1. Open: Unification Across Systems, Media, Devices and Vendors
SONA
Applications
Clearing: SONA is open.
Just as every workspace is variable, so too is the number of systems that require integration.
Cisco unifies applications as diverse as those offered by IBM, Microsoft, RIM, WebEx, Saleforece.com, Oracle, and SAP, and many others.
Customers who have deployed Microsoft Office Communications Server for some workspaces will soon be able to leverage these desktop capabilities with the Cisco Unified Communications System, despite the proprietary CODECs used by Microsoft.
This is not only important for unifying workspaces today, but consider the implications for the future. A multitude of vendors will undoubtedly deliver innovative collaboration solutions and business applications in the years to come. It’s naïve for anyone to say all of this innovation will come from a single vendor.
SONA offers a platform on which customers can build and hook their legacy applications into to achieve integrated content anytime, anywhere, and on any device. It MUST be open in order to make this a reality.
Open: Ubiquitous access for anyone on any device. Drives value in to the organization transforming the way we do business.