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500 Limited was mentioned along site SA Law, a Hertfordshire law firm, in the March ’09 newsletter

“Hertfordshire law firm SA Law has deployed a Zultys MX250 IP PBX unified comms/VoiP system.  The system includes support for telephony, voicemail, fax viewing, call recording, instant messaging, Microsoft Exchange, plus Outlook contacts and email.  The system implementation, including swapping out a legacy PBX and upgrading a BT ISDN service, was carried out over a weekend, so as to minimise disruption within the firm.  The project was handled for SA Law by two companies new to the Insider.  They were 500 Ltd (0845 0000 500) and Zultys’ UK distributor Siracom.”

If you would like any further information then please contact us on 0845 0000 500.

The NGN Leadership Award, from Next Generation Network magazine, has been established to recognize outstanding achievement in the IP Communications community, including outstanding products, services and technologies relating to IMS and NGN environments.  Zultys received this award for their recently delivered SIP next generation networking, mobility, and collaboration solutions.

“Zultys has been recognized for their exceptional work in advancing IMS and NGN services and technologies, and we honor Zultys with an NGN Leadership Award. With the significant growth in next generation network technologies, receiving this award distinguishes them as a leader in the
industry,” stated Rich Tehrani, president of TMC.

“Zultys is delighted to be the recipient of this prestigious award” said Steve Rothenberg, “We embraced open SIP standards at the inception of the company, which has allowed us to create innovative, energy efficient
SIP IP PBX solutions that pack a lot of features and functionality into a single server. This allows us to provide a lot of performance, with fewer servers, making our solution the most ‘green’ small and medium business Unified Communication and networking solution available”

Case studies are useful and necessary but sometimes it is refreshing when a client refers to you directly.

The Law Society Gazette recently published a piece on ‘Why aren’t your computers talking with your phone system?’.

Peter Goodman, a partner at SA Law in Hertfordshire, met with Rupert White, from The Law Society Gazette, to discuss how they were using computer-telephony integration, including VoIP, within the company.

“SA Law brought in a local IT/telephony company called 500 to tear out the ageing (and cranky, he told me) phones and exchange and wire everything up together.”

“The savings that could be made sound dramatic, and the capabilities that have become available to the firm since tying these areas together make a lot of sense. The phones are a lot cheaper, they can start recording calls easily, all voice work can be tied into case management, and their teleconferencing sounds vastly improved.”

Peter commented on the article written by Rupert, highlighting the flexibility of VoIP and Unified Communications.  “We’re well pleased.” he quotes.  He concludes, saying companies should consider a “supplier whose products are compatible with the open standards”.

The full article is available at ‘Why aren’t your computers talking with your phone system?’, Thursday 09 April 2009 by Rupert White.

MX250 IP PBX Recognized for Outstanding Innovation

Zultys, the premier developer and manufacturer of pure SIP-based Unified Communication solutions for businesses and enterprises, today announced that the company has been recognized with the 2008 Product of the Year Award from Unified Communications magazine (Technology Marketing Corporation–TMC®) for innovations to its family of advanced IP PBX products (such as the MX250 and MX30) and Unified Communications solutions.

“It’s very gratifying to be recognized by Unified Communications magazine with the 2008 Product of the Year Award for the difference we’re making in the global Unified Communication Marketplace,” said Steve Rothenberg, CEO of Zultys. “We’ve seen a warm reception by the market to the innovations we’ve made to our all-in-one IP PBX products, and the new features and capabilities we’ve been introducing that make it easier than ever to deploy and maintain organization-wide UC services that really impact a company’s bottom line. We’re continuing the momentum with our upcoming Release 5.0 with features such as “Find Me, Follow Me,” and MXconnect™ -the ability to make any phone, anywhere, your personal business phone, and much more.”

“Zultys has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace. Unified Communications is pleased to grant a 2008 Product of the Year Award to their MX250 IP PBX and the innovations in their Release 4.0 series of enhancements,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of Unified Communications magazine. “We’re pleased to honor their hard work and accomplishments, and look forward to more innovative solutions from Zultys in the future.”

A full list of Product of the Year winners will be published in the March/April, 2009 issue of Unified Communications magazine, www.uc-mag.com.

Zultys Licenses the Avistar C3 Media Engine™ – Powering Video for Zultys’ MXIE Unified Communications Desktop

San Mateo, Calif., March 11, 2009 — Avistar Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: AVSR), a leader in unified visual communications solutions, announced today that Zultys, Inc., a leading provider of all-in-one unified communication solutions, will integrate Avistar’s C3 Media Engine and make it available to its customers around the world. Through this agreement, Zultys customers will have the ability to add best-in-class desktop videoconferencing to their unified communications systems. Zultys plans to launch the integrated solution in the fall of 2009.

Simon Moss, CEO of Avistar, said, “After a thorough and competitive review, Zultys selected Avistar. Zultys is recognized for its innovative, open standards IP communications and telephony products. Avistar C3™ will help Zultys open new revenue streams and provide important new videoconferencing features that will strengthen its positioning in its markets worldwide.”

“Videoconferencing provides the ROI our customers are looking for as part of their unified communications solutions, especially in a down economy, where travel is well scrutinized,” said Steve Morrison, Vice President, Product Marketing, Zultys. “Avistar C3 augments our line of VoIP and web conferencing products, empowering our customers to collaborate and take aggressive action to remain competitive.”

Avistar C3 Media Engine
Based on the award-winning Avistar C3 Desktop™ solution, the Avistar C3 Media Engine provides a business class desktop videoconferencing experience to technology partners who require a visual communications experience within their applications. Business-class videoconferencing is recognized as a valuable communications tool that provides corporations serious cost savings, improved productivity and ROI. According to a recent Wainhouse Research study, one third of those polled see the use of videoconferencing accelerating given today’s economy, as it reduces the need and cost for travel plus improves collaboration and decision-making. At a fraction of the cost of typical videoconferencing solutions, Avistar C3 makes videoconferencing easy and approachable for both advanced and novice business users.

About Zultys
Zultys, Inc. is showing what’s possible for Open Standards IP communications and telephony. Its Open Standards IP technology is the building block for its award-winning IP PBX systems. Zultys develops products that enable companies and organizations in more than 110 countries and 19 languages to deploy integrated communications systems. For more information visit: www.zultys.com.

About Avistar Communications Corporation
Avistar (Nasdaq: AVSR) is a unified visual communications solutions, providing proven business-class technology. Avistar’s desktop videoconferencing installations include more than 100,000 committed desktop seats worldwide, bringing together business users anytime and anyplace. Companies such as IBM Corp., Sony Corp., LifeSize Communications, Inc. and Polycom Inc. use Avistar technology to power their unified communications solutions. Avistar works with leading-edge technology partners and resellers including CityIS, Beyondis, Datamart and Fontel in more than 40 countries.

An Insurance Age lead story this week was ‘Brokers warned of telecoms firms mis-selling call-recording devices’.

Insurance brokers are being urged not to fall victim to telecoms firms pitching call-recording equipment on the grounds of regulatory compliance.

Sean Ryan, a director of 500, was asked to comment.  He claimed they were exploiting the vague wording of the regulations, saying: “The FSA had to take a broad-brush approach to ensure it covers businesses that may offer cross-over services.

“However, it is not surprising to hear that some telecommunications companies may be mis-selling call-recording products and services following the FSA’s policy statement. Ignorance of the applicability of the policy may be used as an opportunity for pushing call-recording technology to companies that do not require it.”

Here at 500 you can be assured not only of our knowledge and expertise but also of our integrity and honesty.

The full article can be read at:
insuranceage.com – ‘Brokers warned of telecoms firms mis-selling call-recording devices’.

The Financial Times Advisor’s lead story ‘IFAs Falsely Targeted over FSA Telephone Recording Rules’ stated that IFA firms are being warned to ignore demands from telecommunication firms insisting that new telephone systems costing up to £30,000 must be bought to comply with new Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulation. Owing to our extensive research in this area, Séan Ryan, a director at 500 Limited, was asked to comment, saying “It’s not so surprising to hear that some telecommunications companies may be miss-selling call recording products and services following the FSA’s policy statement. Ignorance regarding the applicability of the policy may be being used as an opportunity to push call recording to companies who do not require it.” Here at 500 you can be assured not only of our knowledge and expertise but also of our integrity and honesty.

The full FT article can be read at:
FT Advisor.com: ‘IFAs falsely targeted over FSA telephone recording rules’

A Scalable Web Conferencing & Collaboration Solution

Zultys Inc. today announced MXmeeting™, a next-generation collaboration solution that combines voice, desktop web interaction, instant messaging, virtual meeting rooms, online presentations, training and demo’s all with easy-to-use controls. When you’re ready to get work done MXmeeting™ is ready to connect you with other participants wherever the internet reaches. MXmeeting™ builds on Zultys’ premier IP-PBX portfolio which already supports integrated call handling, voice mail, gateways, presence server, and instant messaging server for up to 10,000 users. Both PC and Mac client devices are supported.

MXmeeting™ scales as you grow. The solution starts with as few as 2 meeting rooms with 10 concurrent users (M200) and grows to as many as 200 meeting rooms with 2000 concurrent users (M1000).

Web conferencing
For sales presentations, product demos, online training, and interactive collaboration;

Remote Support
For remote control of your customers’ PC or Mac desktops, with remote reboot and file transfer;

Remote Access
For access to your office or home computers from anywhere, anytime; and

Web seminars
Requiring no download of any kind by your attendees, guaranteeing attendance in 5 seconds with any kind of Internet browser, including iPhone. Free audio conferencing service is included. Full customization and quick integration with your websites and applications are featured. No IT maintenance is needed. You own it. You control it.

MS Outlook Integration
Using an interface that is broadly used with Enterprises, MXmeeting™ naturally integrates with Microsoft Outlook for scheduling and communication.

MXIE Integration
MXmeeting ™ is integrated with MXIE, Zultys’ industry leading unified communications client.

Reliability
Building on an embedded LINUX platform, MXmeeting™ fits smoothly into the Enterprise reliability requirements. The system’s web-based management and report interface makes it simple and easy to administer.

Recording
A natural extension to Zultys’ existing Call Recording offering, MXmeeting™ interactions can be captured for future playback and sharing.

Zultys MXmeeting™ is available by simply adding an appliance to an existing MX250 or MX30 offering. Eliminating expensive audio and web conferencing services renders immediate expense reductions.

Pricing and Availability
Please contact us on 0845 0000 500 for further information on pricing and availability.

For further information, also go to www.zultys.com/webconferencing. Zultys have a good feature comparison table.

This new product has caused quite a stir in the industry with larger news agencies like Reuters also carrying the story of this exciting development.

500 Limited are delighted to announce that SA Law, a leading and innovative UK law firm, are now live with their new on-premises IP PBX system.

All 75 users have been fully trained to use their new Aastra 53i and phones and the extensive features of their new IP telephony system.

Legal firms must be able to demonstrate that partners are able to view all faxes – prior to our implementation this would have been a manual, time-consuming and paper-based process. Now though, faxes may be sent, received and viewed via PC: it’s automatic and inexpensive – and simply demonstrated to the regulatory body in real time.

Take the opportunity of building on our recent success and let us know how we can meet your business needs. Call us on 0845 0000 500.