telecommunications computer software founded ontario canada 1994 as objectworld inc. 1 headquarters 308 legget drive ottawa ontario website www.objectworld.com objectworld communications corp. formerly objectworld inc was a privately held company provides unified communications software to small and medium sized businesses . objectworld was acquired by huntsville alabama based adtran inc. objectworld created products focused on the microsoft windows operating system platform targeted towards it centric installation administration and maintenance of unified communications infrastructure . objectworld s flagship product uc server acts as either an adjunct extension to existing pbx systems or as an ip telephony based replacement for traditional communications systems . uc server can provide complete business communications telephones auto attendants voice mail unified messaging fax server ivr outbound dialing conferencing etc. by integrating with various third party products sip telephones sip gateways etc. and with microsoft windows active directory microsoft exchange server and lotus domino . uc server is targeted to be administered and maintained by it system administrators . contents 1 products 2 recent awards 3 history 4 references 5 external links products edit objectworld unified communications server uc server introduced in march 2006 2 a microsoft windows based unified communications solution currently sold in 3 editions 3 as an adjunct to existing pbxs or with an integrated sip communications system voip . callattendant office now called uc server introduced in 2001 4 a unified communications solution that was adjunct to existing pbxs . callattendant callattendant home callattendant pro discontinued home and small business products that worked tapi based devices primarily voice modems to provide advanced call answering capabilities . recent awards edit 2008 comptia channel summit best of show 5 comptia channel summit best software product 5 comptia channel summit best presentation 5 2007 internet telephony magazine product of the year 6 idc ten canadian companies to watch award 7 comptia system builder best software product 8 comptia system builder best solution sales strategy 8 2006 deloitte and touche fast 50 companies to watch 9 internet telephony magazine product of the year 10 2005 comptia breakaway 2005 ct summit best product software 11 2 history edit objectworld communications corp was founded in 1994 as objectworld inc. 1 by behrouz poustchi initially as a consulting company . in 1996 its second employee robert turner joined and other staff were soon added . during these early years objectworld consulted on and developed telecommunications technology and products ss7 video conferencing with clients such as mpr teltech 12 and the canadian research council . 1 in 1998 objectworld released callattendant 13 a home and small office telephony product and automated telephone answering system that provided sophisticated call flow definitions using a graphical drag and drop user interface . the user interface was unique in that it made advanced telephony answering services accessible to less knowledgeable users without the need for scripting programming or a detailed understanding of telephony . in 2000 this product was transitioned into an adjunct pbx application ; and the home and small office products were discontinued . this new product was launched in march 2001 4 and named callattendant office ; it was targeted for small and medium sized enterprises . callattendant office worked with traditional pbxs to provide voice mail unified messaging auto attendants and fax services and provided a very early unified communications solution . both the home and enterprise products won a variety of awards including zdnet editors picks 2000 teleconnect it expo best of show 2001 communications solutions product of the year 14 2001 communications convergence best of show 2001 teleconnect best of show 15 and 2002 customer interaction solutions editor s choice . objectworld continued to develop and expand the callattendant office product . in april 2004 objectworld inc. was acquired 16 by david levy and david schenkel with a co investor latitude partners ; 17 18 a year later growthworks capital 19 20 was added to the investment group . the company was renamed objectworld communications corp. the callattendant office product continued to evolve and expand into a unified communications solution . in march 2006 objectworld unified communications server objectworld uc server was introduced 2 which added sip pbx capabilities to the existing adjunct services . references edit a b c objectworld inc company overview . 1998 06 14 . archived from the original on 1998 06 14 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . a b objectworld communications announces general availability of unified communications server at spring von 2006 . 2006 03 15 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . stevenson ted 2008 03 18 . objectworld revamps product line to broaden market . retrieved 2008 09 11 . a b jones andrea 2001 03 06 . objectworld inc. launches callattendant office the intelligent unified messaging solution for small to medium enterprises at ct expo 2001 . archived from the original on 2002 10 21 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . a b c ostrowski steven 2008 06 02 . three companies win best of show awards at comptia channel summit . retrieved 2008 09 11 . pierret jan 2008 01 03 . announcing the 10th annual product of the year award winners presented by internet telephony magazine . retrieved 2008 09 11 . mabrucco vito 2007 06 19 . idc profiles ten canadian software companies to watch . retrieved 2008 09 11 . a b four companies win best of show awards at comptia system builder conference . 2007 04 09 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . 2006 canadian technology fast 50 additional award categories . 2006 09 20 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . pierret jan 2007 01 03 . internet telephony magazine announces 2006 product of the year award winners . retrieved 2008 09 11 . six companies win best of show awards at comptia breakaway ct summit conferences . 2005 08 15 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . objectworld obtains insight . 1996 01 15 . archived from the original on 1997 05 08 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . callattendant call processing for the individual . 1998 06 14 . archived from the original on 1998 06 14 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . communications solutions products of the year 2001 . 2002 01 31 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . the best show s best of shows . the choicest morsels from ct expo . 2001 05 07 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . velartica inc. acquires objectworld s award winning callattendant line of products . 2004 04 22 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . objectworld communications corp. completes 1 million financing . 2004 07 15 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . latitude partners longitude fund current investments . retrieved 2008 09 11 . objectworld completes 6.5 million financing round . 2006 01 09 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . growthworks managed funds portfolio company search . 2005 12 31 . retrieved 2008 09 11 . object world has been acquired by adtran corp hq in huntsviulle al external links edit objectworld communications web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title objectworld communications & oldid 738912228 categories software companies of canada navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 19 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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