News release: Octel Unified Messenger continues to rack up industry
awards; Octel Unified Messenger
receives best Email/Voice Mail
integration product award at
NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas
show
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE) via Individual Inc. -- Octel
Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:OCTL), the world's
largest provider of voice messaging solutions, announced today
that Octel Unified Messenger was given Network Computing's
Well-Connected Award for best Email and Voicemail integration
product.
The product was chosen for its innovative single message store,
single directory, and single administration, the only truly unified
messaging systems on the market today. The award is the third
such industry award that Octel Unified Messenger received since
announcing the product in February.
Well-Connected Award winners were announced at a special
dinner held by Network Computing at the NetWorld+Interop
show in Las Vegas. Octel Unified Messenger will be highlighted
in the May 1 issue of Network Computing and also on Network
Computing Online at networkcomputing.com . Octel
Unified Messenger previously won top ranking in a competitive
evaluation of unified messaging type products in Network
Computing's March 15 issue, the only unified messaging product
to score an "A-".
Octel Unified Messenger is the first application to combine voice
and electronic-mail messaging in a way that benefits both the
end-user and the systems administrator. While today many
network administrators manage several separate systems (voice
mail, e-mail, LAN and WAN), Octel's open client/server solution
combines voice mail and e-mail into a single system sharing a
common directory, administrative application, and message
storage platform, reducing the overall cost of ownership. The first
version of the product works with Microsoft Exchange, a
Microsoft Windows NT-based client/server messaging platform
that is gaining widespread acceptance.
"Our Network Computing editors worked at length to research
and test the best products in the networking arena," said Patricia
Schnaidt, editor-in-chief, CMP's Network Computing. According
to Schnaidt, "the products singled out in the Well-Connected
Awards are unique because they are not a measure of popularity
-- they are quality products tested over a networked enterprise
firsthand by editors themselves. So we know that Octel Unified
Messenger is truly an innovative solution."
About Network Computing
CMP Media's Network Computing (
networkcomputing.com) serves Network Technology
Drivers twice-monthly. Through its Real-World Labs(TM),
Network Computing delivers solutions for the networked
enterprise in print and online.
About Octel
Octel is the voice messaging company. Its worldwide leadership
extends to over 70 countries and includes more than 40 million
Octel mailboxes. The company holds numerous patents, including
the pioneering patents in voice mail, automated attendant and
unified messaging. Octel's products are bought and used by
businesses of all sizes, governments, educational institutions,
telephone companies and cellular service providers.
Octel is also the world's largest outsourcer of voice mail,
providing a wide range of outsourcing services to phone
companies and businesses. Founded in 1982, the company is
headquartered in Milpitas. It has development centers in
California, Florida, Texas, the U.K., France and Israel, and major
operations centers in California and Texas.
Additional information is available at octel.com . For
copies of recent Octel press releases, call 800/76-OCTEL
Note to Editors: Octel Unified Messenger is a registered trademark
of Octel Communications Corporation.
CONTACT: Octel Public Relations | Kelli Harris, 408/324-2605 |
kelli.harris@octel.com | Octel Investor Relations | Greg Klaben,
408/324-6571 | gregory.klaben@octel.com | or | Fleishman-Hillard |
Donna Hicks, 202/828-8813 | hicksd@fleishman.com
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