Microsoft Response Point Phone System Retails on Costco.com
REDMOND, Wash. — May 28, 2008 — Microsoft
Response Point, an easy-to-use voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)
phone system designed uniquely for the needs of small businesses (one
to 50 employees), is now available to purchase on Costco.com, a leading
global retailer. Costco.com will now offer the award-winning Syspine
Digital Operator Phone System from Quanta Computer Inc. featuring
Microsoft Response Point phone system software.
The
Quanta Syspine Digital Operator with Microsoft Response Point is an
easy-to-use phone system designed for the unique needs of small
businesses. Each phone handset features the Response Point magic blue
button for voice-activated dialing.
“A small-business owner does a little of everything
— CEO, accountant and IT trouble-shooter — all before lunch,” said
Richard Sprague, senior director, Response Point at Microsoft Corp.
“Costco.com’s easy online purchase process, combined with Response
Point’s easy setup and intuitive magic blue button for voice dialing,
gives the small-business owner another easy way to gain a powerful
communications tool to help grow his or her business.”
The
Syspine Digital Operator Phone System with Response Point features a
powerful voice-recognition system that can be linked with a company’s
internal phone directory, as well as an individual’s Microsoft Office
Outlook address book. Syspine includes a base unit appliance with a
four phone-line analog telephone adapter, four desktop phones and
Response Point phone system software. Businesses can add up to 50
individual Syspine IP310 business phones to create a complete,
integrated small-business phone system with no additional licensing
fees.
Syspine has been lauded as product of the year by
Internet Telephony magazine and Unified Communications magazine, and
received the prestigious Innovator Award from VON Magazine. More
information about the Syspine Digital Operator Phone System can be
found at http://www.syspine.com.
Trained
Response Point technology specialists are available to small businesses
interested in some assistance to install their Response Point system. A
comprehensive list of specialists, searchable by ZIP code throughout
the U.S., is available on the Microsoft Response Point Web site, http://www.microsoft.com/responsepoint.
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