TORONTO – Bell Canada and Microsoft announced today they will expand upon their existing relationship to deliver new collaboration and unified communication solutions.
With these unified messaging, communications and collaboration solutions, “Canadian businesses will benefit from a robust ecosystem that includes rich presence, real-time communication and access to information any time, anywhere,” reads the press release.
"As workforce demographics change, more Canadian companies are demanding multidimensional and effective solutions to meet their evolving communication needs," said Stéphane Boisvert, president, Bell Enterprise Group, in the release. "At Bell, we complement a deep-rooted understanding of IP infrastructures with our proven success in real-time, networked application development. Our commitment is to enable Canadian businesses with effective unified communication tools that help speed decision-making processes.
"In addition, by working with Microsoft on collaboration solutions, we give customers who are running on a Microsoft-based unified communications platform the ability to integrate voice and data with desktop applications, simplify the management of their communications infrastructure and leverage their technology investment for future IP-based innovation."
"Canadian businesses are constantly struggling to find a unified solution to seamlessly integrate various products," said Bryan Rusche, Product Manager, Unified Communication and Collaboration, Microsoft Canada Co. "Microsoft is pleased to be working with Bell Canada to help solve these pain points and deliver a streamlined communications experience to Canadian companies."
