NextPlane
UC Exchange Allows Users on UC Platforms to participate in Twitter,
Yammer and Salesforce Chatter from their UC Client.
SUNNYVALE,
Calif. (December 10, 2012) -- NextPlane,
Inc., the market leader in cloud-based federation
services for unified communications (UC), now offers federation
between UC platforms and public and enterprise social media services
such as Twitter, Yammer, and Chatter. Now users on UC platforms can
participate in social media feeds, and send private messages directly
from their UC client.
The
social networking revolution is presenting companies with a new
collaboration challenge: how to connect their UC platform, which
provides real-time and presence-based communications, with their
enterprise social networking services, such as a Yammer, or Chatter.
To
overcome this challenge NextPlane UC Exchange federates UC platforms
and social media services without requiring plug-ins. UC Exchange UC
to Social Media federation service allows end-users to easily
authenticate to their enterprise or public social networking accounts
from their UC clients to:
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Search for colleagues users and groups;
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Post messages to group discussions and trending topics; and
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Send private messages to one or more colleagues.
UC
Exchange social media federation currently supports Microsoft Lync,
OCS and LCS, Cisco Jabber XCP, Unified Presence Server (CUPS) and
WebEx Messenger, IBM Sametime, Google Apps, Jive OpenFire, Isode
M-Link and eJabberd.
"In
today's fast paced business environment the lines between unified
communication and enterprise social networks are getting blurred,"
said Farzin Shahidi, Founder and CEO of NextPlane. "Employees
are expected to stay on top of several social media feeds, and chat
with several people at the same time. With UC Exchange, leading edge
organizations are enabling their end-users to keep in touch with
their colleagues and contribute to group discussions on the corporate
social network right from their UC clients."
Organizations
can sign up for a free UC Exchange Directory Membership that includes
free federation with Twitter and a one-month free trial of Yammer and
Chatter federation. This membership also includes free federation
with Google and a listing in the UC Exchange Members Directory,
enabling other UC Exchange members to find and connect with them.
Organizations
can also upgrade to a paid Community Membership to UC Exchange, which
provides members with further benefits including UC to UC federation
services, federation with enterprise social media services, Skype
federation, and XMPP Group Chat Federation. Community Members can
make federation requests to other UC Exchange members using
NextPlane's unique federation management portal, plus benefit from
guaranteed service levels and support.
For
more information, visit http://www.nextplane.net/get-started.php
or contact sales at sales@nextplane.net.
About
NextPlane
NextPlane
Inc., is the provider of 'UC Exchange,' a cloud based community
focused federation service for unified communications (UC). UC
Exchange enables member organizations to find, connect, and
collaborate with business partners across a wide range of UC
platforms and includes powerful features such as UC Federation
Services, centralized Members Directory, Social Media Federation, and
Skype Federation. Using a unique federation management portal,
organizations can search a member's directory for federation-ready
partners; manage federation requests and access reporting and
analytic tools.
UC
Exchange Federation Services enable seamless federation across
Microsoft Lync, OCS and LCS, Cisco Jabber XCP, Unified Presence
Server (CUPS) and WebEx Messenger (formerly Cisco WebEx Connect), IBM
Sametime, Google Apps, Jive OpenFire, Isode M-Link and eJabberd.
Organizations can connect users from different companies regardless
of their underlying UC platform - with enhanced presence, instant
messaging, multi-user chat, voice and video - all as if they are on
the same UC platform. Moreover, UC Exchange enables its member
organizations to federate their UC platforms with social business
communities such as Yammer, Salesforce.com's Chatter, Twitter, Skype,
LinkedIn, and XMPP hosted chat rooms.
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
