A brief introduction presentation to unified communications as a service (UCAAS) and the difference between on-premise, hosted and cloud-based offers.
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Cloud?
Using a network of public or
private remote servers to access
applica6ons and data rather than
a local server
UCAAS?
Voice, instant messaging,
presence, video & collabora6on
delivered online via the cloud
3. Benefits
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• Lower total cost of ownership (TCO) with a very
flexible economic model, CAPEX or OPEX
• Reliable, scalable, and dependable for ANY size
business
• “Future proof”: Provides the flexibility and agility
to adapt to tomorrow’s technology
4. How Have Others TRIED TO Solve This?
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• Single layer of redundancy
• Requires hardware and soUware
maintenance
• Requires onsite FTEs to maintain
system
• Lack of business con6nuity from PSTN
• Investment protec6on -‐ lack of feature
adaptability
• High cost to enable full redundancy
• Reduced control of systems
• Requires hardware and soUware
maintenance
• Lack of 24x7x365 support
• Investment protec6on -‐ lack of feature
adaptability
• Inherently redundant and disaster ready
• Agile scalability
• Fits the CAPEX and OPEX model
• Fully supported turnkey solu6on
• Access to support 6ered organiza6on
• Increased security
Premise Hosted CLOUD
MULTIPLE POINTS OF FAILURE LIMITED GROWTH POTENTIAL FUTURE PROOF
5. THE ENTERPRISE CLOUD COMMUNICATION PLATFORM
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CONNECT
Voice,
Video,
Messaging,
Collabora2on,
Presence
&
Contact
Center
From
a
Single
Source
Unified Communications
Understand
BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Workforce
Produc2vity,
Call
Tracking,
Compliance,
Corporate
Visibility
EXTEND
OPEN Cloud APIS
Connect
to
Your
Custom
Applica2ons
&
Other
Cloud
Services
GO MOBILE
Mobility
Embed
Your
Office
Phone,
Messenger
&
Text
on
Your
Mobile
Device
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS MATURITY MODEL
6. Why are WE Different?
• Built to handle the complex needs of
the enterprise or any size company
• We built & own our complete cloud-‐
based service
• Will NOT go down due to our
“mul6-‐tenant” distributed architecture
• Designed for scalability & security
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Who Loves US?
AbilitytoExecute
Completeness of Vision
GARTNER
2013 MAGIC QUADRANT LEADER
FROST & SULLIVAN
2013 COMPANY OF THE YEAR
INTERNET TELEPHONY
2014 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
9. Thinking phone Networks delivered
Significant Cost savings
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“Business is moving quicker every day and we
need to be able to keep up. I think cloud-
based technologies allow us to keep up.”
Watch
Video
Tes2monial
Walt Meffert
CIO , Hanger, INC
• Facilitated the delivery of mul6ple
cloud-‐based applica6ons
• Created a cost jus6fica6on for a brand
new corporate-‐wide MPLS solu6on
• Customer since 2006
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Ottawa
Cambridge (HQ)
Amsterdam
Founded in 2006
KEY MANAGEMENT:
Steven Kokinos, CEO (Founder)
Derek Yoo, CTO (Founder)
Keith Seidman, CFO
RECENT AWARDS
Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader
Frost & Sullivan Company of the Year
Internet Telephony Product of the Year
FUNDING
$32.5 MILLION
800+
CUSTOMERS
4,000+
LOCATIONS
CORPORATE SNAPSHOT
San Francisco
Frankfurt
London
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THANK YOU
Thinking
Phone
Networks,
Inc.
54
Washburn
Ave
Cambridge,
MA
02140
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David
Laubner
UC
PHONE
:+1.617.649.1369
Email:
dlaubner@thinkingphones.com
Facebook.com/thinkingphones
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Thinking
Phone
Networks,
Inc.
10
Wilson
Rd.
Cambridge,
MA
02140
Editor's Notes
We provide the parity that the big guys do, but we wrap it up in one platform.
- Need to change the items in red… it’s too easy to do the math and figure out we aren’t nearly as big as we say.