Unify Cited as a Leader in On-Premises Unified Communications and Collaboration

RESTON, Va., July 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Unify, a leading communications software and services firm,  has been named a Leader among 11 of the most significant vendors in The Forrester Wave™ On-Premises Unified Communications and Collaboration, Q2 2014 report, published June 26 by Forrester Research, Inc. Unify was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate.

Forrester evaluated vendors against 29 criteria grouped into three categories: current offering, strategy, and market presence. In the Strategy category, Unify received the highest rating of all vendors in the report with 4.58 out of 5. In the Strategy subcategories, Unify received perfect scores (5.0) in 3 of the 5 categories: Product roadmap, Extensibility and Deployment Model.

According to Forrester, "Unify is innovating around social layer integrations and integrating business processes, making it easier to derive business value from an OpenScape deployment. [The Company's] ability to deliver industry solutions today and the promise of engaging, socially connected, communications-enabled collaboration experiences in the near future moves it into the Leaders quadrant."

"We're honored to have been selected by Forrester as a leader with the highest ranking in the strategy category," said Bill Hurley, chief marketing officer of Unify. "In today's competitive business landscape, we're focused on bringing solutions to market that offer a more seamless way for businesses to connect and collaborate, enabling enterprises to take advantage of the New Way to Work."

Unify's market-leading enterprise communications platform, OpenScape UC, was evaluated for the report. As a powerful communications solution, OpenScape UC offers a rich set of endpoints, mobility choices, edge solutions, unified communications, and standards-based integration and interoperability with business-critical applications and system.

To gain access to the complete report, visit http://www.unify.com/us/insights-and-success-stories/research-reports.aspx. For additional information on Unify and the OpenScape UC platform, visit http://www.unify.com/us/products-services/unified-communications/voice-platforms/hybrid-unified-communications-platforms.aspx.

About Unify
Unify is one of the world's leading communications software and services firms, providing integrated communications solutions for approximately 75 percent of the Fortune Global 500. Our solutions unify multiple networks, devices and applications into one easy-to-use platform that allows teams to engage in rich and meaningful conversations. The result is a transformation of how the enterprise communicates and collaborates that amplifies collective effort, energizes the business, and enhances business performance. Unify has a strong heritage of product reliability, innovation, open standards and security.

Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131015/NY97454LOGO

SOURCE Unify