The new ShoreTel Mobility 7 software release incorporates a new user interface and simplified integration to boost workforce productivity for iPhone and Android users.
With ShoreTel Mobility 7, users can 'transform' their iOS smartphone or tablet into a desk phone with the ShoreTel Dock.
The new Today screen in the application integrates with the native calendar on Android and iOS platforms. The ShoreTel Mobility Client automatically displays conference calls on the mobile user's calendar and enables one click access to web and audio conferences.
A Join button automatically dials the specific conference call and enters the conference participant code.
ShoreTel Mobility 7 also integrates with ShoreTel Conferencing so that users can switch to the presentation view with a single click, which provides both audio and visual participation.
"Enterprise end users expect mobile UC clients to be as intuitive and easy to use as consumer apps found on a wide variety of smart phones and tablets," said Brian Riggs, principal analyst at Ovum. "This increases adoption of UC in the enterprise, helping businesses to derive the most benefit from their IT investments, while reducing training costs, resulting in a lower TCO of UC solutions purchased.
"ShoreTel Mobility 7's rich set of integrated voice, conferencing and collaboration, presence, IM, and other features presents businesses with the communications tools central to successfully deploying UC."
David Petts, senior VP of worldwide sales at ShoreTel, said: "Customers are able to integrate leading smartphones and tablets securely, simply and cost-effectively into existing enterprise communication applications and infrastructure to provide greater flexibility and increased productivity."