Fruits of a partnership

From the Netherlands, NEC Philips Unified Solutions today launched a new portfolio of unified communication solutions based on Microsoft Live Communication Server; the product represents the fruits of the partnership between NEC Philips Unified Solutions and Microsoft and integrates NEC Philips overall IP and TDM communication offering with Microsoft’s solutions based around LCS, Sharepoint and CRM.

With this launch, NEC Philips Unified Solutions claims it can now offer a completely unified concept integrating all communication channels including IM, telephony, conferencing, video, e-mail, and presence management. The NEC solution can be extended with operator, contact center, CRM and workflow applications in combination with SIP-DECT and GSM messaging. The concept has been promised to be customizable for any given customer front- and back-office environments, assuring directory integration and enabling single point of management.

Established in 2006 as a joint venture of NEC Corporation and Royal Philips Electronics, NEC Philips Unified Solutions company boasts a half-century of providing communication systems, applications, networks and services to customers worldwide. NEC Philips Unified Solutions is headquartered in Hilversum, the Netherlands. NEC Corporation is one of the world’s largest internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions providers. NEC specializes in tailored solutions in computer, networking and electron devices. The NEC Group currently employs more than 140,000 people worldwide and had net sales of approximately US $41.2 billion for fiscal year 2006.