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Disaster Recovery Assist ServiceWith Cisco Unified Communications, employees, business partners, and customers can connect in real time and conduct business across multiple work spaces. The Cisco Unified Communications system of voice and IP Communications products and applications helps organizations communicate more effectively by helping them streamline business processes, reach the right resource the first time, and increase profitability. Improve contact center capabilities with skills-based contact routing, voice self-service, computer telephony integration, and multichannel contact management. Cisco Call Manager is the underpinning of the unified communications infrastructure. Call Manager handles call routing and, because the underlying protocol is based on the Internet Protocol (IP), geographical boundaries no longer apply to the deployment of this voice system. Branch locations and small office, home-office (SOHO) workers can be distributed throughout the world using the headquarters for all call setup and call teardown activity. Cisco Unified CallManager 5.0 is now available in a choice of operating models based on customer and channel partner preference. A new appliance model version based on Linux is available now and a version based on the existing open operating system model is scheduled to be available within 12 months. Cisco builds voice and other unified communications into the network so enhanced communication and collaboration go everywhere the network goes. And because Cisco integrates intelligence throughout the network, unified communications are more secure, more reliable, and easier to manage. In our dynamic business environment, perhaps the most important benefit of Cisco Unified Communications comes from having a communications system that can change and grow on short notice and enable new capabilities for more effective business communications, employee mobility, streamlined business processes, and improved profitability. The Cisco TelePresence meeting solution creates a live, face-to-face meeting experience over the network, empowering you to interact and collaborate like never before. Cisco TelePresence combines high-quality audio, high-definition video and interactive elements to deliver an in-person meeting experience over your network. The Cisco Unified Communications Software Subscription enhances communications system and increases business value by offering an economical and timely approach to upgrading to the latest Cisco technology. Through a one-, two-, three-, or five-year subscription, customers have access to the latest major software version upgrades of various Cisco Unified Communications products with Unified Communications Software Subscription. Savings can be optimized by purchasing a multiyear plan. Cisco offers a wide range of multimedia conferencing solutions that integrate voice, video, and web conferencing capabilities to make remote meetings natural and effective. According to Frost & Sullivan, Cisco is the market leader in both web conferencing and on-premises voice conferencing. By using the IT data network as the service delivery platform, the Cisco Unified Communication system helps workers to reach the right resource the first time by delivering presence and preference information to an organization's employees. Like Cisco Unified IP phones, Cisco IP Communicator also works with Cisco Unified Video Advantage, which combines software with the Cisco VT Camera to support video telephony. Cisco Unified Video Advantage lets users make calls using the familiar phone interface, with the video displayed on their PC. The Cisco video telephony solution is as simple to provision as any Cisco Unified IP phone, enabling a cost-effective, scalable, and visually interactive communications solution. Cisco also offers integration with enterprise applications, such as CRM, and support for phone-based XML apps. As for devices, any Cisco IP phone, including the 7921 Wi-Fi phone, can be used in conjunction with the UC 500. The company says an eight-user VoIP deployment will list for about $699 per user when combined with Cisco's base IP phone, not including Wi-Fi and controller. Cisco also helps ensure that its customers have a clear migration path to an IP-based system and a smooth transition from—or coexistence with—older equipment, including time-division multiplexing (TDM)-based telephony systems. Customers can work closely with Cisco—and its partners—to plan for future growth, simplify technology adoption, improve deployment time, and reduce overall costs. The Cisco Technology Developer Program, meanwhile, includes companies that foster innovation, help develop industry standards, and accelerate the integration of business-critical technologies into the Cisco network infrastructure. Their solutions, which are tested for interoperability with Cisco Intelligent Information Network infrastructure, address applications ranging from content networking and customer contact to security, storage, and wireless networking. |
