Computer telephony integration

The book features expanded coverage of CTI and a wealth of new information on media processing, automation, and messaging. It also encompasses network merging, particularly voice over the Internet protocol, as well as TAPI, TSAPI, and JTAPI. Plus, new case studies show where and how computer telephone integration is used. You get a detailed overview, including: the history of CTI and its rapid evolution during the 1990's, the underlying technologies of the CTI world, the ways telephony and computing can be linked, the abundance of integration applications, and all aspects of convergence -- at the desktop, server, and network levels. This book is of immense value when you need to:

• Determine where CTI can be used for maximum benefit in your business
  
• Gain an overall understanding of CTI technology to save costs and improve customer service -- for example, operate the call center via integration
  
• Identify which call-handling strategy -- automation, integration, or messaging -- is most suitable for a particular business application
  
• Determine the appropriateness of available standards
  
• Resolve problems associated with implementing integrated systems
  

The book is an important manual for telecommunications managers and consultants, MIS managers, system integrators, application programmers, value-added resellers, and marketing managers who need to understand and appreciate the problems and rewards of integrating telephony with computers both now and in the future. It is also an excellent textbook for university students studying CTI.