Collaborate More Powerfully through Integration

Cisco Unified Communications creates adaptive workspaces that provide powerful new ways for customers, coworkers, and business partners to collaborate, whether they are inside or outside of the organization. Cisco Unified Communications is part of a comprehensive solution that includes an intelligent integrated network infrastructure.

The infrastructure is a critical component for creating collaborative, adaptive workspaces. This is why Cisco has built its unified communications solutions on a service-oriented network architecture (SONA.) Cisco SONA:

• Adds intelligence to the network
• Provides a systems-level approach to integration
• Delivers policies that allow these systems to flexibly address the needs of specific business processes
• Makes it possible to deliver rich media experiences across any workspace securely and with optimal quality
• Has the agility to quickly adapt to market changes

For example, Cisco RSVP Agent allows Cisco Integrated Services Routers to intelligently exchange information with Cisco Unified Communications Manager to improve quality of service and increase network flexibility.

Cisco SONA:

• Provides a secure foundation that is optimized for unified communications, data, and wireless networking
• Supports border elements for easy and cost-effective connectivity between independent voice-over-IP networks and analog phone gateways using your existing phone equipment

Cisco Unified Communications infrastructure products include:

• Routers
• Switches
• Voice gateways
• Unified Border Elements
• Switches with inline power
• Voice servers

See how Communications Infrastructure products fit in the Cisco Unified Communications System.

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