Unified
Communications Success
Stories
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*Prioritized goals that CEOs may ask IT organizations to help drive
SMB Business Priorities for IT
Lowering operating costs
Acquiring / retaining customers
Improving workforce productivity
Improving product / process quality
Driving market offerings
Enhancing practices
Source: Mindwave EMEA and U.S. research 2008
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Different Users, Different Styles,
Different Workspaces
See Me,
Contact Me,
Meet Me Online
Find Me,
Follow Me
Call My Phone
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Businesses Struggle to Keep Pace
Employee Business
Technology
Advancements
Lack of Integration
Employee
Preference
Users Taking Matters
Into Their Own Hands
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The Way We Work Is Changing
and Technology Can Help
New and changing
regulations
Policies
Security
Empowered employees
Customer intimacy
Larger businesses
Social networks and Web
2.0
Mobile workforce
Green initiatives
Legal Society Competition
Operations across time zones
The evolving workspace
Continuous connectivity
Real-time information
Technology Business
UC
UC
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Using Unified Communications,
You Can
Secure My
Business
Work from
Anywhere
Be More
Productive
Serve
Customers
Better
Connect
Everyone
Connect Collaborate
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Unified Communications Can
Make A Difference
That Enable
Connectivity and
Collaboration
to Help You
Differentiate Your
Business
Deliver Network and
Communications
Solutions
and Help Your Business Evolve
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What Is Unified
Communications?
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Its Just a Fancy
Word for Voice
over IP.
Its Voicemail in
Your Email.
Unified Communications
The Myths
Its Just Skype.
Whatever It Is,
Its More
Than I Need.
Its Definitely
Not for Small
Businesses Like
Mine.
Its Big, Complex,
and Expensive.
Its Patching Things
Together That Dont
Work Together.
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Cisco Unified Communications solutions bring
together voice, messaging, video, and desktop
applications to enable companies to quickly adapt
to market changes, increase productivity, improve
competitive advantage and deliver a rich-media
experience across any workspace.
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What Is Unified Communications?
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Unified Communications Is Not
a Product or Set of Products
Traditionally Diverse
Modes of
Communications
Helping You Quickly
Adapt to Market Changes,
Increase Productivity, and
Improve Your Competitive
Advantage.
that Integrates, Unites,
or Connects
It is an Architecture
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Components of Unified
Communications
Communications: Voice, data, and video
Messaging: Voice, email, video, and IM
Conferencing: Online, audio, and video
Application integration: Microsoft Office and CRM
Presence: IP phone, desktop clients, and call
connectors
Common user experience: Desktop, phone, and
mobility
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The Old Workplace ...
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Mobility
Virtual Office
Web Portals
Video
Application Integration
Becomes the Unified
Workspace
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Robust Phone
System Features
Full Network
Security
Secure Wi-Fi
Access from
Anywhere
Tight
Integration
with Desktop
Applications
Reliable Network
Infrastructure
Full Line of
Phones
Only Cisco Can Deliver It All
Everything You Need to Unify Your Communications
Building the Unified Communications
Experience for Small and Medium Businesses
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The Phone Is Still a Phone, Cisco Just
Makes It Easier and More Intuitive to Use
Four-digit extension-based dialing, even between
different locations
Call forwarding and "find me, follow me" groups
Elimination of long-distance charges for calls made
between different locations
Conferencing in real time or Conference Bridge
number for scheduled calls
Basic call center with dynamic call routing and agent
to group-level statistics
On-phone directory look at personal, client, and
company contacts, plus missed, received, and placed
call history
Automated Attendant for auto direction to different
groups and a dial-by-name directory
Call detail records that integrate with billing software
and department charge-back
Intuitive end-user use of basic features such as
transfer, conference, hold, pick-up, and park
Screen Pop,
Click to Dial
Basic Call
Center
Single
Number
Reach
Voicemail in
Outlook
Conference
Bridge
Teleworker
Mobility
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Take Advantage of Unified Communications
Securely from Anywhere You Work
Home Office
Branch Office
On the Road
With a Client
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Cisco Unified
Communications:
Real Stories
from Businesses
Like Yours
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Work from Anywhere
Work is no longer a
place. Work is where
you are.
Alan Sears, President
TBL Networks, Inc.
Virginia, USA
Cisco
partner
display live information on Cisco IP Phone
displays, including flight arrival and
departure information, news, and weather.
Geek Terminal also offers notebook PCs to
customers with Cisco IP SoftPhone
capabilities to enable them to make calls
and receive calls from anywhere in the
lounge.
http://www.testbells.com/640-461.html
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Why Cisco?
http://www.testbells.com/640-461.html
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What to Look For in a Unified
Communications Solution
Complete solution that fits your business
Specialized local partners to guide you
Flexible purchase and finance options
Available service and support
Solution backed by a brand you can trust
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Cisco
Brand
Experience
Service
Support
Cisco
Capital
SM
Partners
Technology and
Products
Cisco Solves the Challenges
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Ciscos Green Mission
Operations
Products
Solutions
Employees and Advocacy
Affecting How We Operate
as a Business
Creating Efficiencies and
Innovations in Our Products
Providing Solutions to Our Customers to
Address Global Environmental Concerns
Inspiring Our Employees to
Get Involved and Take Action
Forty-Three
Percent of Small
Businesses Have
Been Asked by Large
Customers About
Their Environmental
Practices.
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Resources
Cisco.com Small and Medium Business:
www.cisco.com/smb
Cisco