[2] It provides software-based enterprise unified communications including voice, Web collaboration, video conferencing and contact center, networking product and services.

[3] Originally announced July 29, 2008, SEN started operating in 2013, with Gores having a 51% stake, while Siemens had 49%.

[5] In the latter half of the 19th century, the company built long-distance telegraph lines, encompassing major projects in Germany and Russia, and the monumental Indo-European telegraph line stretching over 11,000 km from London to Calcutta.

[9] In 1996, the PBX businesses of Mercury Communications, a subsidiary of UK-based Cable & Wireless were also acquired.

In late 1998, Siemens undertook a major restructuring into four main divisions: power generation, industry, rail systems, and information and communications (ICN).

[16] In November 2015 it was announced that IT services company Atos would purchase Unify from The Gores Group/Siemens for 340 million euro.

[19] Unify is a communications provider that develops, deploys, and manages unified communications, network infrastructure and security and managed and professional services for large enterprises and small and medium enterprises, both directly and via partners.

On 28 October 2014 Unify launched a SaaS Team Communication product called Circuit which was previously codenamed Project Ansible.