NextPlane
Enables Isode M-Link to Seamlessly Federate with SIP-based UC
Platforms.
SUNNYVALE,
Calif. (August 26, 2012) -- NextPlane, Inc.,
(http://www.nextplane.net),
the market leader in cloud-based federation services for unified
communications (UC), and Isode, Ltd. (http://www.isode.com),
developers of highly secure, high-performance messaging and directory
server software, today announced support for Isode's M-Link instant
messaging (IM) platform on the NextPlane Federation Cloud service.
Isode's M-Link customers now can federate with Microsoft Lync 2010,
OCS 2007 R2 and OCS 2007 R1, and IBM Sametime 8.5.x using the
NextPlane federation service.
With
new federation support for Isode's M-Link XMPP presence and IM
server, M-Link IM customer can now exchange presence, exchange
instant messages with colleagues on OCS, Lync and Sametime, and
initiate and invite those colleagues into multi-user chats and group
chat sessions. Isode M-Link is noted for providing secure messaging
in highly secure environments, including military and government
enterprises, and is approved for use by the United States Defense
Information Systems Agency. With support for the NextPlane Federation
Cloud service, those customers can now collaborate in real time with
partners on a wide range of corporate and commercial entities that
are on SIP-based UC platforms. And by using NextPlane as a central
federation exchange, M-Link customers can expand their reach without
sacrificing security with NextPlane’s patent-pending TLS over XMPP
encryption for federated communications.
“Our
mission is to interconnect the widest range of commercial UC
platforms, creating a central exchange so UC users can be connected
into real-time business communities without having to add hardware
and software to their UC infrastructure,” said Nick Sears, Vice
President, EMEA for NextPlane. “With proven compatibility with
NextPlane, Isode M-Link customers now can securely collaborate with
other government departments, suppliers, and other organizations
through NextPlane’s growing collaboration exchange.”
“Support
for NextPlane’s Federation Cloud Service gives M-Link customers
secure access to a larger federated community, making it easier for
our government and military customers to communicate with other
departments, plus vendors and partners in the private sector, “said
Will Sheward, Vice President of Marketing for Isode, Ltd. “With
tightening budgets and increased demands on government agencies to
increase efficiency, federation with other UC platforms to form
real-time, collaborative communities is more important than ever to
streamline communications and operations.”
The
NextPlane Federation Cloud service accelerates building federated
business communities by eliminating the need to set up and maintain
separate federation to multiple partners. NextPlane Federation Cloud
service subscribers enjoy unprecedented control over which types of
traffic (IM, presence, voice, video, and file transfer) are allowed
or denied across any of their federated partners. Finally, using
NextPlane’s unique analytics and reporting tools, companies are
gaining valuable insight into how collaboration with their federated
partner community is boosting their productivity.
To
demonstrate the value of the NextPlane Federation Cloud to build
collaborative business communities, NextPlane is offering a 30-day
trial to qualifying organizations. For more information, visit
http://www.nextplane.net.
About
NextPlane, Inc.
NextPlane
offers the NextPlane Federation Could service for unified
communications (UC) platforms, seamlessly federating Microsoft Lync,
OCS R2, OCS and LCS, Cisco Jabber XCP, CUPS and Webex Connect, IBM
Sametime, Google Apps, Jive OpenFire, Isode M-Link and eJabberd.
Using the NextPlane Federation Cloud service, organizations can
connect users from different companies regardless of underlying UC
platforms - with shared presence, instant messaging, multi-user chat,
voice and video - as if they are on the same UC platform.
For
more information please visit http://www.nextplane.net,
or contact sales at sales@nextplane.net.
Contact:
Farzin
Shahidi
NextPlane,
Inc.
(650)
305-7404
Tom
Woolf
Woolf
Media & Marketing
(415)
259-5638
