NEC Strengthens SMB Leadership with Role-Enabled Communications

IRVING, TX, March 12, 2008 — NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. launches a new set of solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB). NEC’s new solutions provide enterprise-class, unified communications (UC) and VoIP features designed to help improve work efficiency and information availability.

NEC’s new SMB solutions are anchored by the SV8100 and SV8300 communications servers. When either of these is combined with our UC for Business single-server UC application and revolutionary new IP and digital terminals, businesses can change the way they communicate..

“NEC’s complete SMB portfolio extends our long-standing leadership in this market by providing our customers with advanced yet intuitive functionality normally found at the enterprise level,” said Jeff Kane, president of NEC Unified Solutions. “We provide our SMB customers with a solid infrastructure and advanced applications to help unify their business communications based on the role that each employee plays.”

The SMB offerings are available through the NEC Associate Dealer network as well as direct from NEC.  These solutions include the following:

Unified Infrastructure

•  SV8100  and SV8300  are robust, feature-rich communications servers that are scalable to meet a growing business’s needs. Supported features and applications include calling number and name display, conferencing, soft keys, voicemail, unified messaging, speed dialing and automatic call distribution (ACD), as well as support for hospitality management features, wireless handsets and softphones.
  
  Both solutions support UC for Business, NEC’s robust, single-server UC application. In addition, the SV8300 supports the UC for Enterprise suite of applications for larger deployments demanding even more advanced functionality. On both models, the Windows®-based PC Pro troubleshooting tool provides online HTML-based programming access for centralized management and allows administrators to manage terminals, schedule maintenance and firmware updates, moves, adds or changes remotely.
  
  The SV8000 Series offers unique networking features, Netlink for the 8100 and Remote Link for the 8300, that enables the communication servers to function alone or in a network and extends a business’s reach to its remote offices while providing increased efficiency, enhanced security and feature transparency – regardless of the primary unit’s physical location. 
  
  
• DT700/DT300 terminal series includes a new family of IP and digital terminals that move the standard desktop phone to the next level with an extensive feature set and modular design. The terminals provide:
• scalability and customization;
• SIP support;
• investment protection;
• XML open interface support;
• intuitive interfaces; and productivity-enhancing features such as menu-driven soft key functions and easy-access function keys.

The revolutionary modular design allows for up to 8,000 combinations to fit almost any business’s needs or personalization requirements.