Example Application: Unified Communications

This example solution provides vendor independent unified messaging for legacy voice mail systems. It allows users to access voice mail together with e-mail from Microsoft Exchange clients, such as Outlook, BlackBerry, and iPhone. It achieves this by continuously synchronizing messages from one or more voice mail servers with Microsoft Exchange.

Unified Communications example application

Advantages

Enables unified messaging with legacy voice mail systems.
Enables Outlook and BlackBerry to access non-Exchange and non-Microsoft directory information.
Can integrate multiple disparate voice mail systems.
No need to upgrade to VoIP just to get unified messaging.
No need to replace existing infrastructure nor to customize installed software.
Nondisruptive, low risk deployment. Existing processes continue to work as before.