NEC Applications Net provides integrated telephony, email and popular SaaS applications available via single online portal
Release Date : Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008
News Source : Will Clarke
Melbourne, 18 November 2008: NEC Australia today launched an integrated SaaS application store, providing third party and NEC-developed software and telephony services via a single portal to meet all the IT needs of small and mid-sized businesses.
Applications Net, which has been developed in Australia and will be rolled out through NEC worldwide, allows businesses to select a range of applications including:
- CRM software from Sugar CRM
- Hosted Telephony and PABX solutions through NEC’s own VaaS (Voice as a Service) Voice Net brand
- NEC’s hosted call centre solution based on Contactual
- Web, Audio and Video conferencing powered by Azurn Merlin
- Billing solution with NEC’s Easy Bill
- Unified communications from NEC’s Service Delivery Platform
- Hosted email powered by Microsoft Exchange Server
- Collaborative business intranet portals from ACRYN Knowledge Community
- Asset management from Smartpath Loc8
- Helpdesk software from Smartpath Loc8
- Contract management from Open Windows ContractsNOW
- Car Pool and Fleet Management from Open Windows
- E-learning and Training from Talent2’s Learning Management System
Davide Iacovitti, Product Manager Applications and Content, NEC Australia said: “We’re saying to companies - we can provide everything you need to run your business through one portal, simply and cheaply with complete integration across the lot. We’re providing all the flexibility and cost effectiveness of the SaaS model, with telephony, collaboration and integration that hasn’t been available before.”
Businesses will be able to pick and choose a portfolio of applications based on their business need, with fully integrated telephony and unified communications ‘click to call’ functionality across each. The software will be accessed via a single sign-on enabled online portal providing integration and collaboration across all products with a monthly license fee and complete flexibility over what software they need and when.
The offering will be available to any business in Australia via any ISP – not tying businesses into any one service provider. NEC Australia will deliver the service through its 240 strong channel community.
Iacovitti continued: “The problem for businesses today is that, with so many SaaS offerings available, it becomes difficult to share information across the applications and makes it more complex to set up, integrate and manage. We’re taking all this pain away, allowing small and mid-sized businesses to have everything they need in one place, with one simple monthly subscription and full collaboration between different tools.”
Developed in Australia at NEC’s Applications Centre facility in Melbourne, the service will be made available in Australia first and then rolled out to other countries worldwide. NEC is already in conversations with SPs in Europe and Asia about offering the service using globally licensed local language software offerings.
NEC will host the service offering locally in its Melbourne and Springfield datacentres.
Independent application vendors and developers will be able to add their software to the service and NEC plans to increase the number of offerings significantly over time.
Applications will start from $5 per user per month.
Visit http://www.applicationsnet.com/ for more information
For media enquiries please contact:
Will Clarke
NEC Australia Pty Ltd
Tel: 03 92714172
Email: will.clarke@nec.com.au
Alec Stanwell
n2n Communications
02 9213 2305
astanwell@n2n.com.au
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About NEC Australia – http://www.nec.com.au/
From the home, to the desktop, to the datacentre, and the networks that span the country connecting them, NEC Australia is the company that researches, develops and deploys advanced technologies, solutions and services that help users around the world live, work and communicate.
Alongside its strength in product innovation, NEC Australia also provides a range of managed services delivering consultancy, integration and ongoing management of both complex and simple IT environments.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialised needs of its diverse and global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec.com/
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