Since our workforce became more virtual over recent years with face-to-face meetings happening more rarely, many organisations now rely on being able to stay in touch with their teams via virtual meetings. In this situation, a platform called WebConnex from Mitel Unify, can help stay workplace teams stay in touch – and it’s a great alternative to Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
OpenScape UC is a platform which combines video calls, conferencing, screen and content sharing, presence information and telephony. It’s provided in Australia by Mitel Unify and On-Line Communications will sell it, install it and train your staff in how to use it.
As Stuart Edge, Director of On-Line Communications says: “WebConnex is cheaper than Microsoft Teams and has better telephony and screen sharing capabilities. It works with any device with a web browser and email – this is all you need to get it up and running.”
The WebConnex platform scales from 5 to 500,000 users and gives your business fully unified communications. It brings together all the best parts of communication into one place so there are no bits and pieces – just one working solution. It’s also a much more secure platform based on https encryption with servers in Australia, so this ensures your work conferences won’t be ‘Zoom-bombed’ which can easily happen with Zoom!
Zoom meetings have been notorious for a lower level of security with people often being able to join in when they haven’t been invited but WebConnex has a far higher level of security so this doesn’t happen.
To have WebConnex working, you only need a url, user name and password. On-Line Communications can get this all working and your existing phone numbers can be moved to the platform.
So what can WebConnex do? Here’s a list of its features:
- Click-to-dial (from Outlook, documents and web pages)
- Click-to-conference
- Screen and document sharing
- Shared whiteboard
- High-definition video conferencing
- Presence tells you who is available and how they can be reached
- Direct integration with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Teams
Integrates with Microsoft Teams
WebConnex integrates with Microsoft Teams so users are able to access all the basic WebConnex features available, as you can in the screen shot below.
All you need is your smartphone or tablet:
If you’re working out in the field, you can still keep in touch with your smartphone or tablet device on WebConnex. All the features of the software are the same but can be operated from smartphones or tablets.
WebConnex also gives a great deal of support to those working from home because they’re able to participate in conferences and phone calls.
If you’re using a private device with WebConnex, your customers will only see your office number and your private details are not given out.
WebConnex is part of the Mitel Unify portfolio of products. To find out more about WebConnex, call On-Line Communications on +61 2 9496 4000 or send an email to: info@olcs.com.au
For more information about WebConnex and how we could set it up for you, visit On-Line Communications here.