The
Avaya™ Modular Messaging solution for the Avaya™ S3400
Message Server is a voice and fax messaging software application
designed for single- or multi-site global enterprise customers,
and provides a path toward a wide range of enterprise capabilities,
including message networking, unified messaging and unified
communication.
Modular Messaging messages are accessible anywhere, any time, from a wide array
of access devices including telephone, fax machines or PC graphical user interfaces
(GUIs).
Avaya Modular Messaging is an evolutionary path for existing and new enterprise
customers regardless of current platform and capabilities. For existing customers,
Modular Messaging can be seamlessly added to the customer's current environment
without any changes to current voice and data infrastructures. For new users,
Modular Messaging will offer a powerful feature package of messaging capabilities.
For both new and existing customers, Modular Messaging is the base platform component
for customers to be able to leverage advanced capabilities to empower their businesses.
Customers can start with a traditional voice-messaging package, add multi-media
and email access capabilities and ultimately architect a comprehensive unified
communication solution.
Modular Messaging is the fusion of Avaya messaging platforms within a single
architecture. A synthesis of existing Avaya messaging platforms based on a next
generation layered architecture, Modular Messaging represents the logical separation
of core messaging and application layers, both designed to use industry-standard
hardware and software platforms. This innovative architecture:
• Leverages industry-standard hardware elements, software elements,
and protocols.
-Increases compatibility between different applications, such as IMAP4 client
access to Modular Messaging message storage servers or SMTP/MIME for networking
between messaging systems.
• Enhances reliability/availability.
- Modular Messaging elements can be targeted for specific protection through
redundancy, N+1 or other techniques appropriate to the element's function and
task.
• Decouples application software, core messaging software, and
hardware elements.
- Industry-standard elements can be offered at industry prices allowing the lowest
possible price for hardware and software elements or added hardware/software
reliability aspects.
- Enables
expansion into protocol agnostic networking, unified messaging and unified communications
solutions.
--Each of these elements can
be layered on top of Modular Messaging without system forklift
or any loss of capital investment.
- Provides for a future software-only offer capability on channel-provided or
customer-provided hardware elements.
• Global availability.
- Localization can be applied to specific messaging elements layers while use
of industry-standard software/hardware elements speeds time-to-market for globalization.
• Leverages current infrastructures.
- Modular Messaging "rides on top" of current (and future) multi-vendor
infrastructures as well as industry-standard platforms and protocols. No changes
to the current infrastructures are needed to begin implementation of Modular
Messaging. Modular Messaging supports over 55 switch integrations (SWINS) covering
over 20 manufacturers.
Modular Messaging is the Avaya messaging system foundation layer of unified communication,
seamless networking, high reliability/availability, and the next step in accessibility:
Avaya™ Unified Communication Center (UCC) Speech Access. As a new applications
platform, Modular Messaging applications will ultimately be available in a number
of offers: large, small, IP PBX-embedded, and standalone. Modular Messaging is
a stand-alone enterprise version compatible with most industry telecommunications
systems, PBXs, and Centrex, offering service from 4 to 144-ports and up to 50,000
mailboxes. |
