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1. THE MAIN DRIVERS FOR UC&C IN THE CLOUD: 6
THE MAIN DRIVERS FOR UC&C IN THE CLOUD: 6
59%
Flexible ramping
of users
55%
OPEX pricing
51%
Self-service
provisioning
49%
Cost
predictability
Sources:
1 Wikipedia 2013, Survival of the Fittest
2 Nydailynews.com, March 22, 2013, How smartphones are on the verge of taking over the world
3 Citrix 2012 Infographic, Workplace of the Future
4 Cognizant, Innovation Journal 2012
5 Orange Business Services, December 2011, Infographic: Unify Communications: Join up your thinking with unified communications
6 Orange Business Services, June 2013, Infographic: Unify Communications: Anywhere, Anytime Collaboration
7 Alcatel-Lucent, white paper, Aging Communications Systems: Risks and Opportunities
Sources:
1 Wikipedia 2013, Survival of the Fittest
2 Nydailynews.com, March 22, 2013, How smartphones are on the verge of taking over the world
3 Citrix 2012 Infographic, Workplace of the Future
4 Cognizant, Innovation Journal 2012
5 Orange Business Services, December 2011, Infographic: Unify Communications: Join up your thinking with unified communications
6 Orange Business Services, June 2013, Infographic: Unify Communications: Anywhere, Anytime Collaboration
7 Alcatel-Lucent, white paper, Aging Communications Systems: Risks and Opportunities
9/10of knowledge workers say UC&C is important at work 5
NATURALSELECTION:
UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS
& COLLABORATION
150times a day or once
every 6.5 minutes 2
The average person
checks their smartphone
COMMUNICATIONSEVOLVED:
ALWAYS ON, IN AN ALWAYS
AVAILABLE WORLD
INTELLIGENTDESIGN:
UC&C REDUCES COSTS AND
INCREASES FLEXIBILITY.
80%
of companies have mobility on the
roadmap for UC&C integration 6
When naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin used the phrase,
“Survival of the fittest,” he meant it as a metaphor for ‘better
designed for an immediate, local environment,’ not the common
inference of ‘in the best physical shape.’ 1
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of organizations plan
to offer a mobile
workstyle by 2014 3
82 %
of workers perform
their job functions
with team members
in different locations 4
8O %
64%
of the largest firms
use video conferencing
regularly to collaborate
in virtual teams 6
Lowers communications
bills by approximately 7
10%-20%
40%
Reduces
operations
time by as
much as 7
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