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Unify² PowerRoute 1.0 (Lync Version)

Over 50 countries throughout the world, including India, Pakistan, China, Brazil, Bahrain and Algeria, have telecommunication regulations that place restrictions on what calls may be routed over IP and what calls must be routed over the PSTN. In order for enterprises to deploy Lync Server world-wide, they must comply with regulations in all countries they have offices in. Currently Lync Server does not have the native capability to meet these routing regulations as it cannot route calls based on the actual location of the user. For example, a US-based employee visiting Bangalore, India must have all of their PSTN calls routed through a local PSTN gateway in Bangalore. This limitation becomes a deployment blocking factor for any enterprise since there is no way to comply with these regulations with a native Lync Server deployment alone.

Unify²'s PowerRoute 1.0 enables enterprises to comply with country specific telecom regulations by augmenting Lync Server's routing capability with a powerful routing engine that takes into account each call participant's location and any regulations that apply to those users based on their actual location inside that country. Not only can users leverage Lync Server from their base corporate office, but they can continue to use the product while visiting a remote enterprise site. (In future versions, users will have access to Lync Server externally from a hotel or home office.) - PowerRoute 1.0 supports enabling compliance for all types of calls, including basic two party calls, forwarded calls, transferred calls, call park and retrieval, ad-hoc conference calls and scheduled conference calls. Simply put, PowerRoute 1.0 enables enterprises to deploy Lync Server 2010 world-wide, enabling them to benefit from Lync Server rich communications while complying with the various national telecom regulations in the countries they operate in leveraging a simple IT admin configurable / managed country specific rules engine.

Unlike traditional PBX solutions that require a partitioned PBX solution where each user requires two phones on separate networks -- one for internal corporate communications and the other for external communications, PowerRoute 1.0 enables enterprises to deploy a single global communication solution that enables users to communicate with internal and external parties even in regulated countries. Enterprises benefit from the lower initial and ongoing costs by deploying and maintaining a single Unified Communications and Collaboration solution to meet their needs on a world-wide basis.

PowerRoute Benefits

• Unblock World-Wide Lync Server Deployments by complying with any applicable national telecom regulations
• Lower Telecom Investment by deploying one communication solution world-wide, avoiding the traditional two PBX system compliance solutions.
• Lower Administration Costs by deploying and managing one communications system world-wide that is easily configured & managed by IT.
• Lower Carrier Costs by leveraging PowerRoute 1.0 to enable least cost routing based on the employee's actual location.
• Simplifies User Experience by enabling users to leverage to leverage one solution for all communications.
• Increase Employee Efficiency by enabling users to leverage all features of Unified Communications using Microsoft's powerful, yet easy-to-use, Office Communicator client for all communications.
• Certified Solution developed by Unify² with direct support from the Microsoft Lync Server Product Team.

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Features

• Flexible Rule System: A powerful rule-based system enables precise control over what calls are blocked, allowed, and how calls are routed.
• Support for rule definitions for a wide-set of Country Regulations: PowerRoute 1.0 enables enterprises and service providers to meet compliancy regulations for countries with national VoIP dialing restrictions, international VoIP dialing restrictions or any combination. Rules can be defined for generic country rules or for specific countries, enabling customization in cases for enterprises obtain licenses for toll-bypass for specific scenarios.
• Highly Available and Scalable: PowerRoute 1.0 runs as a SIP Processing Language application on the front-end servers and leverages the same infrastructure that makes Lync Server 2010 highly available and scalable.
• Simple Administration: PowerRoute 1.0 is integrated into Microsoft’s Unified Communications Managed Application framework, enabling PowerRoute to be managed in the same fashion as other applications that run on the Lync Server’s front-end servers.
• Support for all Call Types: PowerRoute 1.0 not only enables compliancy support for peer-to-peer calls, but also supports more complex communication scenarios including forwarded calls, transferred calls, team calls, ad-hoc conference calls and call park scenarios.
• Roaming User Support: PowerRoute 1.0 leverages Lync Server’s location infrastructure, enabling PowerRoute to support compliance for users who are roaming at different enterprise locations both nationally and internationally. Support for external roaming users is planned for a future release.
• Track and Report on Production Call Routing: Leverage Unfiy²’s PowerView 3.0 Reporting Solution to report on how calls are routed. Leverage report filters to obtain country-specific reports that can be leveraged for certifying the Lync Server 2010 and PowerRoute 1.0 configurations for specific countries. Additionally PowerRoute logs can be leveraged to track how individual calls are routed.