1. Press Release
Siemens Enterprise
Communications
Siemens Enterprise Communications’ UC Suite 2011 Removes Barriers to Enterprise
Collaboration
Affordable, Efficient and Innovative New Paths to Multimedia Collaboration Help Enterprises
Improve Productivity and Reduce Costs
Reston, VA – Dec. 7, 2010 – In a move to overcome the cost and complexity barriers to enterprise
collaboration, today’s Siemens Enterprise Communications announcement makes rich, enterprise-
grade, multimedia collaboration solutions as simple to use as sending an email. Unlike the complex,
proprietary solutions on the market today, the OpenScape UC Suite 2011 is a unique open solution
that makes multimedia collaboration more affordable, easier to use and faster to deploy for
businesses of all sizes. The OpenScape UC Suite includes a comprehensive set of collaboration,
mobility, video and other tools to securely and reliably deliver improved productivity and significant
cost savings to enterprises.
The OpenScape UC Suite includes the new OpenScape Web Collaboration, an enterprise-grade web
conferencing solution providing rich multimedia collaboration that enhances collaboration, improves
productivity, and reduces communication costs. It can be installed on one server in as little as an
hour, and offers “one-click collaboration”, allowing users to move seamlessly between web, chat and
multi-party desktop video conferencing with a single mouse click. It requires no client installation, low
infrastructure commitment, and no server downtime for upgrades, making it easy and cost-effective to
deploy and manage with minimal IT resource requirements. OpenScape Web Collaboration leverages
technology from FastViewer GmbH & Co., which recently entered into an agreement to be acquired
by Siemens Enterprise Communications.
Enterprises looking to deploy an affordable collaboration solution often consider inexpensive
consumer-grade solutions, but OpenScape Web Collaboration offers the reliability, security and
scalability that enterprises need, offering advanced encryption, password-protected web sessions and
virtually unlimited scalability via cascading server architecture. Plus, it can be deployed either on
premise or as a hosted solution, providing greater flexibility and simplified management.
“Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) has multiple facilities in Central Florida, and our employees
would frequently need to travel between sites for meetings. With OpenScape Web Collaboration, it’s
easy for employees to collaborate online and conduct business from wherever they are," said Jeff
Rose, director of information systems, OUC. "This has improved productivity by eliminating lost time
commuting between facilities; reduced costs associated with traveling to these meetings;
and provided a more environmentally friendly way to communicate rather than driving from place to
place. Plus, in critical situations where we need to convene an incident response team or key group of
individuals, the system can automatically locate and bring them together quickly into a productive web
conference.”
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2. The new OpenScape UC Suite 2011 also includes:
• OpenScape PhoneApps, a new solution to deliver packaged and custom productivity and
collaboration applications to OpenStage phones, with integration with OpenScape
applications. It also includes an open developer toolkit for additional customization or building
new PhoneApps.
• Updates to OpenScape Video, now offering expanded integration and dialing plan unification
with major video ecosystems from solution partners such as Polycom, Tandberg and Lifesize,
as well as interoperable standards-based Hi-Definition (H.264) video conferencing at the
OpenScape desktop client.
• OpenScape Mobility, which now includes an expanded range of mobile collaboration clients,
including for the iPad and iPhone, in addition to existing fixed-mobile convergence, WLAN and
mobile UC solutions.
The OpenScape UC Suite provides a comprehensive package of communication and collaboration
capabilities that can be quickly, easily and affordably integrated into any enterprise’s UC deployment.
OpenScape UC Suite offers the reliability and security enterprises require, and because it is based on
open standards it offers a practical alternative to more complex, proprietary solutions.
“Enterprises are turning to Unified Communications and Collaboration to reduce communication
costs, reduce cost of ownership, improve productivity, and sustain competitive advantage,” said
Melanie Turek, industry director, enterprise communications at Frost and Sullivan. “UCC systems that
are open, fast, and easy to deploy, while still being enterprise-grade, comprehensive, and secure, are
best able to deliver the value that enterprises are looking for. With this announcement, Siemens
clearly understands those requirements.”
“Unified Communication and Collaboration (UCC) can enable businesses to dramatically improve
productivity, efficiency and cost savings, but many are reluctant to move forward with the overly
complex, expensive, proprietary offerings available today,” said Chris Hummel, chief marketing officer
at Siemens Enterprise Communications. “OpenScape UC Suite means that rich, enterprise-grade
collaboration is now practical and affordable for any business.”
Contact person:
Philippe Bauwens
Press Officer
OpenScape One Number: +32 (0)2 406 74 01
Email address: philippe.bauwens@siemens-enterprise.com
About Siemens Enterprise Communications
Siemens Enterprise Communications is a premier provider of end-to-end enterprise communications, including
voice, network infrastructure and security solutions that use open, standards-based architectures to unify
communications and business applications for a seamless collaboration experience. This award-winning "Open
Communications" approach enables organizations to improve productivity and reduce costs through easy-to-
deploy solutions that work within existing IT environments, delivering operational efficiencies. It is the foundation
for the company's OpenPath® commitment that enables customers to mitigate risk and cost-effectively adopt
unified communications. Jointly owned by The Gores Group and Siemens AG, Siemens Enterprise
Communications companies include Siemens Enterprise Communications, Cycos, and Enterasys Networks.
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3. For more information about the Siemens Enterprise Communications or Enterasys please visit www.siemens-
enterprise.com or www.enterasys.com
Note: Siemens Enterprise Communications & Co K.G. is a trademark licensee of Siemens AG. HiPath,
OpenOffice, OpenScape and OpenStage, are registered trademarks of Siemens Enterprise Communications &
Co K.G. or its affiliates. All other company, brand, product and service names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders.
This release contains forward-looking statements based on beliefs of Siemens’ management. The words
"anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "forecast," "expect," "intend," "plan," "should," and "project" are used to
identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the company's current views with respect to future
events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause the actual results to be materially
different, including, among others, changes in general economic and business conditions, changes in currency
exchange rates and interest rates, introduction of competing products, lack of acceptance of new products or
services and changes in business strategy. Actual results may vary materially from those projected here.
Siemens does not intend or assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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