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SAN JOSE, Calif. – November 15, 2005 – Ascendent Systems, a leading voice mobility solutions provider, today announced that its Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite features the extended presence capabilities of the Jabber Extensible Communications Platform (XCP). As part of the invitation-only Jabber, Inc. Strategic Technology Partner Program, Ascendent added a “click-to-call” application enabling Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite users to initiate calls and chats with individuals and groups from within Jabber XCP.
Through the Strategic Technology Partner Program, Ascendent and Jabber, Inc. are committed to joint development and marketing efforts around the presence-enabled features of the Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite solution. Extended presence has emerged in the enterprise to represent a set of variables such as location, availability, capability, and role. Embedded within existing infrastructures such as the Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite, presence data enables organizations to route the right information, to the right people, at the right time as part of a real-time architecture.
“By working with Jabber, Inc., Ascendent delivers enhanced presence functionality to The Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite customers,” said Theron Dodson, vice president of marketing at Ascendent Systems. “This key partnership makes strides in Ascendent’s goal to proliferate enterprise voice mobility with any device throughout businesses, universities, government, retail, and hospitals, among others – essentially all industries in which accessibility to employees directly affects daily operations.”
“Joining Jabber, Inc.’s Strategic Technology Partner Program underscores Ascendent’s commitment to ensuring mission-critical business continuity by advancing enterprise voice mobility,” said Rick Emery, vice president of business development at Jabber, Inc. “Ascendent is a member of the program because it is aggressively pursuing the development of interoperable, extensible, and flexible communications solutions for the market.”
The Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite converges wireless and wireline devices with single number reachability and consolidated voicemail allowing users to respond to customers and crises immediately, regardless of location or device. It extends the identity and functionality of the corporate deskphone (PBX) – such as conferencing, notification, hold, transfer, and enterprise dialtone – to any device a user chooses. The new presence integration, click-to-call, and click-to-conference applications allow users to initiate a phone conversation or a conference call with other users included on the enterprise Jabber XCP roster, which can be extended and federated with the rosters/directories of trusted trading partners. The click-to-call application rounds out an extensive list of functions offered in the Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite and is part of a new set of presence-based applications being incorporated into the solution.
Jabber, Inc. is a leading provider of real-time presence and messaging solutions. More than seven million users—representing hundreds of telecommunications carriers/operators, financial institutions, government agencies, higher education institutions, logistics companies, and other organizations—have licensed the Jabber XCP commercial server to underpin carrier-class real-time, presence-powered applications including desktop and wireless IM for enterprises and consumers, real-time trading systems, and government intelligence systems. The JabberNow IM appliance is targeted to small and medium businesses, that require secure, interoperable, and compliant business-class IM. Jabber Inc., a 2005 EContent 100 Award Finalist and a 2005 Red Herring 100 Award Finalist, counts Arcelor, AT&T, BellSouth, CapWIN, EDS, FedEx, France Telecom, HP, Lehman Brothers, McKesson, Orange, Portugal Telecom, and Wanadoo amongst its customers. Jabber, Inc.’s investors include France Telecom, Intel Capital, Intel's strategic investing arm, Jona, Inc., and Webb Interactive Services, Inc.
For more information: http://www.jabber.com
Ascendent Systems is the premier provider of enterprise voice mobility solutions that allow companies to be more responsive to customers and crisis by giving them the power to reach anyone, anywhere, immediately. The Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite of applications provides single number reachability, real-time notification and conferencing, and voice continuity. These solutions allow users to automatically extend the identity and functionality of their business desk phone to any other device. Partnered with major mobile carrier and infrastructure providers, Ascendent has solutions deployed in Fortune 500 corporations across many industry verticals including manufacturing, finance, healthcare, government, hospitality, and education. Ascendent is a privately held company headquartered in San Jose, CA. For more information: http://www.ascendentsystems.com
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