Modrus Unite (powered by Microsoft Lync)

Instant Messaging - provides business class IM, with conversation history enabling users to keep track of old conversations. Instant messaging dialogues can be stored with the date and timestamp of each message and previous conversations can be conveniently continued from within the 'Conversations' tab.

Presence - provides an immediate, visual representation of a user's availability, or presence. By simply looking at the contact list, users can find everything they need at a glance. Picture and location is available, with the presence 'jellybean' providing a richer interface which is enhanced with physical locations to let others know precise whereabouts when working in the office, at home, a coffee shop or elsewhere.

Audio Conferencing - a fundamental need for many businesses, this presents a great opportunity for cost savings when deployed on-premise. Lync Server 2010 provides a user experience that is familiar to users of traditional audio bridge services including PSTN dial-in services with touch-tone call control commands. At the same time, it incorporates powerful scheduling, joining and management features available only with an integrated Unified Communications platform.

NOTE: 'Modrus Unite' features person-to-person Audio & Video Conferencing, while 'Modrus Unite Exec' allows up to 20 users to join a conference.

Video Conferencing - increasingly important as organisations become more distributed, Lync Server 2010 provides a more personal video conference experience that supports effective team-building. Complex interfaces, high cost and limited features have reduced adoption of video conferencing across the broader workforce. Lync Server 2010 simplifies the user experience by incorporating video into the unified client and Outlook, so that scheduling an online video conference or spontaneously escalating from audio to video is seamless and easy.

Whiteboard with Mark-Up - this feature provides presenters with a blank page on which to draw, add text and highlight information by using the annotation tools. Users can start a whiteboard session from directly within Lync 2010 to share ideas or diagrams. Changes to the whiteboard and the contributor's identity are automatically displayed.

PC USERS ONLY - Application & Document Sharing - by integrating traditional application and document sharing into the streamlined Lync 2010 client, Lync Server 2010 delivers a highly accessible and reliable tool. Combined with audio or video conferencing, the result is a highly immersive and collaborative session that is simple to facilitate. This feature allows presenters to broadcast any visuals, applications, web pages, documents, software or part of their desktops to remote participants in real time, right from Lync 2010.



Lync for Mac 2011 is now shipping as a standard part of the Office for Mac 2011 suite - providing full cross-platform collaboration support between Mac and PC users.

'Unite' vs. 'Unite Exec' Feature Comparison
Modrus Unite is available in two varieties, which can be mixed and matched across an organisation depending upon a user's role.

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