The entire network - both voice and data -can be managed from a single workstation, using a Web or Windows interface. Alarms from both voice and data can be monitored for the entire network. The heart of the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 is a distributed client/server architecture, running on an IP core and based on open standards.
Works over any network - on campus, over Gigabit Ethernet or ATM; across the wide area, over an IP VPN, ISDN, ATM, frame relay, traditional digital circuits, and traditional analog circuits. It can easily handle a campus with. Tens of thousands of users or a network with hundreds of locations. > integrates your telephone with your PC environment quickly and easily without compromising reliability.
> graphical user interface Alcatel gives the PC user full access to features, such as multi-party communication. Manager/ assistant team, and group telephony. > interoperates seamlessly with other business applications including Lotus Notes, NetMeeting, Outlook, and the Microsoft Office family of applications. > allows direct calls, screen pop-up, synchronization of personal directories etc.
> make PCs function as telephones, using unique add-on handsets. > integrates directly with office applications using LDAP, MAPI, TAPI, and OLE. You can use your own PC-based directory in programs like Lotus Notes, Excel, Outlook, ACT, and many others, to dial users. And the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 will automatically search.
Multiple directories (for example, first a personal directory in your PC, then a division directory, then an enterprise directory). You can see - on your PC. Who is calling you, who has called you, and a broad range of other information. You get a special groupware toolbar that lets you see who is connected in a conference call, if the meeting you've scheduled is posted on their groupware calendar, and if they're available now.
This integration with the desktop extends to operators as well as users. The Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 operator uses a graphical PC-based application, as well as a multimedia keyboard; either or both provide complete control of the system. Unlike PC-based systems full control would still be available even if the operator's PC were to stop working.