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PREVIEW:
IPT/UC Business Cases
What you’ll learn at VoiceCon OrlandoPart 3:
Building the Business Case for IPT/UC
3‐Hour WorkshopROBIN GAREISS & IRWIN LAZAR, NEMERTES RESEARCH
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Disaster Recovery
Global insurance companyWith natural disaster, an entire building could be down for weeks.Employees needed to change offices
Total downtime: 3 weeksWith VOIP: Employees retrieve back-up IP phones from hardened location. Plug in to a disaster or temporary location
Total downtime: 2 days
“Temporary Office.” Includes pre-established DR plan that uses centralized server to route calls to mobile device, or any assigned device, with integrated UM and contact-center applications.
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Virtual Contact Center Agents
Large healthcare company runs contact centers for “Ask a Nurse” programs.Exhausted talent field in given geography; constantly opening new call centers.Half of all call-center reps work from home using IP softphone and VPN link into nearest center.Decreasing costs and employee turnover. Avoided opening $3 million facility by hiring enough nurses in telecommuting program.
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“We were able to completely overhaul how we viewed our Ask a Nurse program by adopting the virtual agent program. This is saving the company significant dollars, while reducing turnover so nurses gain more and more experience.”
--Telecom director, healthcare company
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Inventory Look-up
Women’s clothing store with 600 locationsIP phones installed to cross-check inventory at nearby storesBenefits: IP phones about 50% the cost of a computer; lower support and maintenance.Improved customer service, faster response time.
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Case Study: Unified Messaging
Financial ServicesUnified messaging on PCs and PDAs saves traders 25 to 30 minutes/day retrieving voice mails and responding to peers and clients.
BenefitsAt $125/hour, return is $10,000 to $18,000 in 1 year.Hurdle: Complexity of FS companies: Growth by M&A leads to complexity in phone central switching, desk sets, desktop computing, and back-end email systems.
“Trader-in-a-box.” Includes choice of mobile devices, integrated UM, real-time feeds from Reuters, Bloomberg, etc., mobile & desktop video, presence status, IM, ability to switch from WiFi to cellular (evaluate Divitas application)
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Case Study: Video Conferencing
Manufacturing FirmExtensive travel, regional, national and internationalNeed to cut travel budgets due to recessionImplemented telepresence and room-based video system using HD end-points
BenefitsResults: 30% reduction in travel with 7 sites, another 18% reduction in travel with 6 more sites.
“Our executives are fairly demanding and they love telepresence, our product teams are finding value in HD conferencing to speed product development and improve collaboration”
– Sr. Telecom Architect
“Building Business Cases for IP Telephony and Unified Communications”Instructors: Robin Gareiss & Irwin Lazar, Nemertes Research
Tuesday, March 23, 2:00 – 5:00 PM
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