4. Unified Communications – It s all Geek to
me
• Unified communications (UC) is the
integration of real-time communication
services such as instant messaging
(chat), presence information, telephony
(including IP telephony), video
conferencing, data sharing (including
web connected electronic whiteboards
aka IWB's or Interactive White Boards),
call control and speech recognition with
non-real-time communication services
such as unified messaging (integrated
voicemail, e-mail, SMS and fax). UC is
not a single product, but a set of
products that provides a consistent
unified user interface and user
experience across multiple devices and
media types
14. Hosted UC
• Invest as much as possible in core
activities. Seek to reduce costs and
outsource context activities. If you have
to cut spending in downturn, don't do it
across the board, cutting core and
context by equal measures. Instead,
seek to actually increase your
investment in core while making even
more drastic cuts in context to achieve
the total cost-reduction goal.
Is the way you run your business
communications
a Competitive Advantage?
16. Hosted UC: For Businesses Large and
Small:
Reallocate IT staff to
better projects
Reduce Costs – More Productive
Travel, Maintenance Employees
More Productive
Workgroups – Better
Decisions
18. Executive Summary
• Hosted UC
• A Strategic Business
Advantage
• Functionality – more
productivity, work anywhere
• Customer Service – faster,
smarter, cheaper