Siemens and Microsoft Announce Worldwide Alliance to Bring Real-Time Communication and Collaboration Solutions to Market

Siemens and Microsoft Announce Worldwide Alliance to Bring Real-Time Communication and Collaboration Solutions to Market: "Siemens and Microsoft Announce Worldwide Alliance to Bring Real-Time Communication and Collaboration Solutions to Market
MUNICH, Germany, and REDMOND, Wash. -- January 11, 2005 -- The Siemens Communications Group and Microsoft Corp. today announced a new global sales and marketing alliance, a multi-year agreement that will deliver a comprehensive family of enterprise-grade, presence-enhanced calling, video and Web conferencing, and collaboration solutions to customers throughout the world.
The alliance leverages a successful strategic product relationship the companies have built over the last two years. Siemens and Microsoft share a common vision of presence-enabled communication that integrates voice, video, instant messaging and Web conferencing into a comprehensive tool suite to improve worker productivity and team collaboration."