July 13th, 2007
VoIP conferencing capability coming to iPhone-Monday
On Monday, collaboration and conferencing provider Genesys will announce what it will position as the first VoIP-enabling utility for the iPhone.
Browser-based Genesys Meeting Center 4.0 will work via the iPhone’s Safari browser to enable meeting initiation via desktop VoIP. The technology will be included with meeting tools Publisher, Outlook & Lotus Contacts control, Outlook Calendar, and Meeting Launcher.
Additionally, VoIP Soft Phone capability, which already is included in Genesys Meeting Center, will be included in this release as well.
According to Genesys, all features regularly viewable on a desktop during a web meeting are supported on the iPhone with zoom-in capabilities and portrait/landscape view. Speed varies depending on Wi-Fi or EDGE connection speed.
Of course, the degree of take-up for this product will be significantly informed by the iPhone’s degree of acceptance in the enterprise space. At this early stage, that degree of acceptance is open to question.
Russell Shaw is an enterprise computing journalist, analyst and author based in Portland, Oregon. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
