Unified Messaging (or UM) is the integration of different streams of messages (e-mail, Fax, voice, video, etc.) into a single in-box, accessible from a variety of different devices. It differs from simple multimedia email in that UM systems typically try to integrate telephone-based voicemail as well, and to make the UM mailbox accessible from a conventional or cellular phone.
Unified Messaging was expected by many in the telecommunications industry to be a popular product, first augmenting and eventually replacing voicemail. UM systems were expected to take advantage of the ubiquity of personal computers, and eventually of smartphones and 3G networks. However, UM was slow to gain consumer acceptance, and UM vendors such as Lucent and Comverse were badly hit when the slowdown in the telecommunications industry in 2001 made carriers wary of spending large amounts of money on technology with little proven consumer demand.
Today, UM solutions are increasingly accepted in the corporate environment. The aim of deploying UM solutions generally is to enhance workflows and improve processes as well as services. UM solutions targeting professional end-user customers integrate into the existing IT infrastructure, i. e. into CRM, ERP and mail systems (e. g. Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, SAP, etc.)
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Active Voice Inc. - Inserts voice mail, email and fax in your Lotus Notes mailbox.
Adomo - Offer voicemail, applications, and unified communications solutions that enable organizations to migrate to VoIP and wireless technologies.
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Advanced Computer Software - Produce Internet e-mail, fax and telex communications software, for all variants of Unix, Linux and Microsoft Windows 95/98.
Meta Description: [ We produce Internet e-mail, fax and telex communications software, for all variants of Unix, Linux and Microsoft Windows. ]
Artix BroadsWord - Voice, fax, email, pager, and SMS message broadcasting system for any type of users notification.
Meta Description: [ Any type of broadcasting will allow you to send notification messages to users by all communication means. ]
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Australian Unified Services - Provides fax and SMS text messaging solutions for radio, TV and general business
Avanquest UK - Supplier of communication software solutions, offering expert advice and client support in the field of server based enterprise messaging.
Black Ice Software - Messaging products, including voice and fax application development tools
Meta Description: [ Fax, Voice and Imaging development tools and applications. Free Demo Downloads ]
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blue-silicon - Provides SunONE (iPlanet) based hosted email, voice mail, fax mail, SMS, calendar, and unified messaging solutions.
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Call Sciences, Inc. - VocalLink is the unified messaging and information management solution.
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Calltech Communications Inc. - Provides unified messaging solutions
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CenterSpan Communications Corporation - Develops and markets internet software products based on three cutting-edge technologies developed for instant voice and text messaging and collaborative information sharing between users on different computers. (Nasdaq: CSCC).
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CGI Systems - Windows based fax, telex, email, IATA refiler server and client. Formerly known as Message Director.
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CityComm - Legally recognized method of sending an electronic message by either fax or electronic.
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Comtel Technologies Inc. - Computer Telephony Systems for corporations and system intergrators
CorTec Europe - Unifying all areas of business and communications in a simple zero-maintenance package.
Coteng - Messaging solutions and software development
Despatches - E-mail solutions from co-located and on-site mail servers to outsourced mail provision and feature rich hosted e-mail with webmail, SMS and fax options.
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Esnatech - Unified messaging solution provider
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International Engineering Consortium - On-line tutorial on unified messaging. Also provides definitions, overviews and a self test plus topical links.
ITC - Unified messaging solution provider
Lane Group - Fax server, e-mail server, telex server, ISP fax, NT, Bank Testkey
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Matrix Maricom - Providing the latest in messaging solutions to the Maritime industry in the Indian Subcontinent and neighbouring countries.
Mpathix Inc. - Provides an open, extensible, standards compliant, unified messaging service node.
OAZ Communications - Fax, Email, and telephony solution provider
System Solutions - Provider of unified message and fax server; also provides voice and telex solutions
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Telcordia - Unified Messaging: voicemail, e-mail, and fax mail through common interfaces.
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Telekol - Unified messaging server provider
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The Open Group - Association for the eBusiness and messaging industries. Provides on-line magazines, toolkits, events and discussion forums on messaging standards and interoperability.
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The Unified View - Unified messaging resource providing white papers, events, reports, editorials and press releases relating to the UM market place.
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TOPCALL Australia Pty Ltd. - Providers of Unified Communications systems incorporating a choice of fax-server, voice-mail, IVR, CTI, SMS, SMTP modules. Fully supports all business applications such as Notes, Exchange, GroupWise, Cisco, and SAP.
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TOPCALL Unified Communications (Spain) - Providers of Unified Communications systems incorporating a choice of fax-server, voice-mail, IVR, CTI, SMS, SMTP modules. Fully supports all business applications such as Notes, Exchange, GroupWise, Cisco, and SAP.
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UniExchange - Integrate email, voice mail, faxing and paging with one affordable software application.
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Voice Mobility - Develops unified communication software -- bringing together voice mail, email, and fax into a single unified mailbox accessible via one unified phone number.
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Voxsurf - Email, VoiceMail, Unified communications, VoiceSMS integrated voice applications.
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