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NEC Announces UNIVERGE(R) OW5000 Application Platform for Developer Partners

Posted on: Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 12:00 CDT

NEC Unified Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of VoIP and data communications, today announced its UNIVERGE® OW5000 platform, for developers in NEC's UNIVERGE Solutions Partner Program, to assist with the development of customized applications and business solutions. The OW5000 application platform actively promotes interoperability with NEC products and systems, allowing partners to develop and integrate with third-party applications.

The OW5000 application platform is a core component of NEC's VoIP and developer strategy, providing support for existing networks and simplifying application development and deployment. The platform supports Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) development with web services for converged voice and data networks, and contains open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) developers can use to integrate NEC's UNIVERGE SV7000, SV7000 Multiple Purpose System (MPS) and NEAX® IPS Controller IP telephony servers with their applications.

"NEC's OW5000 application platform provides us with the resources to develop innovative applications that meet the demands of our customers," said David Hattey, president and CEO of FirstHand Technologies. "As organizations' increasingly demand more robust, customized mobility applications, OW5000 gives us the ability to tailor our solutions and tightly integrate them with NEC's current solutions to meet customers' unique needs."

"Today's landscape is changing and we see customers who want to extend the applications from the desk phone to a PC and even to a mobile device," said Paul Lopez, general manager, Marketing and Services at NEC Unified Solutions. "By providing application interoperability with the OW5000 platform, we are demonstrating our commitment to VoIP industry standards, and offering our customers the ability to customize applications to meet their business needs."

The OW5000 platform's open API allows organizations to integrate Microsoft's Live Communication Server 2005 with any NEC UNIVERGE SV7000, SV7000 Multi-purpose System (MPS) and IPX IP telephony server. It also includes a variety of application services and programming interfaces that provide tools to support advanced application development.

About UNIVERGE Partner Program

Through its UNIVERGE Solutions Partner Program, NEC proactively works with third party suppliers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to tailor products and services to meet a customer's specific needs. In addition, partners are afforded NEC global telecommunications resources. The program accredits, promotes and manages all aspects of partner engagement and works to provide partners with a range of API specifications to support interoperability with NEC UNIVERGE products. Developers also have access to a wide range of presence and status information. The UNIVERGE Solutions Partner Program currently includes more than 150 global partners.

The OW5000 platform is available immediately for developers enrolled in NEC's UNIVERGE Solutions Partner Program. For more information and developer support, please visit www.necunifiedsolutions.com/main/Partners/ParPartnersMain.asp

About NEC Unified Solutions, Inc.

NEC Unified Solutions Inc., a global leader in VoIP and data communications for the enterprise and small-medium business, delivers the industry's most innovative suite of products, applications and services that help customers achieve business value through technology. NEC Unified Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation of America, offers a complete portfolio of solutions for wireless, unified communications, voice, data and management services, and an open migration path to protect investments. NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. serves Fortune 1000 customers across the globe in vertical markets such as hospitality, education, government and healthcare. For more information, visit www.necunified.com.

UNIVERGE and NEAX are registered trademark of NEC Corporation

Source: Business Wire

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