Sanofi Aventis

In 2006, Sanofi-Aventis then chose to participate in a Microsoft® unified communications pilot program. The team wanted to investigate whether Office Communications Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 with Unified Messaging could enhance the features of thier collaboration environment, and, most importantly, provide a communications network that would help protect its intellectual property, using AudioCodes Mediant 1000 Media Gateways.

"Sanofi-Aventis started with 180 users predominantly from its Information Services teams throughout the world, says Rolf Hansmann, Head of Common Services Architecture and New Technologies. “We built a full unified communications test environment, so employees could assess all the collaboration features. This included integrating Office Communications Server 2007 with the company’s PBX in Frankfurt. A Mediation Server links to the PBX through an AudioCodes Mediant 2000 gateway, which easily integrates with Microsoft software and provides high performance and voice quality. Because Microsoft is working closely with PBX and gateway vendors, the Sanofi-Aventis team found accessing the expertise for the integration straightforward."

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