Award-winning Software Enables IBM Lotus® Sametime® Connectivity in the Office or On the Go
Plantronics
(NYSE: PLT) today announced the availability of their new software
plug-in designed specifically for IBM unified communications and
collaboration UC2 software to help organizations embrace social business
concepts.
The new integration between IBM UC2 software, Sametime and Sametime
Unified Telephony (SUT), and Plantronics provides a seamless unified
communications experience to users with intelligent, high quality, audio
and call control across a multitude of UC devices including the PC,
softphone and deskphone. This announcement illustrates Plantronics
working closely with IBM to enhance the capability of unified
communications offerings.
The software enhances productivity through new calling capabilities for
online meetings, video conferences, and PC-based calls and was named an
IBM Lotus 2011 Award finalist in the “Enhancing Business Value through
UC Solutions” category.
The Plantronics software offers the following functionality:
· Control Sametime Calls Remotely: walk, talk, and multitask with
the ability to answer/end, mute, and control call volume and manage
multiple calls remotely from the headset
· Smart Sensor™ Technology Wearing Status: Built in sensors
deliver automatic functionality like answering a call by placing the
headset on and simultaneously updating softphone availability status
· Mobile Phone Presence: Automatically changes Sametime presence
status to ‘on phone’ when on a mobile call
· Synchronized UC Presence: Updates presence status in Sametime
and Skype® PC clients
“Unified communications is helping reinvent how people work, providing a
new, seamless and transparent way of connecting,” said Caleb Barlow,
director of UC2, IBM. “UC2 done right includes all elements of
enterprise communications, including voice, instant messaging, video,
and of course the highest quality of audio, which is typically derived
from headsets. UC2 is helping organizations take one step closer to
becoming a social business — one that embraces networks of people to get
real work done.”
Please visit the Plantronics strategic
IBM Partner site to hear more from Caleb Barlow about the IBM and
Plantronics relationship, and how the two companies are working together
to advance the UC experience.
“The Plantronics software built expressly for IBM Sametime now has new
autosensing capabilities with our Voyager® Pro UC Bluetooth® headset for
use on the softphone and mobile phone,” said Michael Gjerstad, vice
president of Strategic Partnerships at Plantronics. “We focus on making
the collaboration application more social and more intelligent by
providing headsets capable of sensing the user’s availability and
reporting that information directly back to Sametime. Additionally, this
new software will integrate with Plantronics’ Savi® wireless headsets
and solutions within the company’s new product portfolio,” continued
Gjerstad.
Plantronics will reveal the new product portfolio on May 18, 2011 during
the company’s 50th anniversary celebration and live webcast featuring
Jeff Schick, VP of Social Software at IBM. The live webcast will take
place at 10 am EST and will be broadcasted from the New York Stock
Exchange. To view the webcast, please visit www.plantronics.com/launch
Download the free Plantronics Plug-in v2 for IBM Lotus Sametime: www.plantronics.com/ibmuc,
Visit Plantronics
Unified Communications for more information about UC-ready products.
Plantronics, Savi and Voyager are registered trademarks and Smart
Sensor is a trademark of Plantronics, Inc. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
