In the news release, BroadSoft and Microsoft Bring Unified Communications
to Businesses of All Sizes, issued yesterday, October 7, by BroadSoft Inc.
over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the headline should read,
BroadSoft Brings Unified Communications to Businesses of All Sizes with
Microsoft Software. Complete corrected release follows:
BroadSoft Brings Unified Communications to Businesses of All Sizes with
Microsoft Software
Integrated telephony, desktop applications eliminate traditional equipment and
support costs.
GAITHERSBURG, Md. and REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Today
BroadSoft Inc., a leading provider of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)
application software, and Microsoft Corp. announced the general availability
of a hosted unified communications service for business from BroadSoft, based
on Microsoft software.
By providing the advantages of hosted software plus services, BroadSoft
and Microsoft enable businesses of all sizes to decrease infrastructure costs,
improve productivity, and enhance communications integrated with their
applications and processes. Unified communications integrates communication
options such as instant messaging, e-mail, phone and video. It also enhances
business processes by integrating communications features with business
process software, including customer relationship management, accounting and
enterprise resource planning.
'Our combined hosted unified communications solution is moving the market
to a new era where voice, data and video are seamlessly integrated, which
allows service providers to bring to market next-generation communication
services to their customers,' said Michael Tessler, CEO and president of
BroadSoft. 'This solution also delivers productivity benefits for small and
medium-sized businesses and large businesses by integrating telephony and
desktop applications without the carrying costs of premise equipment and
support.'
Built on the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration
(HMC) version 4.5 and integrated with BroadSoft's BroadWorks business
telephony platform, the unified communications offering helps improve the
efficiency of how employees communicate, increasing productivity across all
functional areas.
'Today's announcement with BroadSoft is another step in Microsoft's
software plus services strategy to provide customers with the power of choice
for their cloud computing initiatives,' said Alex Danyluk, industry director,
global telecom business for the Communications Sector at Microsoft. 'With a
hosted solution, service providers have the opportunity to offer small and
medium-sized businesses powerful productivity tools often only available to
larger corporations.'
About BroadSoft(R)
BroadSoft provides VoIP application software that enables the delivery of
hosted telephony and multimedia services. Its award-winning flagship
BroadWorks(R) technology empowers wireless, wireline and cable carriers to
deliver next-generation voice and multimedia applications and advanced
features that enable them to increase revenue, enhance competitive
differentiation and elevate customer satisfaction. BroadSoft's family of
carrier-class software products delivers the scale, open architecture and
reliability that the world's leading telecommunications companies demand to
serve mission-critical enterprise and residential broadband customers.
BroadSoft provides VoIP applications to seven of the top 10 and 13 of the top
25 largest carriers worldwide, as measured by recent annual revenue, including
Korea Telecom, KPN, SingTel, Sprint, Telefonica de Espana, Telstra, T-Systems,
and Verizon. For additional information, go to www.BroadSoft.com .
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq 'MSFT') is the worldwide leader in
software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their
full potential.
SOURCE BroadSoft Inc.
