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Multivendor Solutions Microsoft Office Communicator as a desktop client Cisco Unified Communications Manager as a call processor Skype as a service provider Blackberry devices for mobile staff 29/03/2011 3 MA Internet Microsoft Presence Server Cisco Unified Presence
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Unified Communications, Multivendor and Collaboration Multivendor Collaboration and Unified Communications are totally separate considerations that you and your clients need to understand how they fit together Emerging technologies, convergence and more secure networks has driven ever-increasing demands with partners, customers and end-users who want to reap the benefits of new services and opportunities and meet their ROI
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The Market place today……. Customers are confused Legacy technologies are separate Confusion in the market – What is the best solution? What Strategy? - based on Cisco, Microsoft, Avaya, others? Vendor specific prejudice?
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What the Collaborate Program is and what it does Account Managers Quickly gain the understanding and insight needed to understand and sell the Multivendor Collaboration Proposition Sales Engineers Rapidly acquire the skills and real life experience required to architect Multivendor/Collaboration Solutions Field Engineers Close the circle by quickly gaining the technical skills and real life experience required to deploy, configure, integrate and maintain Multivendor/Collaboration Solutions
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Benefits to Learning Partner and their Clients Aligned with customer needs and skills Unique offering to real demand Open/Closed workshops LiveLabs Build confidence in emerging technologies Follow-on business Alternative to CCNP - Voice Latest versions of Unified Communications Manager - Presence - Connection - Contact Center Express