LOD, Israel, Nov. 29, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AudioCodes (Nasdaq:AUDC), a leading provider of Voice over IP (VoIP) technologies and Voice Network products, today announced it has passed all testing requirements and is now the first qualified call recording solution for Microsoft Lync 2010.
The Microsoft Lync ISV Qualification Program is for Independent Software Vendors that have built solutions for Microsoft Lync 2010.
"The program is designed to help ensure that customers have a quality experience with setup, support and use of qualified ISV solutions with Microsoft Lync," said Kapil Sharma, principal group program manager, Lync Partner Engineering Team, Microsoft Corp. "Now that AudioCodes has completed its interoperability testing, businesses can use its call recording solutions with Lync 2010, to record customer interactions for business intelligence and compliance."
Qualification testing focuses on and is based upon the following categories: Feature Complete, Ease of setup and deployment, API Utilization, system performance and stability, and SDK/API implementation. Lync Qualified ISV solutions are published to the Microsoft PinPoint marketplace for Lync providing a 'one stop catalogue' for all Lync customers.
"It is very important for AudioCodes to provide our channel partners with a qualified recording solution for Lync," stated Nimrod Borovsky, Vice President of Marketing at AudioCodes. "We are pleased to be the first call recording solution tested and validated as part of our overall Microsoft Unified Communications strategy."
SmartTAP for Microsoft Lync 2010 is a security-enhanced call recording solution that enables the recording of key business interactions, with Microsoft Lync and Microsoft Office Communications Server R2. Leveraging years of experience in developing call recording solutions, SmartTAP is built on technology that can be easily configured using an intuitive web-based interface. This helps simplify system deployments and reduce the need for support. SmartTAP is compatible with VoIP, TDM, and hybrid telephony environments.
Within the SmartTAP environment, voice conversations are recorded in Microsoft's native Real-time Audio codec providing the highest fidelity of audio recordings in wide-band audio, and SmartTAP requires no additional PBX setup or configuration. SmartTAP is an ideal solution for companies in the financial services sector, branch office locations, as well as other highly regulated industries. When combined with a Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) designed to increase the resiliency of communications, SmartTAP completes the solution by offering full recording capabilities when the central site is offline.
About AudioCodes
AudioCodes Ltd. (Nasdaq:AUDC) designs, develops and sells advanced Voice over IP (VoIP) and converged VoIP and Data networking products and applications to Service Providers and Enterprises. AudioCodes is a VoIP technology market leader focused on converged VoIP & data communications and its products are deployed globally in Broadband, Mobile, Enterprise networks and Cable. The company provides a range of innovative, cost-effective products including Media Gateways, Multi-Service Business Gateways, Session Border Controllers (SBC), Residential Gateways, IP Phones, Media Servers and Value Added Applications. AudioCodes' underlying technology, VoIPerfectHD™, relies on AudioCodes' leadership in DSP, voice coding and voice processing technologies. AudioCodes High Definition (HD) VoIP technologies and products provide enhanced intelligibility and a better end user communication experience in Voice communications. For more information on AudioCodes, visit http://www.audiocodes.com
Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements'' as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and the demand for existing products; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development, upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; possible disruptions from acquisitions; the ability of AudioCodes to successfully integrate the products and operations of acquired companies into AudioCodes' business; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.
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