Five Questions to Ask Before You Make Your Unified Communications Choice

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Five Questions to Ask Before You Make Your Unified Communications Choice Wednesday November 30, 2011 TIME: 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am PST You're finally ready to make the move to Unified Communications.  Whether it's because your existing TDM system has broken down, or it simply doesn't have the features you want, it costs too much to maintain, your business is growing and your existing technology isn't able to scale or isn't worth scaling, or any other combination of reasons, you're ready to go IP. As you consider your alternatives, though, you have some questions to ask - and answer - and decisions to make, before you decide on a Unified Communications solution. What are the key UC capabilities that are most important to my business goals and my various constituencies? What is the different between different deployment models (on-premises, cloud, hybrid)? How much mileage can I get out of my existing equipment? What resources will be required to deploy and maintain the UC system, and do I have them available? How quickly can I have a system in place and how flexible is it in terms of scalability and future needs? This Webinar will address these questions, explore the current Unified Communications landscape, and prepare your business as it prepares for the exciting and all-important move to an IP-based communications system. Presenters: Marty Parker Principal, UniComm Consulting LLC & Co-founder, UCStrategies.com Marty focuses on helping enterprises improve their business results through Unified Communications (UC). Marty sees UC as 'communications integrated to optimize business processes'. This includes collaboration tools and social media and includes premise, cloud and hybrid deployments. UniComm Consulting uses a suite of proven methods to identify communication 'hot spots' which UC can remove or mitigate to produce high ROI business process optimization. UniComm Consulting also assists clients in preparing their multi-year UC roadmaps, to optimize benefits while reducing costs. Marty contributes to the industry via webinars, posts on CStrategies.com and NoJitter.com, and speaking engagements for vendor and industry events. Erik K. Linask Group Editorial Director, TMCnet Erik oversees the daily operation of TMCnet, which delivers news, information, videos, white papers, podcasts, and more to three million visitors each month. He is also a contributor to TMCnet as well as TMC's IP Communications publications. Prior to joining the TMC team, several years ago, he was Managing Editor at Global Custodian, a global securities services publication, where he also managed the magazine's survey research. Erik began his professional career at management consulting firm Leadership Research Institute. Peter Bernstein Senior Editor, TMCnet Peter Bernstein is a seasoned writer and professional with deep experience in the communications and IT industries. As a top-level industry analyst, Peter has keynoted major technology events and has been cited numerous times by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, Business Week, Fortune Magazine, ComputerWorld, NetworkWorld, Communications Week, among other publications. Bernstein has authored or co-authored market research studies, CEO speeches, white papers, articles, and other content for major companies in the technology markets. His experience includes work with Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Equant, France Telecom, HP, Siemens, Verizon, Nortel, Wave Systems, and many more. He held the position of director of global marketing and communications at Telcordia.

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