iscoord announces official interoperability certification of its is-phone UC software client portfolio with Metaswitch Networks

Best of breed UC softphone clients now available for Metaswitch customers

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND and ALAMEDA, USA. March 9, 2011 – iscoord ag, a leading provider of award-winning Unified Communications (UC) software clients, and Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of carrier systems and communications software solutions, announce is-phone SIP phone product line has successfully completed interoperability testing with Metaswitch and is now Partner Certified. is-phone products enable Metaswitch’s customers to leverage their enterprise-class telephony capabilities with UC softphone clients seamlessly integrated in their company business tools like Lotus Notes/Sametime or Outlook/Messenger, to benefit from important TCO savings, higher productivity and simpler communication.

Full press release with quote (pdf)

is-phone finalist for IBM Lotus Awards 2011 and officially certified with BroadWorks

is-phone selected as finalist for Lotus Award "Business Value through Social Business" and interoperable with BroadWorks platform, enabling HD video conferencing & full CTI support for all OS

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND. January 29, 2011 - The IBM Lotus Award 2011 jury for the category "Demonstrating Business Value through Social Business" has nominated iscoord ag, a leading provider of award-winning Unified Communications (UC) clients, as finalist. The Award nomination includes the new is-phone Assistant for BroadWorks Lotus Edition. iscoord's is-phone solution is certified by BroadSoft and currently the only IBM Lotus Notes and Lotus Sametime softphone plug-in with full CTI support for the BroadWorks platform. Users can make/receive calls and control their hardphone or any other device supported by is-phone like e.g. iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Android mobile phones with the is-phone plug-in and is-phone Assistant add-on.

Full press release (pdf) including quotes:
www.iscoord.com/fileadmin/documents/press_releases/is-phone-PR-Finalist-BroadWorks-Jan2011-E.pdf

Data sheet is-phone plug-in for IBM Lotus Notes/Sametime:
www.iscoord.com/fileadmin/documents/datasheets/is-phone-Lotus_Notes_8-Sametime_8-Plug_In-data-sheet.pdf

Data sheet is-phone Assistant for BroadWorks Lotus Edition/Portable:
www.iscoord.com/fileadmin/documents/datasheets/is-phone-Assistant-BroadWorks-Lotus_Portable_Edition-data-sheet-V2_0.pdf

Free trial download of is-phone plug-in for IBM Lotus Notes/Sametime:
www.iscoord.com/downloads/download-is-phone-plug-in-8-5.html

is-phone Lite for iPhone/iPad/iPhone Touch available as free download

iscoord launched is-phone Lite for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, a full featured UC client softphone/VoIP application. is-phone Lite can be use with SIP-based IP PBXs and IMS platformes e.g. from 3Com/HP, Alcatel, Asterisk, Avaya, Broadsoft, Cisco, Metaswitch, Siemens, openSER etc. and is available as free downoad in the iTunes App store.

is-phone Lite is the free version of the is-phone for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch Enterprise version (availabe in the iTunes App store for US$9.99).

A comparison of the Enterpise and the Lite version can be found on the second page of the is-phone for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch data sheet.

iscoord launches first enterprise-grade UC client for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch

is-phone for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch v2.0 featuring business-class features and integrates in existing corporate IP telephony environments

iscoord ag, a leading provider of award-winning Unified Communications (UC) clients, announces the availability of the new UC client is-phone for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch v2.0 that interoperates with all leading IP PBXs and IMS platforms. It represents the only enterprise-class softphone for all Apple mobile devices and is available in the iTunes App Store for US$9.99. A free Lite version will be launched beginning 2011 with restricted functionalities.

• Pess release (pdf): English / German
• Data sheet (pdf)
• More information on our website
• More information on the iTunes website
• is-phone in the App Store

Forrester: SMBs increasing UC engagement

According to the latest Forrester report, 88% of North American and European SMBs will increase the deployment and use of unified communications technologies.

Forrester: UC is a high priority

According to a new report from Forrester, UC is a high priority for companies:

• For 11%, implement/expand UC is critical and for 40% it is a high priority
• For 12%, IP videoconferencing is critical and for 40% it is a high priority
• 43% have implemented/are implementing, expanding or piloting UC
• 12% are planning UC projects in the next 12 months
• 43% are planning UC projects in the next 12 or more months
• Only 3% are not interested in UC

NetworkWorld: 70% increase deployment of softphones

According to NetworkWorld, 70% of companies are increasing their deployment of softphones, while only 18% of firms have no plans to deploy softphones of any kind.

Softphones are now becoming commonplace and are mainly used in the following 3 ways:

- Replacement of desktop phones
- For teleworkers for whom provisioning a dedicated desktop phone is cost prohibitive
- For traveling workers, such as salespeople and service professionals, to provide telephony services via laptops and to decrease mobile phone costs.

Main users:

- Mobile and home workers
- Hoteling workers
- Workers in temporary locations (e.g. customer's site)
- Contact-center and support personnel