Mitel Unveils AnyWare IaaS Service that Provides Cloud-Based Unified Communications

The AnyWare Infrastructure-as-a-Service was recently unveiled by Mitel at Interop 2012. Mitel is a provider of Unified Communications and Collaboration software solutions. With their new solution, they seek to deploy Unified Communications-as-a-Service in a new way. The AnyWare IaaS has as well been designed to expand Mitel's Freedom Architecture, so that IT organizations can host Mitel’s virtualized UCC software in a virtual private datacenter provided by Mitel NetSolutions, the company's service provider division.

The new AnyWare IaaS

With the new AnyWare IaaS, IT organizations can realize virtualized voice, unified communications and collaboration in an affordable manner and they can choose between a private or hybrid cloud model. Not only does this streamline operations; it as well decreases infrastructure costs. These features will help IT departments to offload in-house resources and concentrate their energies on other pertinent issues, like strategizing and delivering world-class collaboration and communication.

Another advantage of AnyWare IaaS is that it is VMware Ready, making it upside down compatible. It is augmented for Mitel's purpose-built UCC applications and expedites integrated UCaaS deployments that decrease lifecycle support costs linked with maintaining Enterprise communications infrastructure.

"Until now, companies interested in deploying real-time communication technologies like voice or video had to invest in new infrastructure to support the Quality of Service required for enterprise collaboration," said Jon Brinton, president of Mitel NetSolutions. "Mitel AnyWare IaaS provides a sophisticated, SAS70-certified virtual Private Data Center with the resources to support the deployment of Mitel's comprehensive UC applications, including in point of fact virtualized voice – the same functionality and integration as if IT purchased and deployed these applications in their own data center – nevertheless via a cloud delivery model."

Innovative one that can enhance the agility

"VMware's partnership with Mitel continues to be an innovative one that can enhance the agility and flexibility of IT organizations by providing them with solutions to help accelerate their journey to the cloud," said Parag Patel, vice president, Global Strategic Alliances at VMware. "AnyWare IaaS can allow IT departments to focus on the strategic initiatives critical to their core business, during reducing infrastructure costs."