Aastra Clearspan Product Overview

Contents

Aastra Clearspan Product Overview Manual pdf 42 page image

Clearspan® Product Overview R19 Aastra – 2740-0072014 Clearspan® is a Registered Trademark of Aastra Technologies Ltd. Page 42 of 933.2 Clearspan Call Control Interaction for UCThe Clearspan system supporting portions of the Unified Communications functionality will bedeployed and managed by the end customer or Aastra, depending on the business model. ThisClearspan system will support the following UC capabilities: All call control including point-to-point audio and video sessions Multiparty Audio Conferencing (Meet-Me, optional) Support of mobile users and clients with various Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC)strategies Licensing of the Clearspan Communicator clients Clearspan Device Management for automated client provisioning Integration with Aastra OnDemand for automatic provisioning of subscriptions and users Enterprise Directories Call Logs (Missed/Placed/Received) Centralized Service Configuration (Call Forwarding, DND, etc.)3.3 Aastra OnDemandAastra OnDemand is a set of cloud-based hosted or managed services, an optional add-on to theUC solutions available using the Clearspan Communicator (Audio or Video options – see below fordetails), XMPP and Web Collaboration. A subscription to the OnDemand service is required todeliver the following capabilities as part of the complete solution: Instant Messaging and Presence (IM&P) Desktop sharing Full Web Collaboration capabilitiesWith the IM&P service, the Clearspan Communicator allows a user to build a list of frequentcontacts called buddies. When users want to communicate with one of their buddies, they canquickly see their availability (presence) and choose a mode of communication (chat, voice, video,desktop share). The presence status can be viewed from the Clearspan Communicator or inMicrosoft Outlook. Desktop sharing and full Web Collaboration is also delivered from AastraOnDemand. Clearspan Communicator uses the Aastra OnDemand Web Collaborationinfrastructure to enable desktop sharing between the Clearspan Communicator users and usersjoining sessions via a Web browser.3.4 Clearspan UC Clients DetailsIn addition to web-based portals provided for administrator and user self-configuration purposes,Aastra offers a range of client applications to access the features associated with the Clearspanservices, designed to address the varying needs of different user types. These products areintegrated with Aastra server-based features and offer enhanced functionality for users. In additionto hardware based options, the Clearspan solution provides the following software based end-userUC client options: Clearspan Assistant - A PC-based carrier-class, lightweight desktop communicationsmanagement product for everyday users of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft InternetExplorer. Used in conjunction with the Clearspan platform, users have full call-control