Nuvoiz caught my eye as they announced at DEMO today. Positioning themselves against Skype, they are a standards based softphone (XMPP and SIP) with enterprise features like call hold / transfer, and the usual assortment of voice and IM. Accompanying the softphone, the enterprise would also buy the Nuvoiz Network Controller, which handles NAT traversal.Â
The UI shots are very pretty, and the feature set rich. One can’t help but wonder, though, whether the world needs another softphone. Nuvoiz will have to deftly navigate the a path between Skype’s enterprise ambitions, and Microsoft’s Office Communications Server / Office Communicator suite.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
