3 Steps to Future-Proof Your Nortel Investments

by Gary Audin Do you want a vendor specific or vendor neutral Unified Communications solution? In today’s environment you want a software defined solution not based on a specific hardware platform. Therefore you need to find software that is interoperable with any platform. Wouldn’t it be great to move the same software and user experience to new hardware as you retire the old hardware or scale to a larger operation? The decision will affect the enterprise, VAR, MSP, and consultant. Hardy Myers, CEO and President of AVST www.avst.com and Gary Audin discuss software only UC solutions in this EDUcast. Hardy speaks of the trend of software UC solutions and their flexibility to operate on many platforms. He discusses different delivery models for UC from telecom incumbents, IT incumbents, service providers and integrators, and pure play providers all of which may be part of the enterprise solution. Interoperability is therefore paramount. What you will learn: Emerging Influencers/Trends Impacting UC Decisions Immediate Security and Compliance Concerns for Nortel Customers Enhance Your Nortel Environment with Next-Generation UC Features Future-Proof your Nortel Infrastructure to Facilitate Evolution UC solutions should include flexible and secure unified messaging, speech-based call processing, contextually aware personal assistant, powerful UC mobile clients, and advanced notification and information access solutions that integrate with the databases of your organization. The broadest interoperability suite in the communications industry serves as the foundation of our best-of-breed UC solutions. By connecting new and existing communications technologies, AVST facilitates the migration of your enterprise to the Cloud, IP, and Microsoft Skype4B. AVST maintains relationships with virtually all of the major premise and cloud communications technology providers to ensure that your UC solutions and your business are always “future-proofed.” See more at: http://www.avst.com/company/index.asp#sthash.fLk1vRf2.dpuf