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Unify² Introduces Comprehensive Reporting and Billing for Microsoft Lync Server 2010

PowerView 3.0 Product Helps Enterprises Drive Usage, Optimize Operations, Track ROI and Simplify their Billing/Charge–back Reporting for Microsoft Lync Server 2010.

REDMOND, Wash. –– November 17, 2010 –– Unify², a leading global unified communications (UC) systems integrator and independent software vendor announced today a new version of its flagship PowerView product that is designed to help global enterprises optimize their UC investments by monitoring and driving Microsoft Lync Server 2010 usage, and integrating with billing and chargeback information.

PowerView 3.0 includes a scalable, comprehensive data warehouse for Lync Server 2010 and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 that aggregates data collected from CDR, Active Directory, carrier billing rate tables and other data sources, providing powerful views of communications data optimized for business reporting purposes. PowerView effectively complements the raw transactional data contained in the Lync CDR databases and provides a rich view of the data that’s correlated with the enterprise’s organizational and geographical topologies, enabling enterprises to leverage a comprehensive set of PowerView reports or easily develop custom views of business data related to Lync.

“PowerView 3.0 gives IT executives, managers, and administrators a comprehensive scalable, high performance dashboard for their enterprise–wide Lync Server 2010 deployments, to help them drive usage and adoption consistently across their entire enterprise, and optimize device and infrastructure investments and internal operations,” said Sonu Aggarwal, Unify² CEO. “Additionally, PowerView 3.0 allows the enterprise to build a robust infrastructural foundation that enables a quality Lync Server 2010 experience, and refine that foundation on an ongoing basis as their deployment expands across the enterprise or covers additional geographies, workloads or upgrades over time.”

Unify² PowerView 3.0 generates detailed reports on enterprise Lync Server 2010 adoption, identifying usage patterns and estimated cost savings achieved through the use of enterprise voice, video conferencing, instant messaging, and application sharing. PowerView 3.0 provides a series of customizable reports that address the following needs:

Lync Server 2010 Usage Analysis: Tracks Microsoft Lync usage across the enterprise over time, adoption of Lync workloads and features, customized around organization hierarchy, department, business divisions or geography.
Lync Server 2010 Operations Optimization: Tracks communications device and client usage, and provides inbound and outbound voice call trends by geography or organization, which is geared towards reducing infrastructure costs.
Lync Server 2010 Billing Integration: Provides three options for implementing departmental billing, with subscriber fixed–fee, usage–based and carrier rate table–based billing models. Enterprises can calculate and share costs across different business units, and email monthly comprehensive billing reports to departments or optionally export the data to corporate finance applications.
Lync Server 2010 ROI Tracking: Tracks cost savings of deploying Lync for internal and PSTN dial-in conferencing based on enterprise’s projected conference per–minute savings rates.

“PowerView 3.0 gives customers a strong option for understanding usage and allocating their communications costs,” said Ashima Singhal, group product manager, Microsoft Lync. “Microsoft is pleased to be working with Unify² in delivering customers further value through solutions built for Microsoft Lync.”

PowerView 3.0 Features

* Customized Hierarchical Drilldowns: Enables enterprises to leverage their own terminology and structural organization for both geographies and business structure for accessing reports and graphs.

* Tablix Reports: Combines capabilities from drilldowns, tables and matrixes, enabling efficient and flexible browsing of tabular data, by allowing expanding or collapsing of sections.

* Export Data: Exports data to numerous formats such as Word, Excel, PDF, and Comma Separated Files.

* Report Subscriptions: Enables reports to be run at desired intervals and send data automatically through email. Users can also set report parameters such as department and date ranges in advance.

* Rich Security: Administrators can leverage PowerView’s predefined security groups, or create custom security groups using security features from Microsoft’s SQL Server Reporting Services.

* Custom Reports: PowerView enables an enterprise to efficiently build custom reports for their own enterprise, incorporating the rich pre–existing capabilities of PowerView.

* Multiple OCS/Lync Server Version Support: View reports from CDR data extracted from Lync Server 2010 and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 pools.

For more information visit http://www.unifysquare.com/powerview.aspx. Customers can contact sales@unifysquare.com to schedule a demonstration or receive more information.

About Unify² (Unify Square) , Inc.
Unify² is a global Unified Communications system integrator and independent solution vendor with headquarters in Bellevue, WA, USA and operations in Americas, Europe & Asia. It was founded by former Microsoft Lync Product Team members, who have deep insight into deploying the Microsoft Unified Communications platform and hold patents in Enterprise Instant Messaging. With the help of Unify², more than 50 enterprise customers worldwide in many diverse industries, have successfully deployed unified communications. Unify² specializes in delivering breakthrough operational cost efficiencies and transforming business process outcomes with custom designed communication enabled business process (CEBP) solutions. For more information, visit http://www.unifysquare.com. For Press Contact, please email pr@unifysquare.com

Unify² Hires Microsoft Executive to Accelerate its Asia Pacific Expansion Plan

Microsoft veteran joins Unify² leadership to lead Asia Pacific Enterprise Market Strategy and Growth

REDMOND, WA –– November 15, 2010 –– Unify², the Unified Communications (UC), Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) and Microsoft Lync 2010 specialist Systems Integrator announced the appointment of Tit–Meng Ang to its leadership team as Managing Director for Asia Pacific. With 23 years experience in enterprise solutions selling and deep knowledge of key Asia Pacific markets, Tit–Meng Ang brings to Unify² his proven track record in building world class teams to deliver transformational business value to enterprise customers and partners.

As Managing Director of Unify² Asia Pacific based in Singapore reporting to the CEO, Sonu Aggarwal, Tit–Meng Ang will oversee all aspects of Asia Pacific business including Strategy, Sales, Customer Experience, Delivery, and building out a talent pool of UC architects for enterprise customers. Tit–Meng Ang will leverage his deep regional market knowledge to grow Unify²’s Asia Pacific business region covering Japan, Greater China, South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Indian subcontinent.

“Innovation & success in the Asia Pacific enterprise market ecosystem is key to Unify²’s global vision to deliver transformational business value for our global and regional customers,” said Sonu Aggarwal, Chief Executive Officer of Unify². “Tit–Meng Ang’s experience brings those qualities, enabling the realization of our Unified Communications lifecycle business vision for our enterprise customers in the region.”

In his 13.5 year tenure at Microsoft Asia–Pacific, Tit–Meng Ang was EPG Director for Microsoft Malaysia, EPG Director for Microsoft APAC (based in Hong Kong, and responsible for $500M in enterprise software revenue for Microsoft), General Manager for Microsoft Enterprise Partnerships for Greater China, and most recently drove the Lenovo strategic alliance for Microsoft in Asia–Pacific, India & Japan. Prior to Microsoft, Tit–Meng Ang worked at NCR and Oracle between 1987 and 1998.

“Fortune 500 class Global enterprise customers, including those headquartered in Asia are betting on Unified Communications to drive agility, productivity, efficiency and transformational value, “said Tit–Meng Ang. “Unify²is at the forefront of providing these global enterprises the UC lifecycle ‘vision–to–execution’ roadmap with quality services and innovative products over the next 10 years, leading into industry specific Communication Enabled Business Process realization. I’m delighted to leverage Unify²’s UC trusted advisor position into the fastest growing region in the world and drive innovation and success with our customers in Asia Pacific.”

About Unify Square, Inc.
Unify² is a leader in addressing enterprise roadmap, architecture, and deployment for Microsoft’s Unified Communications platform, providing enterprise customers both strategic vision and the hands–on execution required for a successful UC deployment. The founders hold patents in Enterprise Instant Messaging and possess deep insight into how integrated IP Telephony, Instant Messaging/ Presence, and Web Conferencing can deliver breakthrough operational efficiencies and streamlined workplace communications. Unify² provides consulting services on a worldwide basis, with offices in Redmond, Wash., Cologne, Germany and Singapore. More information is online at http://www.unifysquare.com.

Unify² Names Hari Natarajan Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

Enterprise Microsoft Technology Services Veteran Joins Unify² Leadership to drive Global Enterprise Market Sales, Marketing and Strategic Partnerships

REDMOND, WA –– May 26, 2010 –– Unify², the most specialized consulting firm in Unified Communications (UC) and Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), today announced the appointment of Hari Natarajan to its executive leadership team as chief sales and marketing officer. With more than 25 years experience in pioneering strategic business alliances in the enterprise market around the globe, Natarajan brings to Unify² his proven track record of transformational business value to global enterprise customers and partners.

Natarajan will own harnessing the global enterprise demand for Unify²'s UC sought-after services, product portfolio direct sales, marketing, and brand, while also leveraging strategic global and regional alliance channels. He will lead a global team that ensures alignment with Microsoft's UC vision, trusted advisor community, and scorecard, while driving industry-specific initiatives that support communications enabled business process (CEBP) transformation for enterprise customers.

"Hari's deep background in global enterprise market development and proven success in building effective technology alliances across the globe make him a great addition to Unify² leadership," said Sonu Aggarwal, chief executive officer of Unify². "Over 50 enterprise customers and key global SIs have chartered Unify²to accelerate their Microsoft OCS and Enterprise Voice deployments. Hari will be a tremendous asset to springboard this success into long term, relationship-based business value that enterprise customers require."

Natarajan has developed strategic business alliances and established a track record in new market creation for large enterprises for the past 25 years across APAC, EMEA and North America. Prior to Unify², Natarajan spent more than 15 years with Satyam, developing global technology alliances with Microsoft, SAP, Digital Equipment and others. Under his leadership, Satyam won numerous Microsoft partner awards, successfully expanded its global alliance organization, and delivered best of breed sales and share gain in global markets.

"Real time presence- and process-based unified communication and collaboration is the next frontier of enterprise productivity that will deliver transformational value for CxOs," said Natarajan. "Unify² is an innovative global technology company with a remarkable genealogy of world class UC architects, inventors, and talented consultants with best-in-class UC consulting services, products and tools. I'm excited to expand the global enterprise customer and partner footprint for Unify²and support Microsoft's category-leading communication and collaboration products with Unify² UC solution design wins and industry-specific success stories."

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Unify² Introduces Comprehensive Reporting/Billing and Bandwidth Management Product Suite for Enterprise Office Communications Server

New PowerView and PowerPlan Products Help Enterprises Optimize their Office Communications Server Operations through Detailed Usage Analysis, Billing Integration, and Bandwidth Planning

REDMOND, WA -- December 17, 2009 -- Unify², a leading services and solutions firm in Unified Communications (UC) and Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), announced today a software product suite designed to help global enterprises optimize their UC investments by monitoring and driving OCS usage, integrating with billing and chargeback information, and enabling comprehensive bandwidth planning across the enterprise.

The Unify² PowerView offering is a sophisticated product for global enterprises looking to better track and measure OCS deployments based on business division or geography, and includes integrated billing options that can track and charge-back costs across business units. The PowerPlan offering, complementary to PowerView, enables an enterprise to determine its expected OCS bandwidth consumption across its entire network infrastructure, based on enterprise-specific usage parameters to “right-size” its network and facilitate a quality OCS end-user experience.

PowerView generates detailed reports on enterprise OCS adoption, identifying usage patterns and estimated cost savings achieved through the use of enterprise voice, video conferencing, instant messaging, and application sharing. PowerView provides a series of customizable reports that address the following needs:

OCS Usage Analysis: Tracks OCS usage across the enterprise over time, adoption of OCS workloads and features, customized around organization hierarchy, department, business divisions or geography.
OCS Operations Optimization:Tracks communications device and client usage, and provides inbound and outbound voice call trends by geography or organization, which is geared towards reducing infrastructure costs.
OCS Billing Integration:Provides two options for implementing departmental billing, with subscriber fixed-fee or usage-based billing models. Enterprises can calculate and share costs assigned to different business units, and optionally export the data to corporate finance applications.
OCS ROI Tracking:Tracks cost savings of deploying OCS for internal and PSTN dial-in conferences based on per-user per-minute savings.

"PowerView gives IT executives, managers, and administrators a comprehensive dashboard for their enterprise-wide OCS deployments, to help them drive usage and adoption consistently across their entire enterprise, and optimize device and infrastructure investments and internal operations," said Sonu Aggarwal, Unify² CEO. "PowerPlan allows the enterprise to plan for its OCS bandwidth needs across the entire enterprise and for all OCS workloads including voice, conferencing, and video. Used together, PowerPlan and PowerView allow the enterprise to build a robust infrastructural foundation that enables a quality OCS experience, and refine that foundation on an ongoing basis as their deployment expands across the enterprise or covers additional workloads or upgrades over time."

Unify² PowerPlan

PowerView is enhanced further by Unify² PowerPlan, a new product that for the first time allows a global OCS enterprise to develop a comprehensive bandwidth model for its expected actual OCS bandwidth consumption, across all the network nodes and links of interest, including all branch offices in the enterprise. PowerPlan allows the enterprise to simulate the impact of OCS workloads across a representation of its entire enterprise network, and thereby estimate the maximal bandwidth consumption on each link in actual operation. PowerPlan factors in current network consumption by other applications on the enterprise network, and can provide an enterprise with an integrated picture of its network needs both in the planning phase itself, as well as on an ongoing basis as its OCS usage and other network applications change over time. By understanding its actual usage using PowerView, an enterprise can refine its bandwidth consumption model using PowerPlan. Used together, PowerPlan and PowerView enable an enterprise to “right-size” its network for OCS on a continuous basis.

PowerView Features

Customized Hierarchical Drilldowns: Enables enterprises to leverage their own terminology and structural organization for both geographies and business structure for accessing reports and graphs.
Tablix Reports: Combines capabilities from drilldowns, tables and matrixes, enabling efficient and flexible browsing of tabular data, by allowing expanding or collapsing of sections.
Export Data: Exports data to numerous formats such as Word, Excel, PDF, and Comma Separated Files.
Report Subscription: Enables reports to be run at desired intervals and send data automatically via email. Users can set report parameters such as department and date ranges.

Rich Security:Administrators can leverage PowerView's predefined security groups, or create custom security groups using security features from Microsoft's SQL Server Reporting Services.
Custom Reports:PowerView enables an enterprise to efficiently build custom reports for their own enterprise, incorporating the rich pre-existing capabilities of PowerView.

For more information visit the PowerView page. Customers can contact sales@unifysquare.com to schedule a demonstration or receive more information.

Unify² Launches Training Program on Microsoft Office Communications Server Voice

New Training Program Offers Microsoft OCS Curriculum, with Custom Training Offerings on Microsoft OCS Release 2, PBX Interoperability, Cisco Migration and More

REDMOND, WA -- May 28, 2009 -- Unify Square, the most specialized consulting firm in Unified Communications (UC) and Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), announces a new training program designed to give enterprise customers an intensive look into what it takes to implement Microsoft OCS Voice technology. The company's first training course, Microsoft Unified Communications Voice Ignite, kicks off June 15, 2009 in Bellevue, Wash., and will feature a detailed overview of PBX Interoperability and Microsoft OCS 2007 Release 2.

Unify Square brings extensive experience in the OCS product and understanding of the roadmap for Microsoft's UC strategy. The Unify Square team has helped more than 100 enterprises plan and deploy enterprise Voice, and is now expanding its offerings to provide customized training courses on topics such as OCS R2, OCS operations, Voice quality and security, Microsoft UC integration, and interoperability and migration with PBXs, including Cisco, Nortel and Mitel.

Microsoft turned to Unify Square to help build the latest version of Voice Ignite training labs (Voice Ignite 1.2), with a key focus on OCS PBX interoperability with Cisco Call Manager and Nortel CS 1000. Unify Square also developed the infrastructure and lab training content for the Microsoft OCS Masters Program, featuring a simulated global telephony environment with multiple PBXs.

Unify Square Training Description, Costs and Registration
Microsoft Unified Communications Voice Ignite is an in-depth 5-day technical workshop designed to train enterprise customers on how to deploy Voice technology using Microsoft OCS. Through a combination of interactive lectures and hands-on labs, Unify Square's certified experts will help customers learn key OCS Voice concepts and techniques. Some of the class highlights:

Understand OCS Voice fundamentals
Develop and test complex dial plans and phone policies
Integrate and deploy OCS with a PSTN gateway
Understand PBX interoperability including Direct SIP and Dual-Forking
Troubleshoot voice calls via SIP/RTP protocol analysis
Enable Exchange Unified Messaging integration with OCS
Plan your network to handle OCS voice
Plan your OCS deployment to include multiple sites, high availability, and Edge services
Use the new features in OCS 2007 R2

The first Microsoft Unified Communications Voice Ignite workshop takes place June 15, 2009 in Bellevue, Wash. with additional courses scheduled throughout the year at multiple U.S. and international locations. The program is offered at an introductory rate of $1950 for the 5-day session, with volume discounts available for customers sending multiple team members. The complete course outline, customized training information, schedule and registration form is available at http://www.unifysquare.com/training.aspx.

About Unify Square, Inc.
Unify Square is a leader in addressing enterprise roadmap, architecture, and deployment for Microsoft's Unified Communications platform, providing enterprise customers both strategic vision and the hands-on execution required for a successful UC deployment. The founders hold patents in Enterprise Instant Messaging and possess deep insight into how integrated IP Telephony, Instant Messaging/ Presence, and Web Conferencing can deliver breakthrough operational efficiencies and streamlined workplace communications. Unify Square offers its services on a worldwide basis, with offices in Bellevue, Wash., and Bonn, Germany.

Unify² Success Leads to New Consulting Talent and Global Expansion with Operations in Bonn, Germany

Consulting Firm Significantly Deepens its Bench with Patent Holders, Noted Authors, and Some of the Foremost Experts in Unified Communications Integration, Consulting and Deployment

BELLEVUE, WA -- Mar 12, 2009 -- Unify Square, the most specialized consulting firm in Unified Communications (UC) and Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), has expanded its global presence with operations in Bonn, Germany, led by European Managing Director Jochen Kunert, one of the pioneers in enterprise Voice technology and noted author on Microsoft OCS. In addition to global expansion, Unify Square continues to broaden its management team, with some of the UC industry's top innovators, engineers and consultants.

Led by successful entrepreneur and co-inventor of Enterprise Instant Messaging technology Sonu Aggarwal, Unify Square offers enterprise customers an impressive team with backgrounds in Enterprise Voice, PBX interoperability, Systems Integration, OCS 2007 and R2 deployment, and enterprise consulting. "We have assembled an authoritative team of unified communications professionals with experience building industry-leading products and deploying them in global enterprise environments," said Aggarwal, Unify Square CEO. "Our team brings customers practical skills and hands-on experience with deployments in complex, real world environments, and I am thrilled to have such an impressive and influential group to help our enterprise customers master their UC strategies and migrations."

Foremost Authorities in Microsoft OCS, Voice, and PBX Interoperability
CEO Sonu Aggarwal holds four patents in Real-Time Collaboration, including the first ever in enterprise Instant Messaging (IM), which he developed after co-founding his first company Flash Communications, later acquired by Microsoft. Director Alan Shen leads the company's Enterprise Voice practice, drawing on his expertise as designer of the Microsoft OCS Audio/Video Edge solution, a critical and innovative component in the OCS 2007 architecture. Shen also led the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program (TAP) for both OCS IM and presence, and OCS Voice, helping more than 100 enterprise customers and partners effectively deploy Microsoft OCS.

Unify Square's management team reaches overseas with European Managing Director Jochen Kunert leading the company's European expansion. Considered one of the top consulting experts in Voice technology through years in the telecommunications industry, Kunert co-founded Media-Streams AG, the pioneering VoIP company acquired by Microsoft in 2005 to seed Microsoft's entry into the Enterprise Voice business. Kunert became a key source of Enterprise Voice knowledge for the Microsoft OCS development effort, including design for enterprise Voice Routing, and co-authored the definitive reference for OCS deployment and operations, the Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit.

Another seasoned professional on PBX interoperability is Architect Duncan Blake, who consults on production enterprise deployments such as OCS co-existence and integration with existing enterprise telephony environments. While part of Microsoft's UC product and Technical Product Management teams he provided direct technical assistance to the world's leading PBX manufacturers and on site assistance for the development teams at Genesys, Nortel, Cisco, Siemens and Mitel.

Expanded Talent in Information Technology Industry Consulting
Unify Square's team has spent decades managing complex IT deployments across the UC sphere, with UC Architect John Weber leading more than 30 enterprise engagements for Microsoft deployments and leading the OCS 2007 consulting practice for Ascentium. With more than 10 years experience working with collaboration and messaging technologies, Weber is an authority on migration and deployment for Microsoft Exchange and the company's complete UC product-line.

UC Architect Peter Pawlak has an impressive background that spans nearly 20 years in IT consulting, analysis, and management in Enterprise Collaboration and Voice deployments. While with consulting firm Resolute Solutions, Pawlak implemented OCS Voice and Exchange Unified Messaging solutions for large enterprise customers. While with Alaska Airlines, Pawlak assembled and managed a department focused on increasing the cost-effectiveness, reliability, performance, and security of the airline's networks and distributed systems. His tenure at software-research firm Directions on Microsoft had Pawlak covering E-mail, Instant Messaging, Telephony, Networking and Mobility as a senior analyst.

Specialization in Microsoft Technical and Product Management
Some of the deepest Microsoft technical expertise comes from Unify Square Director Arun Raghavan, and Director of Enterprise Engagements David Madison. Raghavan is head of development for the company, with a focus on advanced technical aspects of deployments such as customizing the functionality of OCS for specific enterprise needs. In his eight years at Microsoft, he developed more than 40 Management Packs for monitoring enterprise systems performance of Exchange, Active Directory, SharePoint, SQL Server and Windows Server 2003 and 2008. The result of these efforts helped customers realize millions of dollars in IT cost savings.

An authority on Microsoft Exchange, Madison created and ran the Early Adopter program for the Microsoft Exchange product group, which serves as the primary interface to a large number of Fortune 500 enterprises deploying pre-release versions of Microsoft Exchange, and was adopted as the standard model for enterprise Technology Adoption Programs across Microsoft. He provides end-to-end engagement leadership for some of Unify Square's largest enterprise deployment engagements.

Unify² Announces Voice Specialization for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2

Unified Communications Veterans Launch Unify² to Accelerate Enterprise Adoption of Office Communications Server 2007