Mitel and Microsoft unite for UC-showcasing in Dubai

The entire suite - comprised of the Mitel 3300 IP Communications Platform (ICP), Mitel Live Business Gateway, Mitel Navigator and the Mitel 5340 and 5224 IP Phones - now provides global customers in the Gulf region with the opportunity of experiencing local hands-on demonstrations of rich telephony, presence and integration features based on Microsoft's unified communications (UC) solutions

The deployment is part of an agreement between the two companies to demonstrate the combined UC solution with advanced telephony integration to the exponentially growing market in the Gulf region and the wider Middle East.

'The Gulf region is experiencing an impressive accelerated demand for IP communication solutions. As businesses see the opportunity, we provide business-enabler solution in our facility in Dubai for top-level decision-makers that demonstrate state-of-the-art communications for enterprises. The combined strength of Microsoft's solutions with Mitel's IP Communication solutions provides organizations with the ability to stay connected to business and access information anytime, anywhere, through any device', said Ashraf Heikal, Manager Microsoft Technology Center-Dubai.

The Microsoft Technology Center in Dubai offers the facilities and resources to efficiently envision, architect, and then evaluate a secure, customized solution using Microsoft and partner technologies prior to deployment.

'The ability to host prospective customers and channel partners in the Microsoft Technology Center in Dubai Internet City and demonstrate the easy and seamless integration of our respective solutions will undoubtedly accelerate the deployment of in the moment business communications that result in faster decision making and issues resolution," said Hisham Amili, Mitel GM, GCC.

To schedule a live demonstration of Mitel and Microsofts Unified Communications solutions, call Mitel's office in Dubai Internet City: +971 4 391 6721 or Microsoft's office in Dubai Internet City: +971 4-3917112

Mitel's unified communications and collaborations suite include:
• The 3300 ICP, a highly scalable, feature-rich communications system designed to support businesses from 10 - 65,000 users, provides enterprise IP-PBX capability plus a range of embedded applications and provides organizations with the opportunity to IP enable their traditional PBXs.
• The Live Business Gateway seamlessly integrates voice and user / device presence capabilities into the powerful real-time collaboration that Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 bring to business applications such as the Microsoft Office System. The Live Business Gateway allows Microsoft Office Communicator and other Microsoft applications to access Mitel's IP-based telephony infrastructure and allows Microsoft Office Communicator to connect users external to the enterprise through the public network. Mitel also offers the option to have the Live Business Gateway embedded in the 3300 ICP, thereby eliminating the need for a separate server, if the customer so chooses.
• The Navigator redefines the meaning of voice, video and data convergence on the desktop. With an entirely new form factor, the Navigator is designed to fit neatly under a flat screen monitor, making it the world's largest color display IP phone. It delivers powerful functionality and applications via a tightly knit interface to the PC world. Navigator will work in conjunction with and environments such as Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.
• Designed with large graphic displays and wideband audio, Mitel's new 5340 IP phones come with 48 customizable, soft-labeling keys. The Mitel HTML Toolkit for the 5340 IP Phones provides an easy-to-use way to create graphical phone applications using a standard web-authoring tool such as Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 to enable the phones to be easily integrated into key business processes.