INDUSTRY NEWS
ProVu builds on SARK PBX
PROVU Communications has jointly developed the latest model in the SARK PBX range which is aimed at the sub-20 extension market.
The SARK 500 small busi- ness PBX combines the well fea- tured SARK PBX software with the PIKA WARP Appliance. Ian Godfrey, Sales Director
at ProVu, stated: “Traditionally SARK has been successful in high work load environments where the high feature set has been used to its full extent. “To be able to bring this level of functionality and flex- ibility to market at a price point that makes it attractive to the sub-20 extension business is exciting for ProVu.”
The SARK 500 also takes a mix of the PIKA developed telephony modules which can support conventional analogue, ISDN 2 and GSM trunks. ProVu has run interop tests to ensure the system is compat- ible with all major brands of SIP handsets and household name SIP trunk providers.
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BT Global Services has been placed in Gartner’s Leaders Quadrant of the 2011 Magic Quadrants for Pan-European and Global Network Service Providers. BT Global Services provides managed networked IT services for business and government organisations.
Sennheiser has joined the Alcatel-Lucent Application Partner Program to develop apps for the IP Touch phones. Interoperability testing has been completed for Sennheiser’s DW Series wireless and SH/CC wired headsets with Alcatel- Lucent 8 Series IP Touch and 9 Series Digital Phones.
Ian Godfrey
The Mean Time Between Failure on the board is reported by PIKA at 30.6 years which puts its reliability in the same league as carrier class telecoms equipment.
Darren Garland, MD of
ProVu Communications, com- mented: “We have had a num- ber of these systems deployed for evaluation with our trusted resellers and the feedback has been positive.”
The SARK 500 range is available exclusively to ProVu’s channel partners.
Timico acts on smartphone &
tablets uptake TIMICO has formed a Mobile Internet Service Provision (MISP) unit to service the grow- ing market for management of smartphones and tablets in the business environment.
The company has also part- nered with Sybase, a SAP firm, to bring a cloud-based mobile device management and secu- rity service, Sybase Afaria, to the SMB market. Trefor Davies, the CTO at
Timico, commented: “We are experiencing a smartphone exp- losion. The fusion of mobile and Internet will continue to demand mobile specific solu- tions, especially from a security point of view.”
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Acquisition creates big video force
AUDIO visual system inte- grator AVM has acquired VC World (trading as VC-NET), a provider of managed video ser- vices in the UK. This is AVM’s seventh acquisition.
This latest deal enhances
AVM’s managed videoconfer- encing and telepresence services by adding capacity and special- ist networking skills. VC-NET also adds audio and web confer- encing to AVM’s portfolio. VC-NET has been operating
for 11 years providing audio and videoconferencing solutions to a UK blue chip client base. Sandy MacPherson, AVM’s Chairman, said: “VC-NET’s experience and resources in net- working and conferencing will complement our AVM Connect services and allow us to offer complete unified communica- tions solutions to our clients.” Chris Wade VC-NET Executive Chairman, added: “AVM’s greater scale and AV Global Alliance enables our customers to fully realise our ambitions for our managed video services.”
SaaS fi rm link up with cloud
industry body SAAS vendor intY has joined the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), established to promote trust, security and transparency within the sector.
Chris Baldock, MD of intY, stated: “We are looking forward to collaborating with the CIF as we fully support its Code of Practice initiative to encourage best practice and transparency within the sector. We are aware of the flexibility of the cloud in terms of enabling new business models, and like CIF, we want customers to reap the benefits of investing in cloud services.”
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