
  • Service Level Agreements. 
• Virtual Edition available. For both the UC appliances Virtual Editions are available.  
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  • Utility. A start-ready solution that transforms UC into a 'utility'. 
  • Innovative. Very innovative virtualization solution as a result of the collaboration between StartReady and Microsoft. 
  • Service Level Agreements. StartReady Service Level Agreements that guarantee availability.
  • Quick. Quick rollout for test or production. 
  • Complete. StartReady Managed Services for secure remote maintenance.