Latest Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0 Enriches Collaboration Through a Unified Workspace

Cisco continues to deliver new products and features that extend unified communications across various workspaces for our customers. Based upon an open, inclusive, and extensible architecture
that spans from the core to the workspace, Cisco Unified Communications unify voice, video, data
and mobile applications on fixed and mobile networks. Users benefit from a media-rich collaboration experience every time, everywhere, everyone’s included.

Cisco Unified Communications Enable a Unified Workspace (Flash) This demonstration shows how you can extend the work environment beyond the desktop.

The latest Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) 7.0 enriches collaboration for customers through a unified workspace which adds to the innovation brought forth in earlier versions through a set of new key features.       1) Intelligent Video Bridge Selection Saves resources by optimizing the use of video bridge resources. CUCM 7.0 allows you to use video resources only when a configurable number of video endpoints is present in a conference - resulting in more optimal use of bandwidth.       2) Expanded SIP Compatibility A SIP-focused strategy of openness ensures that Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0 delivers interoperability and support for a host of other unified communications applications and endpoints:   • SIP support is now available for the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G and the Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Module 7914, 7915, and 7916.   • In addition to Microsoft Office Communicator and IBM Sametime, the click-to-call feature has been extended to Cisco WebEx® and Cisco WebEx Connect.   • The MobileConnect feature (single number reach) now supports URLs as a remote destination to a Microsoft Office Client.       3) Dial via Office Extends CUCM call-processing capabilities to mobile communications. With this feature, the Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator client has the same access or restrictions as a user’s desk phone. Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator sends the number over to CUCM, which calls the initiator and sets up the call to the dialed user. Calls can also be carried over the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) channel, saving mobile minutes as well as long-distance charges.