<p>Offers comprehensive UC features including One Number Service, enhanced security, virtualization; establishes clear roadmap for future upgrades to Project Ansible</p><p>MUNICH and RESTON, Va. Continuing to demonstrate market momentum and leadership in converged communications, Unify, formerly known as Siemens Enterprise Communications, today introduced the latest version of its market-leading enterprise communications platform, including key enhancements and new branding, enabling enterprises to take advantage of the new way to work. The newly-released Version 7 of OpenScape 4000 - known formerly as HiPath 4000 and successfully deployed at over 25,000 customer installations in over 80 countries - includes important new features like One Number service, increased security, and improved UC integration. Unify also announced that OpenScape 4000 V7 becomes the release level that will provide customers a clear path to Project Ansible, the company's highly-anticipated next-generation communication and collaboration solution.</p><p>OpenScape 4000 is a unified communications solution for enterprises looking to increase workplace productivity and effectiveness while continuing to leverage existing investments in IP and TDM platforms. As a powerful and highly-available communications solution, it offers a rich set of endpoints, mobility choices, edge solutions, unified communications, and standards-based integration and interoperability with business-critical applications and system. With over 25 million ports in service, OpenScape 4000 is the industry's proven communications solution. Key enhancements to OpenScape 4000 V7 include:</p><p>-- One Number Service (ONS) now available on all devices, including all OpenStage TDM and IP phones, OpenScape UC soft clients, mobile clients and cordless handsets, making it easier for anywhere workers to stay connected-- Seamless integration with OpenScape UC, making it easier for users to manage their presence status and preferred device list-- Virtualization capabilities, using industry leading VMware vSphere ESXi 5, for use in data center deployments that take advantage of a virtualized architecture (private cloud) lowering total cost of ownership-- Improved security, using OpenScape Cordless Enterprise which reduces the threat of eavesdropping, by providing a new encryption key every minute, for all calls-- Leverages the full business value of the OpenScape Enterprise professional, managed and maintenance services portfolio</p><p><a href="http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/UC-Software-offers-virtualization-capabilities-20018120">Keep reading...</a></p>