Microsoft

The qualification proves that Kordia are experts at implementing SIP Trunking for Microsoft Lync™. Having successfully implemented Lync™ within Kordia itself, the telco is in a unique position to provide clients with firsthand experience around the benefits of Lync™, as well as expert advice when it comes to overcoming any implementation challenges.

Kordia’s customers are in safe hands in terms of both seamless network transition and ongoing support from the company’s expert engineers. Customers can also be assured that Microsoft will extend their full support to any Lync™ implementations through Kordia’s platform, as opposed to only partial support through non-qualified companies.

Kordia’s OnKor solution lets businesses put voice and data into one network, making it easier to manage, more reliable, and significantly boosting network performance. With Microsoft LyncTM on top of that, companies no longer need to invest in separate media gateways for interoperability, meaning real cost savings while putting them in full control.

The qualification specifically certifies Kordia’s SIP Trunking service to support Microsoft Lync™, but rigorous testing also demonstrates the overall quality of Kordia’s OnKor Voice service for all prospective customers.

The Microsoft qualification programme ensures that customers have a seamless experience with set-up, support and the use of qualified telephony infrastructure and services with Microsoft's unified communications software. Only products and vendors that meet rigorous and extensive testing requirements and conform to the Microsoft specifications and test plans receive the qualification.

Microsoft Unified Communications Technology Strategist Paul Dolley says the Microsoft Unified Communications Open Interoperability Program for Lync is designed to ensure that vendors providing interoperability with Microsoft unified communications solutions do so in a consistent, high quality and supportable manner. “Kordia’s OnKor SIP Trunking service has been tested through this programme, making Kordia the first New Zealand service provider to offer qualified SIP Trunk services for Lync Server 2010,” says Dolley.