IP Telephony is so much more than just Voice over IP. IP telephony is the next generation, introducing cutting edge business advantages that far outweigh traditional voice capabilities.

Unified Communications, simple management of a single infrastructure, teleconferencing, video conferencing and integration with applications such as instant messaging are just a few of the many business benefits.

Totally eliminate the cost of calls between your mobile workforce and your sites (UK and worldwide). An added benefit means you can always reach your staff - wherever they are.

Your telephone system forms the backbone of your company - you can't function without it. For your IP Telephony system, wouldn't you demand the most reliable, secure, highly scalable, open standards based server to run it on combined with a global telephony supplier with thousands of installed systems worldwide? Look no further - IBM's Power System (System i) has joined forces with 3Com and Nortel to produce the IBM System i IP Telephony Suites.

With our experience of Power Systems, our networking background and the fact that we installed one of these very systems for ourselves and a wide variety of customers, we can prove that you too can afford to implement the very best IP Telephony system in the world.

If you are just getting started with this technology then take a look at our Lotus Quickr-based Start Here site.

Then see what IBM has to say about their IP Telephony and Unified Communications.

For an international, but more personal, perspective on IBM's work in this area you might take a look at our Technical Director's blog.