Applications
The Unified Communications era
Since the needs of companies differ according to their size, Aastra
develops a range of unified applications suited to each company's
needs.
Small companies seek a competitive offer of integrated services that
are easy to manage, whereas medium and large companies wish to
have centralised, secure and quickly deployable solutions.
To facilitate the integration into an existing corporate network,
Aastra sets out to develop scalable applications based on market
standards, such as IP, SIP, Web Services, etc.
Amajor issue for companies
Your company's answering service is both your showcase and a
major element of your productivity.
The absenceof reactivityis veryoften pointed out by customers
themselves and is contrarytothe companies'search for
performance. Inan increasingly competitivemarket, your company
must be proactiveand havethe tools required tosecure customer
loyalty; assess and analyse the qualityof answering service.
Aastra offers a range of applications that enables you to optimise all
your company's answering services, thanks to Interactive Voice
Response, Contact Centre, and Attendant Console solutions.
Convergence, a guarantee of performance
In other respects, the rhythm of business continues to grow
considerably and with it the day-to-day volume of communications
(phone calls, e-mails, chat, etc.).
To keep up with this pace, it is essential to develop team work and
the convergence of office applications with communication tools.
You will thus enable your employees and partners to become more
efficient in their daily work and contribute actively to the company's
growth.
It is important to propose tools that are suited to your employees'
skill, based on their profile.
Aastra thus offers a range of solutions aimed at improving the
efficiency of your company employees, with Web Services-based
Computer TelephonyIntegration (CTI), unified and voicemail
messaging, presenceand conference management solutions.
Federate applications
Aastra Communication Portal
By making these applications accessible to employees via a
web portal, it offers them a lot of advantages:
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Universal availability and reduced installation: itinerant
workers access their applications via Internet Explorer,
and no installation is required on their PC.
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The same ergonomics for attendant console users and
contact center agents: depending on traffic, users will
temporarily be able to change from one activity to the
other without constraint.
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Integration of communication services into an existing
environment: the portal user interface is available in
packages, but also in form of a "Web Services Toolkit",
allowing these services to be integrated into a business
application or an intranet application.
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Single sign-on: portal users are declared from a single
sign-on application. You can access the applications
simply by logging on to your Windows account.
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Easy employee mobility
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Minimum maintenance and operating costs
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Enhanced employee efficiencyand productivity
Advantages of the ACP solution
Aastra Communication Portal (ACP) is a real-time, Web
Services-based communication application portal. It is
used to unify answering services (interactive voice
response, attendant consoles and contact centres), office
telephony services (conference bridge, office CTI and
unified messaging), as well as corporate web applications
(Outlook Web Access™, Web CRM application, intranet, web
search engine, etc.).
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ACP WEB PORTAL
The attendant console performance
ACP Web Attendant
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Customisable answering service
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Effective answering service quality control
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Easy deployment
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Presence management through Exchange calendar
consultation
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Amodular solution: optional integration of interactive
voice response or multimedia management
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Integration into existing applications
Advantages of the ACP Web Attendant solution
The ACP Web Attendant solution offers attendant console
functions in web client. Call distribution service can be
customised according to priorities (internal/external calls, VIP
clients, etc).
These attendant consoles have the following features, among
others:
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Easy and quick call processing / keyboard shortcut
management
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Unified access to corporate directories (internal/external
IPBX, Exchange™, Lotus Notes™, SQL, LDAP directory, etc.)
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Caller identification before off-hook
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Set supervision before transfer
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Presence management through Exchange calendar consultation, note-taking for transmission via
e-mail
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Nuisancecall qualification
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Access to existing web applications (Yellow Pages™, Outlook Web Access™, etc.)
Asolution designed for small structures …
TheAastra i2070 software application is an ideal solution for the switchboard of small companies
thatneed one to two attendant consoles. It is user-friendly and intuitive.
The richness of the Contact Center
ACP Contact Center
The ACP Contact Center is a modular multimedia contact centre
which can manage 4 to 3,000 networked agents. This solution is
based on a Server package and optional software modules meant to
enhance contact centre services.
The ACP Contact Center offers the following features:
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Distribution of calls by skills based routing
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Real-time supervision and customisable statistics
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Agent application on PC (in web or standard client mode) for
processing calls, change of activity statuses, real-time information
about the quality of answering service
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Integration of agent tools and screen pop-up in a business
application via a "Web Services"tool kit
Additional services broughtin by the optional modules:
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Identification of a client's profile via a database (routing script
module)
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Enhanced client qualification (DTMF), on-hold messages with
broadcasting of position on the queue, voicemail boxes
(interactive voice response module)
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Easy management of exceptional messages (promotional, crises
messages) thanks to Text-To-Speech
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Conversation guide for the agent
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Automatic client call-back
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Outgoing call management (telemarketing, business reminders,
etc.)
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Multimedia flow management (web, e-mails and fax)
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Unified access to corporate directories (internal/external IPBX,
Exchange™, Lotus Notes™, SQL, LDAP directory, etc.)
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Automatic or on-demand communication recording
Asolution designed for small structures …
The Aastra 5000 and Aastra X series IP communication solutions offer
an integrated ACD (Automatic Call Distribution) service for less
advanced answering service needs. This improves the quality of
answering service, thanks to the organisation of call distribution
according to opening hours and skill groups.
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Scalable and modular in terms of number of users
and functions
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Large variety of functions on one server
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Independent of agents location
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Scalable solution based on market standards
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Full IP interactive voice response
Advantages of the ACP Contact Center solution
Outside your company's opening hours, the Aastra
Interactive Voice Response solutions enable you to propose
interactive services 24 hours a day to your customers and
partners. They take over the repetitive tasks of your
attendants, thus enabling them to concentrate on more
complex tasks. These services are available through UCP
(Unified Communication Platform) and ACP Interactive
Voice Response (ACP IVR) solutions.
Inaddition to the unified and voicemail message services,
the UCP offers an optional automated attendant service,
with voice recognition, which allows your company's
employees or departments to be contacted directly.
The ACP IVR solution automates your answering service;
customers can benefit from the following services at any
moment:
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Information kiosk: broadcasting of opening hours,
consultation of film shows, promotion announcements,
telephone games, etc.
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Consultation of a database: checking a bank account,
checking the remaining credit time, etc.
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Special services for VIP customers
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Possibility for a caller to leave a message
Asolution designed for small structures …
To offer a competitive call distribution solution to small
companies, a virtual attendant is integrated into all the
Aastra X series IP communication solutions and proposes to
callers to be routed directly to your company's various
departments.
Interactive Voice Response flexibility
ACPIVR and UCP
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Rich in information and easy to update
(Text-To-Speech)
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Continuous answering service
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Improved quality of service
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Full IP interactivevoice response
Advantages of ACP and UCP Interactive Voice Response
The ACP IP ConferenceBridge solution is used toorganise
and manage audio conferences across the globe. Your
employees will thus travel less sincethey can easily organise
telephone conferences wherever they arewhile benefiting
from real-time monitoring of participants'presence.
Asimple access from Internet Explorer enables them to
organise and manage their conferences.
This serviceis available for up to64participants and offers,
among others, the following advantages:
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Confidentiality: connection to a conference is only via a
personal authentication code
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Automatic transmission of invitations: all the participants
receive a personal invitation by e-mail
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Real-time supervision, to know the list of participants
present
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Increased user-friendliness thanks to Text-To-Speech
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Unified access to the corporate directories for invitation
transmission via e-mail
User-friendly IP conferences
ACP IP Conference Bridge
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Reduced travel expenses
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Quick return on investment
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Ergonomic and user-friendly solution
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Full IP solution
Advantages of the ACP IP Conference Bridge solution
New-generation CTI
Telephony Web Portal
The Telephony Web Portal (TWP) solution is a
new-generation Computer Telephony Integration offer that
revolutionises the integration of telephony into your
information system, thanks to Web Services Technologies.
This solution comprises several software modules that offer
efficient telephony services to your employees and partners.
Thanks to its centralised and web-client-based architecture,
deployment and administrative costs are highly minimised.
Improve the efficiency of your employees with:
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TheCaller module, to intuitively and quickly make calls
from a PC using:
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Office applications through simple drag & drop or
copy-paste
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Records of sent, received and missed calls
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Aunified interface, for accessing the company's
different directories
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The Alerter module, to immediately identify a caller
before picking up a call:
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Screen pop-up, with recognition of contact through
multi-directory consultation
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Record customisation (Outlook™ contact record link,
business application, etc.)
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Easy installation, administration and
integration
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Added-value services
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Customisable solution
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Time-saving
Advantages of the TWP solution
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The Browser module, to access the different corporate
directories and display a caller's name on the phone
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The Phonemodule, to manage a telephone set
effectively and intuitively:
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Supervision/interception, sharing of queues
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Transfer/putting on hold/hold pickup/conference
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Voicemail management
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Call forwarding management
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The PhoneVOIPmodule, to transform the user's PC into a
softphone. Mobile and remote workers thus have their
complete telephone terminal on their PC, without having
to install a special software application
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The VideoShare module, to enable two TWP users to
make video calls and/or share documents
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The Statsmodule, to take call statistics
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The Rules module, to define intelligent routing rules
making it possible for calls to be routed according to user
presence status (example: forward to GSM in case of
absence)
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The Recordermodule, to record communications
automatically or on demand, based on predefined rules
Asolution designed for small structures …
The Aastra i2052 PC telephony application is designed for a
small number of users and helps improvetheir efficiency
and facilitate remote activities.
The UCP (Unified Communication Platform) solution offers
users unified communication services enabling them to
customise their answering service and manage their
messages (e-mails, fax and voice messages) as well as their
presence, from the same interface using the right terminal
at any time (e-mail, fixed telephone, GSM, web browser,
PDA, etc.).
This solution also offers computer telephony integration
services such as screen pop-up and intelligent
call-forwarding management.
Toadapt the offer to your needs, UCP is available in form of
PME, Entry and Enterprise packages, depending on the
required level of service and capacities.
In fact, the solution can be used to manage 25 to 20,000
users and 4 to 288 accesses simultaneously in a distributed
architecture.
The range of services offered includes:
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Voicemail and e-voicemail, to avoid missed calls
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Integrated and unified messaging system, to efficiently
process voice, fax and e-mail messages via a single
interface
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Presence managementsynchronised with Outlook
calendar, instantmessaging and interception of left
messages, to facilitate exchanges
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Fax management, to handle efficiently the reception of
faxes, transmission from a PC and offer unique-number
features, etc.
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Interactive Voice Response
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Remote message management via a web browser, PDA,
Pocket PC or WAP access, to give mobile workers
permanent access to their messages
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Intelligent forwarding management, so as to be
reachable at any time
Asolution designed for small structures …
In addition to ACD and IVR, voicemail is a vital component
that enhances staff efficiency. The Aastra X series IP
communication solutions, thus, offer this customisable
voice messaging service, including the e-voicemail function.
Simplicity of unified messaging
Unified Communication Platform
Advantages of the UCP solution
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Ergonomic tool
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Modular and customisable solution
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Wide range of services
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Optimised message management
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Full IP solution
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