NEC Building Compelling New UC User InterfaceNEC Building Compelling New UC User Interface

The client is built on a virtualized platform that uses Rich Internet Applications (RIA), specifically Adobe’s Flash and Air technology.

This week at Enterprise Connect 2011, NEC issued a press release with a very long title, "NEC to demonstrate Unified Communications & Collaboration for IT Architectures and Rich Internet Applications at Enterprise Connect." If you're like me, if you even saw the release, it might not have made it through the clutter of this news-paced week.

Yesterday, I had a chance to sit down with NEC's SVP of Product Strategy, Todd Landry, to discuss what NEC has announced, a new user interface that will work on multiple platforms. Within seconds of seeing the interface, that has panels that can be moved around a screen with the flick of a finger on touch-enabled devices like the iPad and iPhone, it became clear that the client had a lot of the attributes of Avaya’s Flare. The client is built on a virtualized platform that uses Rich Internet Applications (RIA), specifically Adobe’s Flash and Air technology. RIA is a Web based application which enables dynamic and platform-agnostic information delivery. Asked how NEC got around the iPad/iPhone aversion to Flash, Landry explained, and demonstrated, that a native version has been built for those environments.

In the video clip below, you'll see a couple of pictures taken of Sphericall UC desktops in the NEC booth, but I’d recommend if you get a chance, to see it live. Note: the solution has not yet been officially named and is not scheduled for general availability till the end of 2011.