Understanding BCM 6.0 Software Release

Ihave been getting quite a few questions and emails asking for more information on BCM rls. 6.o.  So as a follow up to our pre-release 6.0 BCM announcement article a few weeks back Avaya BCM 6.0 Release.  Here are some further details on the software update.

NOTE: Avaya has issued and End-of-Sale for Dec 6th, 2010 on BCM 5.0 see our article here for further details -BCM End-of-Sale 5.0

BCM 6.0will be available on the BCM50 and BCM450 platforms and introduce enhanced unified communications capabilities to increase productivity and efficiency, improve mobility, collaboration, and provide new teleworking solutions.

BMC 6.0 Product Enhancements

Find Me Follow Me Enhancements

• Analog Trunk Support
• Increase of Capacity
• Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) on external destinations
• Configurable delay for external destinations
• Disable FMFM for Hunt Group calls

Remote Worker Solution -Unistim VPN Client (UVC)

• Integrated UVC in 1120/1140 IP Sets
• BCM 6.0 will support simplified configuration and provisioning of UVC sets

Remote Worker Solution – NAT Traversal

• Allows to use any Unistim IP Phone remotely
• No need for expensive VPN infrastructure

2050 IP Softphone version 4

• Windows 7 support
• Server & Node-Lock Licensing
• Audio Quality Enhancements
• Remote Installation
• TAPI Control
• Incoming Call Notification
• Soft Expansion Module

MeetMe Conferencing Portal

• Web portal for MeetMe Conferencing
• Real-time participant information for chair person and participants
• Option to disconnect

Advanced Paging Productivity Pack (APPP)

• One Button Text Messaging

Multiple Business Names

• Option to configure up to 5 different business names per BCM
• Each DN and HG is assigned to one of the five available business names
• Long Set Names of up 15 Characters

Serviceability Enhancements

• BCM50/BCM450 Multi- Image HDD FRU including images of all past releases
• HDD Imaging Solution
• NCM 6.0

Interoperability

• BCM50 3.0, 5.0 & 6.0
• BCM450 1.0, 5.0 & 6.0
• CS1000 7.0 & 6.0
• CS2100 SE13 & SE12
• IP Office 6.1 – SIP only
• Avaya Aura – SIP only

Public SIP Trunking

• Template Based Provisioning
• Extended Set of parameters
• Service Provider Failover
• Codec Lock Down
• Proxy Redundancy

VoiceMail Receipt

• Option to receive a listen receipt for VM
• Informs VM sender which
• VMs have been received by recipient

The above features highlight the Key Messages/updates of the 6.0 release. If you require further information on any of the features, let me know below in the comments section and I will get back to you shortly.

Thanks,
AD

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About Adam DaCosta

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