Quest Software has announced two new products MessageStats and Active Roles
Server-that will expand its growing portfolio of unified communications support
products. Both MessageStats and Active Roles Server now include support for
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.
“Quest is committed to providing innovative products that help customers get
more value from their existing Microsoft unified communications invest-ments.
These new additions enhance the administration and management experience and
give people a deeper view into their unified communications solutions,” said
Yancey Smith, Director-Office Communications Server Product Management,
Microsoft.
The company claims that the Quest MessageStats is the first and only fully
unified communications reporting tool in the market. In addition to Microsoft
Exchange Server, MessageStats now can report about Office Communications Server
2007 via a new report pack. The report pack provides information about instant
messaging, web-conferencing and voice calls by department; reports top calls per
user; and conducts charge backs for voice calls. Other key benefits include a
common reporting console and format for Exchange Server and Office
Communications Server 2007, and business-focused reports that verify how Office
Communications Server 2007 contributes to overall corporate objectives.
Active Roles Server is also able to provision and de-provision Office
Communications Server users, which makes rolling out unified communications
faster and less error-prone.
“The single biggest factor for IT decision-makers to make their businesses
more responsive is getting people to work together more effectively and
collaboratively. On the software side, Microsoft is trying to get enterprise
software makers to embed its presence technology in their products,” said Joe
Gare, Windows Management Technical Specialist, Quest Software India. “Quest is
aggressively moving into this market and re-developing our popular Exchange
Server products to include support for Office Communications Server,” said Gare.
Quest's unified communications solution set recently won a 'Product of the
Year Award' from Unified Communications magazine.