Quick Conference Now Available
Source: www.voip-news.com
CounterPath Corporation’s Quick Conference — that’s QC, for short — is now available. It’s a SIP-based audio conferencing solution that allows businesses to manage conference services in-house.
The system allows any employee — on-site or off — to set up an audio conference. Set up is simple too. You dial the enterprise PBX extension and select an ad-hoc 4-digit bridge number. Then folks just dial in.
According to the company:
While QC simplifies audio conferencing, it also provides a variety of features designed around the needs of business users, including:
- Web-based Management: For users who want to manage their conference
call visually, QC provides a Web-based interface that allows users to
see who is in the conference, mute participants, dial-out while in
the conference to invite new attendees, and record the call in high
definition audio - all through simple point-and-click commands.
- Integration with Bria: QC integrates with CounterPath’s flagship
softphone - Bria. When Bria users create a conference bridge, their
Bria softphone automatically provides them with a conferencing panel
that allows them to visually manage the conference with the same
options as they would have if they were using the Web management
interface.
- Remote Management: Employees can use their smartphone or PDA to
control the conference through the device browser. This provides
mobility workers with the same administrative functions as they would
have from their desktop. The mobile device can also be used during
in-person group meetings where the user may not have access to their
Bria softphone or QC’s Web management interface.
- Open to All: Unlike traditional conferencing models where only
selected employees have access to conferencing services, QC deploys
conferencing as a shared application on the network, available to all
users, at all times.
- Calendar Integration: QC’s Web management interface provides users
with a meeting invite template. Users simply populate the template
fields and QC exports an .ics file that can be sent to Microsoft
Outlook and IBM Lotus Notes users for one-click integration with
their calendars.
“In a global economy powered by knowledge workers and distributed workforces, audio conferencing has become a mission-critical service within the enterprise,” said Rob Brown, Vice President of Customer Marketing, CounterPath. “Quick Conference allows businesses to give every employee access to enterprise-class conferencing services while actually reducing operating expenses by running those services off their PBX. In combination with QC’s four-digit simplicity, our conferencing solution increases employee productivity, workplace satisfaction and levels of customer service, creating a winning proposition for both SMB and enterprise customers.”
