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Cisco Unified Communications solutions provide powerful new ways to collaborate with coworkers, partners, vendors and customers using an array of comprehensive voice, video, conferencing, and messaging experiences. Unified Communications solutions provide the following capabilities:

  • Conferencing
  • Customer care
  • IP Communications
  • Messaging
  • Mobile Applications

Cisco Unified Communications solutions connect people with the information and expertise they need, whether they're inside or outside corporate firewalls. They make it possible to improve productivity, accelerate innovation, build competitive advantage, and quickly adapt to market changes.


Conferencing

Take full advantage of the industry's best voice, video, and web solutions. Give your workforce conferencing experiences that are compelling, productive, and cost-effective with these conferencing offerings:

  • Cisco WebEx Meeting Center: Meet online in real time. Eliminate borders, work together, and reduce the time to project completion.
  • Cisco WebEx Training Center: Provide a dynamic learning environment for employees, customers, and stakeholders with the online classroom. Take advantage of real-time testing and grading, automated attendance, instant feedback tools, assessment tracking, breakout sessions, and hands-on labs.
  • Cisco WebEx Event Center: Promote your business, products, and services with webinars or corporate meetings. Produce fully interactive online events, complete with personalized invitations, metrics tracking, and on-demand playback.
  • Cisco Unified MeetingPlace: Integrate voice, video, and web conferencing with this premises-based conferencing solution. Audio conferencing for WebEx meetings lets you combine the cost-savings advantages of on-premises audio with the productivity benefits of WebEx web conferencing.
  • Cisco Unified Videoconferencing: Enhance collaboration and reduce travel with this high-definition (HD) videoconferencing solution. It provides advanced video for WebEx Meetings and standards-based SD and HD interoperability between Cisco TelePresence and other standards-based, HD video systems.
  • Cisco WebEx Node for ASR 1000 Series: Enjoy enhanced performance for web meetings, VoIP, and video sessions in a large enterprise.

Table 5. Cisco Conferencing Solutions

Product Number of Concurrent Users Connectivity Video Collaboration Meeting Setup Options
Cisco WebEx Web Conferencing Varies by product:
  • Meeting Center: Up to 100
  • Event Center: Up to 3000
  • Training Center: Up to 1000
  • Support Center: Up to 10 remote support sessions.
  • Additional capacity available for all services
Runs for the Cisco WebEx Collaboration Cisco Voice options available: IP, public switched telephone network (PSTN), and VoIP Yes Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, smartphones; WebEx,Meetings can be started from supported browsers, smartphones, Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace conferencing, Cisco TelePresence and Cisco WebEx Connect and other Instant Messaging clients Additional system requirements
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Conferencing
  • 1500 voice conferencing
  • 1000 web conferencing
  • 300 video conferencing
(varies by product version)
Time-division multiplexing (TDM) and IP options (varies by product version) Yes Web, phones, Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Cisco Unified Personal Communicator and other unified communications clients, Cisco WebEx interfaces, and web services
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express
  • 20 to 200 voice conferencing
  • 6 to 200 web and video conferencing
IP only (TDM with gateway) Yes Web, phones, Cisco Unified Personal Communicator, and Microsoft Outlook
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express VT 40 IP only Yes (initiated from Skinny Client Control Protocol [SCCP] endpoints and Cisco Unified Personal Communicator) Impromptu meetings only
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Single multipoint control unit (MCU) supports up to Single multipoint control unit (MCU) supports up to 30 HD and 120 SD video connections; also supports auto-cascading of multiple MCUs for greater scalability IP and ISDN (through gateway) Yes Web, Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, and DTMF when used with Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager

Customer Care

Get closer to customers. Increase customer loyalty and satisfaction with these winning solutions that proactively connect customers with the information, expertise, and support they need:

  • Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise: Deliver state-of-the-art contact center capabilities over an IP infrastructure. Enterprise-class capabilities include intelligent contact routing, call treatment, network-to-desktop computer telephony integration (CTI), and multi-channel contact management.
  • Cisco Unified Contact Center Express: Deliver sophisticated call routing and contact management capabilities with this solution, which is ideal for mid-market, enterprise branch, or corporate departments--for both formal and informal contact centers. It supports up to 300 agents.
  • Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal: Provide award-winning speech and video-enabled self-service to callers. Calls are handled at the most efficient location. It includes support for speech recognition with intelligent application development to deliver personalized self-service in a standalone interactive voice response (IVR) system or transparently integrated with the contact center.
  • Cisco Unified Expert Advisor: Improve first-call resolution and increase customer satisfaction by allowing presence-enabled knowledge workers to handle incoming customer calls. Formal agents can transfer the caller to experts or engage in a three-way conference with the caller. Experts can be deployed without any formal agents in the call flow.
  • Cisco Unified Contact Center Hosted: This solution provides a centralized contact center infrastructure that can deliver services to various divisions or satellite offices of enterprise customers.
  • Cisco Unified Intelligence Center: Unified Intelligence Center allows you to extend the boundaries of traditional contact center reporting to an information portal where data can be integrated from multiple sources and shared throughout your organization.
  • Cisco Unified IP Interactive Voice Response (IP IVR): This integral component of the Cisco Unified Communications system provides an open and extensible, foundation with a comprehensive feature set for the creation and delivery of self-service voice applications.

Table 6. Cisco Customer Care Solutions

Product Number of Agents Multisite Support TDM Integration Redundancy
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Up to 300 Yes No Yes in Version 5.0(0)
Yes in Version 7.0(0)
Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Unlimited Yes Yes (through Cisco Unified Contact Center Peripheral Gateway and Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management) Yes
Cisco Unified Contact Center Hosted Unlimited Yes Yes (through Cisco Unified Contact Center Peripheral Gateway and Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management) Yes

Table 7. Other Cisco Customer Care Solutions

Product Features
Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management Enterprise
  • Offers call routing and CTI
  • Provides real-time feeds with agent status and queues at each site
  • Provides intelligent routing while the call is still in the PSTN
Cisco Unified Intelligence Center
  • Provides a state-of-the-art, open reporting platform; a secure 360-degree view of the contact center; and the ability to drill into individual contact details at any level
  • Offers real-time and historical reports and dashboards with flexible presentation options, including interactive grids, graphs, charts, gauges, XSL Transformations (XSLT), and published Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds
  • Enables integration of third-party data (ACD, workforce management, quality management, Internet, etc.)
Cisco Unified IP IVR
  • Offers an open, extensible, and full-featured foundation for the creation and delivery of IVR applications
Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal
  • Provides intelligent, personalized voice and video self-service
  • Works with Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise or as a standalone system for unassisted IVR
  • Helps enable self-service and queuing to occur at the most efficient location(s) on the network
  • Is speech-enabled with Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) solutions from the leading vendors
Cisco Unified Expert Advisor
  • Improves first-call resolution and increases customer satisfaction by allowing subject matter experts anywhere in the enterprise to handle incoming customer calls
  • Can be deployed with Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise or in standalone fashion -- without any formal agents in the call flow

IP Communications

Cisco has a full suite of IP communications solutions and endpoints that let you extend consistent communications services to employees in all workspaces, whether they are on a main campus, at branch offices, or working remotely.

Cisco call-processing solutions have received stellar marks from users who give high ratings to voice quality, network integration, and interoperability. Call processing solutions include:

  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager: This centralized, server-based solution provides enterprise-class IP telephony call-processing. It supports up to 30,000 users per cluster and is ideal for mid-sized businesses and large enterprises.
  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition: This version of Cisco Unified Communications Manager serves as an aggregation server, pulling together devices and applications. It supports up to 20,000 concurrent sessions and is ideal for mid- and large-size organizations.
  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition: This solution contains voice, messaging, mobility, and video capabilities integrated as an all in one system on a single server. It offers low total cost of ownership for medium-sized businesses with up to 500 users and 20 sites.
  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express: This solution provides call processing for Cisco Unified IP Phones as part of a converged voice and data solution empowered by a Cisco router. It supports up to 300 users for single site small businesses or distributed enterprise branch offices.
  • Cisco Intercompany Media Engine: This solution provides a revolutionary way for organizations to extend their Cisco Unified Communications experience to their business partners or customers. It supports up to 20,000 users per server and is ideal for all size organizations.
  • Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST): This solution provides router-based, multi-feature call processing redundancy for centralized Unified Communications Manager and Unified Communications Manager Business Edition deployments. It supports up to 1200 users and is ideal for branch offices and remote site teleworkers.
  • Cisco Smart Business Communications System: All-in-one voice, data, video, and security solution can be centralized for small businesses or distributed in branch offices.

Table 1. Cisco Call-Processing Solutions

Product Number of Users Distributed or Centralized Redundancy Server or Router Based
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Up to 30,000 per cluster Centralized: up to 100 can be combined in a single system Yes Server
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition Up to 20,000 concurrent sessions Distributed architecture Yes Server
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition Up to 500 Centralized No (You can use Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony [SRST] locally at headquarters and remote sites to back up your Cisco Unified IP Phones.) Server
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express Up to 250, depending on selection of Cisco Integrated Services Router Centralized for single-site small businesses or distributed in branch offices Yes Router
Cisco Intercompany Media Engine Up to 20,000 per server - can stack servers Distributed architecture Yes Server
Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST) Up to 730, depending on series of Cisco Integrated Services Router Deployed in branch offices to provide remote-site backup in a centralized architecture Yes Router
Cisco Smart Business Communications System (SBCS) Eight to 104 users, depending on desktop or rack-mounted version Centralized for small businesses or distributed in branch offices No Appliance


IP Phones

Cisco provides an impressive array of user-friendly, full-featured unified IP phones that can meet the needs of your entire organization. These industry-leading IP endpoints provide an exceptional communications experience and advanced collaborative services. Cisco Unified IP Phones include:

  • Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3900 Series These affordable, flexible, scalable, entry-voice endpoints are well-suited for settings with low to moderate voice communications usage, such as lobbies, cubicles, classrooms, laboratories, manufacturing floors, hallways, and retail environments.
  • Cisco Unified IP Phone 6900 Series : These user-friendly, eco-friendly, budget-friendly business voice endpoints deliver full-featured voice communication services with a simple, ergonomic design. They serve a wide range of business needs for lighter activity users, moderately active users, and highly active users.
  • Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series: If your business requires high-definition voice (HD voice), vibrant color displays, Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, and more than basic support for endpoint applications, these advanced business endpoints are for you. They provide large LCD screens, enhanced graphics, and more information for better business value.
  • Cisco Unified IP Phone 8900 Series: These advanced professional media endpoints have higher-resolution color displays, HD voice, Gigabit Ethernet and USB connectivity for comprehensive and flexible communications access. "Green" enhancements reduce power consumption, delivering power savings for the customer and the environment.
  • Cisco Unified IP Phone 9900 Series: This portfolio of advanced collaborative media endpoints includes Bluetooth, USB integration, higher-resolution color displays, HD voice, and interactive business video support on all models. It also offers touchscreen access and Wi-Fi integration on selected models. Together, these phones deliver affordable and scalable video communications across the enterprise.
  • Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G-EX: Help enable true worker mobility within hazardous environments by delivering all the features of the office desk phone.
  • IP Endpoint Applications: Cisco has a comprehensive ecosystem of third-party IP endpoint application developers. These technology partners give you access to a new world of value-added applications for your endpoints. This full array of applications takes advantage of the latest technologies to optimize your Cisco IP endpoint investment.

Table 2. Cisco Unified IP Phone portfolio

Product Ideal Location Benefits

Cisco Unified IP Phone 9971
Knowledge professionals, administrative staff, managers and executive offices
  • Supports interactive business video with optional Cisco Unified Video Camera.
  • Six programmable line/feature keys and six session keys
  • Large 5.6 inch, high-resolution anti-glare color VGA (640x480 pixel) display offers touchscreen functionality for a premium user experience.
  • Integrated Integrated 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi radio adds mobility and reduces infrastructure costs.
  • High-definition voice (HD voice) support for handset, headset and speaker increases clarity of communications
  • Bluetooth 2.0 headset profile support adds freedom at the workspace
  • Gigabit Ethernet switch supports collocated multimedia PC while reducing cabling infrastructure
  • Up to three Cisco Unified IP Color Key Expansion Modules for added scalability of line/feature keys
  • Dual USB 2.0 ports support USB headsets for increased choice
  • Supports advanced XML and MIDlet applications and localization requiring double-byte Unicode encoding for fonts
  • Reground and recyclable plastics along with Deep-Sleep option helps the environment.

Cisco Unified IP Phone 9951
Knowledge professionals, administrative staff, managers and executive offices
  • Supports interactive business video with optional Cisco Unified Video Camera.
  • Five programmable line/feature keys and five session keys
  • Large five-inch, high-resolution anti-glare color VGA (640x480 pixel) display is backlit and fully-adjustable for easy viewing under varied lighting conditions.
  • HD voice support for handset, headset and speaker increases clarity of communications
  • Bluetooth 2/0.headset profile support adds freedom at the workspace
  • Gigabit Ethernet switch supports collocated multimedia PC while reducing cabling infrastructure
  • Dual USB 2.0 ports support USB headsets for increased choice
  • Four programmable keys deliver fast access to Cisco Unified Communications capabilities.
  • Up to two Cisco Unified IP Color Key Expansion Modules for added scalability of line/feature keys
  • Supports advanced XML and MIDlet applications and localization requiring double-byte Unicode encoding for fonts.
  • Reground and recyclable plastics along with Deep-Sleep option helps the environment

Cisco Unified Video Camera
Knowledge professionals, administrative staff, managers and executive offices
  • Supports interactive, high-performance H.264 multi-party business video to elevate and personalize communications
  • Integrated, compact ergonomic design and auto-configuration option delivers visually pleasing and “plug-n-play” connection into phone USB port
  • High performance video communications up to 30 frames-per-second (CIF standard) and up to 24 frames-per-second (VGA)
  • Full screen and picture-in-picture options offer an enhanced and flexible user experience
  • Digital software controls for pan/zoom and tilt functions deliver increased video image control
  • Video mute to stop sending video at the local end adds convenience

Cisco Unified IP Phone 8961
Knowledge professionals, administrative staff, managers and executive offices
  • Five programmable line/feature keys and five session keys
  • Large 5-inch, backlit, vibrant high-resolution, fully-adjustable color display enhances user experience with easier viewing
  • One USB 2.0 port supports USB wired headsets for added choice and convenience
  • HD voice delivers greater clarity in communications
  • Gigabit Ethernet switch ports enable collocation of a multimedia PC for reduced infrastructure costs
  • Ten tri-color illuminated LED line/feature keys support at-a-glance status for both primary and shared lines
  • One Cisco Unified IP Color Key Expansion Module, for added scalability of line/feature keys
  • Advanced XML and MIDlet applications and localization requiring double-byte Unicode encoding for fonts
  • Reground and recyclable plastics along with Deep-Sleep option helps the environment

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7985G
Executive and manager offices
  • Allows executives and managers to enjoy personal desktop video with instant, face-to-face communications
  • Incorporates all the components required for video calls (camera, LCD screen, speaker, keypad, and handset) in one easy-to-use unit
  • Provides LAN connectivity through an integrated Ethernet switch and 10/100BASE-T Ethernet connection through an RJ-45 interface

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975G
Knowledge professionals, administrative staff, managers and executive offices
  • Offers high-fidelity wideband audio for vibrant, lifelike conversations; supports Internet Low Bitrate Codec (iLBC) for use in lossy networks
  • Provides large backlit touch- screen color display for easy use of Cisco Unified Communications and third-party telephone applications
  • Offers improved navigation cluster for easier navigation and feature and function selection
  • Provides Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
  • Provides eight programmable line and speed-dial and feature keys and five programmable context-sensitive softkeys
  • Supports advanced XML and MIDlet applications and localization requiring double-byte Unicode encoding for fonts

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965G
Knowledge professionals, administrative staff, managers, and executive offices
  • Offers high-fidelity wideband audio for vibrant, lifelike conversations; supports iLBC for use in lossy networks
  • Provides large backlit color display for easy use of Cisco Unified Communications and third-party telephone applications
  • Offers improved navigation cluster for easier navigation and feature and function selection
  • Provides Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
  • Provides six programmable feature buttons and four interactive softkeys to guide you through call features and functions
  • Supports advanced XML and MIDlet applications and localization requiring double-byte Unicode encoding for fonts

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G
Knowledge professionals, administrative staff, managers, and executive offices
  • Offers high-fidelity wideband audio for lifelike conversations; supports iLBC for use in lossy networks
  • Provides high-resolution grayscale display for easy use of Cisco Unified Communications and third-party endpoint applications
  • Provides six programmable feature buttons and four interactive softkeys to guide you through call features and functions
  • Supports advanced XML and MIDlet applications and localization requiring double-byte Unicode encoding for fonts
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7960G Knowledge professionals, administrative staff, managers, and executive offices
  • Optimizes call-coverage capabilities
  • Extends the capabilities of select Cisco Unified IP Phones with additional buttons and an LCD display
  • Allows you to program 12 additional buttons as directory numbers, line keys, or special dial keys (24 total with use of a page key for an additional 12 keys)

Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Module 7915
Offices of administrative assistants and others who must monitor, manage, and cover the status of various calls
  • Optimizes call-coverage capabilities
  • Extends the capabilities of select Cisco Unified IP Phones with additional buttons and a color LCD display
  • Allows you to program 12 additional buttons as directory numbers, line keys, or special dial keys (24 total with use of a page key for an additional 12 keys)
  • Supports up to two modules per Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G, 7965G, and 7975G model

Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Module 7916
Offices of administrative assistants and others who must monitor, manage, and cover the status of various calls
  • Optimizes call-coverage capabilities
  • Extends the capabilities of select Cisco Unified IP Phones with additional buttons and a color LCD display
  • Allows you to program 12 additional buttons as directory numbers, line keys, or special dial keys (24 total with use of a page key for an additional 12 keys)
  • Supports up to two modules per Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G, 7965G, and 7975G model

Cisco Unified IP Phone Expansion Module 7945G
Knowledge professionals and managerial offices
  • Offers high-fidelity wideband audio for vibrant, lifelike conversations; supports iLBC for use in lossy networks
  • Provides large backlit color display for easy use of Cisco Unified Communications and third-party telephone applications
  • Provides improved navigation cluster for easier navigation and feature and function selection
  • Offers Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
  • Supports advanced XML and MIDlet applications and localization requiring double-byte Unicode encoding for fonts
  • Provides direct access to two phone lines (or combination of line access and telephony features)

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G
Knowledge professionals and managerial offices
  • Offers high-fidelity wideband audio for lifelike conversations; supports iLBC for use in lossy networks
  • Provides high-resolution grayscale display for easy use of Cisco Unified Communications and third-party telephone applications
  • Supports advanced XML and MIDlet applications and localization requiring double-byte Unicode encoding for fonts
  • Provides direct access to two phone lines (or combination of line access and telephony features)
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7940G Knowledge professionals and managerial offices
  • Provides access to at least two telephone lines (or a combination of one line and one direct-access telephony feature such as AutoDial)
  • Offers high-quality, full-duplex hands-free speakerphone capability
  • Provides built-in headset connectivity
  • Provides a large pixel-based display
  • Offers easy access to caller information, applications, and telephone features

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G
Advanced commercial and retail environments with moderate telephone traffic and specific call requirements
  • Provides functions that are commonly needed in commercial and retail environments
  • Facilitates simple and rapid call handling with hard hold, redial, and transfer keys
  • Guides you through call features and functions with 24 lighted line keys and 4 interactive softkeys
  • Gives a clear indication of speaker status with illuminated mute and speakerphone keys

Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G-EX
Rugged, hazardous environments where access to mobile unified communication features is desired
  • Atmospheres Explosibles (ATEX)
  • Zone 2/Class 22 certification prevents ignition of surrounding gas vapors by the phone. Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Division 2 certification provides access to mobile collaborative communications.
  • IP64 rating for superior and splashing water resistance adds resiliency.
  • Industry-standard yellow styling offers fast recognition in event of an emergency

Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G
Rugged, industrial campus environments and enterprise desktops where mobility is required
  • Support for Bluetooth v2.0 headset profiles gives you more freedom.
  • The hermetically sealed phone display is IP54-rated for protection against dust, liquids, and moist wipes. This phone is ideal for deployment in more-demanding environments.
  • Compliant with the military 810F standard, the ruggedized industrial design includes a rubber casing to shield the phone from damage caused by drops and shocks.
  • A more compact form factor gives you an IP phone that is easier to hold.
  • Long battery life with up to 240 hours standby

Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G
Advanced commercial and retail environments with moderate telephone traffic and specific call requirements
  • Delivers powerful, converged mobility using voice over wireless LAN
  • Supports a host of calling features and voice-quality enhancements such as wideband audio
  • Enables presence so you can know where other parties are in a mobile Wi-Fi environment
  • Supports push-to-talk through XML
  • Provides long battery life with up to 200 hours standby

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7911G
Cubicle, retail, classroom, and manufacturing floor environments with low-to-moderate telephone traffic
  • Combines intuitive features, calling information, and XML services to deliver a high-quality user experience
  • Offers numerous important security features, plus the choice of Power over Ethernet (PoE), Cisco Inline Power, or local power through an optional power adaptor
  • Guides you through core business features and functions with four dynamic softkeys and a pixel-based display

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G
Cubicle, retail, classroom, or manufacturing environments with low-to-moderate telephone traffic
  • Guides you through core business features and functions with four dynamic softkeys and an LCD
  • Combines intuitive features, calling information, and XML services to deliver a high quality user experience
  • Offers the choice of PoE, Cisco Inline Power, or local power through an optional power adaptor

Cisco Unified IP Phone 6961
Offices of active users of voice communication services such as knowledge workers, managers, administrative staff, contact center agents, and supervisors
  • Provides direct access to 12 lines or features through fixed keys with paper label inserts
  • Offers one-touch access to hold, conference, transfer, message, settings, and directory functions
  • Supports basic XML applications
  • Offers Deep-Sleep power option for energy savings and earth-friendly reground and recyclable plastics
  • Provides white backlit, pixel-based anti-glare display that optimizes viewing under variety of angles and lighting conditions
  • Integrated IEEE 10/100 switch supports co-located PC and headset jack that enables direct headset connection

Cisco Unified IP Phone 6941
Offices with moderate number of users of voice communication services such as knowledge workers, managers, administrative staff, contact center agents, and supervisors
  • Provides direct access to four lines and features through fixed keys
  • Offers one-touch access to hold, conference, transfer, message, settings, and directory functions
  • Supports basic XML applications
  • Offers Deep-Sleep power option for energy savings and earth-friendly reground and recyclable plastics
  • Provides white backlit, pixel-based anti-glare display that optimizes viewing under variety of angles and lighting conditions
  • Integrated IEEE 10/100 switch supports co-located PC and headset jack that enables direct headset connection

Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921
Offices with light to low need for voice communication requirements, as for knowledge workers, teleworkers, and contact center agents in smaller queue environments
  • Provides direct access to two lines through fixed keys
  • Offers one-touch access to hold, conference, transfer, message, settings, and directory functions
  • Supports basic XML applications
  • Offers Deep-Sleep power option for energy savings and earth-friendly reground and recyclable plastics
  • Provides white backlit, pixel-based anti-glare display that optimizes viewing under variety of angles and lighting conditions
  • Integrated IEEE 10/100 switch supports co-located PC and headset jack that enables direct headset connection

Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3911
Lobbies, laboratories, manufacturing floors, or hallways where only basic, entry-level telephone needs are required
  • Provides one-touch access to redial, transfer, conference, hold, line select, mute, and voicemail access features
  • Supports additional capabilities such as caller ID, call history, and phone configuration
  • Offers the choice of PoE, Cisco Inline Power, or local power through an optional power adaptor
Additional Endpoints

Cisco Unified IP Conference Station 7937G
Desktops, in conference rooms, and in executive suites
  • Combines state-of-the-art wideband speakerphone conferencing technologies with award-winning Cisco voice communication technologies
  • Offers superior wideband voice and microphone quality, with simplified wiring and administrative cost benefits
  • Provides support for a third-party lapel microphone kit
  • Covers up to 30 x 40 feet with the optional external microphone kit

Cisco Unified IP Conference Station 7936
Small-to-midsize conference rooms or offices
  • Delivers full-featured, hands-free conferencing
  • Guides you through call features and functions with three softkeys and menu navigation keys
  • Offers superior voice and microphone quality, with simplified wiring and administrative cost benefits
  • Effectively expands a suggested conference room size of 20 x 30 feet with optional external microphone kit
Cisco ATA 180 Series Analog Telephone Adaptors Enterprise and small office environments with mixed traditional and VoIP devices
  • Enables analog devices to support VoIP services
  • Supports a variety of devices, including analog phones, teletypewriter (TTY) machines, fax machines (fax pass-through support), and audio conference telephones
  • Protects traditional analog investment
Cisco VG248 48-Port Analog Phone Gateway Enterprises that wish to migrate to VoIP at their own pace
  • Supports traditional analog devices within a Cisco Unified Communications Manager enterprise voice system
  • Allows 48 full-featured analog phone lines to be used as extensions to the Cisco Unified Communications System

Applications

Cisco offers a comprehensive portfolio of unified communications client applications, including:

Cisco Unified Communications Software Subscription provides an economical way to upgrade to major software version upgrades of various Cisco Unified Communications solutions.

With Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing, you can procure a broad range of Cisco Unified Communications applications and services on a per-user basis. This offer packages client and server software, licensing, service and support, and software subscription.


Table 3. Applications Available in Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing

Function Included in Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing Business Edition Entry Edition Standard Edition Professional Edition
Video conferencing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 7.0 or Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express No No No Yes
Web conferencing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace or Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express application No No No Yes
Audio conferencing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace or Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express application No No No Yes
Mobile phone client Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator Client No No No Yes
Contact center Cisco Unified Contact Center Express No No No Yes
Presence Cisco Unified Presence Profile Yes No Yes Yes
Mobility (with simultaneous-ring services) Cisco Unified Mobility Profile Yes Yes Yes Yes
Soft client Cisco Unified Personal Communicator or Cisco Unified IP Communicator with Cisco Unified Video Advantage or Cisco UC Integration for Microsoft Office Communicator Yes Yes IP Communicator only Yes Yes
Messaging Cisco Unity or Cisco Unity Connection voice messaging Cisco Unity Connection Voice Messaging No Voice Messaging or unified messaging mailbox
Phone and call control License for one or unlimited number of Cisco IP Phones per user One One One Unlimited
Call control Starting platform Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition Workspace bundle Cisco Unified Communications Manager
User count Supported user counts 50 to 500 100+ 100+ 100+

Messaging

Communicate effectively, and with a high level of security, within and between companies. Increase team productivity using real-time presence information, while communicating using email, instant messaging and voice mail. Enhance flexibility with on-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), and blended deployment models. Cisco's award-winning messaging solutions include:

  • Cisco WebEx Connect: This SaaS deployment combines presence information with instant messaging, voice and video. It seamlessly integrates with web conferencing, IP telephony and voicemail in one interface for fast, highly secure communication inside and outside the company.
  • Cisco Unified Personal Communicator: This easy-to-use desktop application provides instant access to most frequently used communications applications and services, including softphone, presence, instant messaging, visual voicemail, employee directory, communication history, video, and web conferencing, from a single interface on your PC or Mac.
  • Cisco Unified Presence: This standards-based, enterprise-class platform facilitates sharing of availability and instant messages within your business or between businesses. It delivers enhanced presence-enabled collaboration with Cisco Unified Communications and other critical business applications.
  • Cisco UC Integration™ for Microsoft Office Communicator: Instantly access enhanced Cisco Unified Communications directly from Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 on your PC.
  • Cisco Unified Messaging (for Cisco Unity Connection, Unity and Unity Express): Take control of your communications and optimize productivity whether you seek a basic voicemail solution, integrated messaging with email, web, and mobile clients, or unified messaging with all your voice, fax, and email messages stored in the same inbox.
  • Cisco Unity Connection: Prioritize messages at a glance and respond faster to callers with customizable communications and a speech-activated user interface for voice message and calendar access. Visual voicemail is available on Cisco Unified IP Phone, Cisco Unified Personal Communicator, email client, or web browser.
  • Cisco Unity: Unify your workspace. Access email, voice, and fax messages from a single inbox anytime, anywhere, and on any device from Microsoft Exchange or IBM Lotus Domino.
  • Cisco Unity Express: Take advantage of intuitive telephone prompts and a web-based interface for fast, convenient voicemail, auto attendant and interactive voice response (IVR) administration. With the new TimeCardView application, employees, supervisors, and payroll specialists can enter and manage time-card data from their Cisco Unified IP Phone or computer.

Table 4. Cisco Messaging Solutions

Product Number of Mailboxes/Users Messaging Type Platform Networking Redundancy
Cisco WebEx Connect Unlimited number of users supported
  • Enterprise instant messaging
  • Video
  • VoIP
  • integrated web conferencing, soft phone, visual voicemail
Windows based solution delivered as Software as a Service n/a Runs on the Cisco WebEx Collaboration Cloud which offers full redundancy. Currently available in US/Canada only.
Cisco Unity Express 250
  • Voicemail
  • Integrated messaging">
Router-based 125,000 users No
Cisco Unity Connection 10,000 per server
  • Voicemail
  • Integrated messaging">
Linux Server-based 50,000 users Active/active
Cisco Unity Unified Messaging 15,000 per server
  • Voicemail
  • Integrated messaging
  • Unified messaging
Windows Server-based 250,000 users Active/passive

Mobile Applications

Enhance productivity, improve response times, and accelerate decision by allowing mobile employees to connect, communicate, and collaborate from their mobile smartphones. Cisco Mobile Applications include:

  • Cisco Unified Mobility: Provide workers with single-number-reach capabilities and the ability to move active calls between their Cisco desktop and mobile smarpthones.
  • Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator: Easily access Cisco Unified Communications from your mobile smartphone with Cisco Unified Mobile Communicator.
  • Cisco WebEx Meeting Center for Smartphones: Fully participate in Cisco WebEx Meeting Center meetings from your mobile smartphone. View shared presentations, applications, and desktops with live annotations. View the meeting attendee list.
  • Cisco Mobile Supervisor: Provide contact center supervisors with up-to-the-minute reporting information on their Apple iPhone or iPod Touch. This application is free from the Apple Store.
  • Nokia Call Connect for Cisco: Use your Nokia smartphone as your mobile desktop. Automatically move active calls between Wi-Fi and the cellular network to deliver a transparent and cost-effective user experience.
  • Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7925G-EX: Help enable true worker mobility within hazardous environments by delivering all the features of the office desk phone.