Standards-Based Support for Presence

Cisco Unified Presence is a critical capability that helps you realize the full value of a Cisco Unified Communications system. It collects information about a user's availability status and communications capabilities, including whether you are using a communications device such as a phone at a particular time or have Web collaboration or videoconferencing enabled on your system.

Based on information captured by the Cisco Unified Presence, applications such as Cisco Unified Personal Communicator and Cisco Unified Communications Manager can improve productivity by helping users connect with colleagues more efficiently by determining the most effective avenue for collaborative communication. Presence information can be incorporated in applications developed using the Cisco Unified Applications Environment, extending Cisco Unified Presence into customized applications.

Cisco Unified Presence includes the following features:

• Supports Cisco Unified Personal Communicator and Cisco IP Phone Messenger
• Facilitates applications interoperability using standards-based SIP/SIMPLE implementation
• Supports Microsoft Office Communicator click-to-dial and phone monitoring functions, as well as integration with Microsoft Outlook Calendar and Meeting Notification to help users maintain their availability and status information automatically
• Integrates with the IBM Sametime 7.5 client allowing Sametime users to initiate calls on their Cisco Unified IP Phones by using the click-to-call feature