how uc&c drives down costs
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THE MAIN DRIVERS FOR UC&C IN THE CLOUD: 6THE MAIN DRIVERS FOR UC&C IN THE CLOUD: 6
59%Flexible ramping of users
55%OPEX pricing
51%Self-service provisioning
49%Cost predictability
Sources:
1 Wikipedia 2013, Survival of the Fittest
2 Nydailynews.com, March 22, 2013, How smartphones are on the verge of taking over the world
3 Citrix 2012 Infographic, Workplace of the Future
4 Cognizant, Innovation Journal 2012
5 Orange Business Services, December 2011, Infographic: Unify Communications: Join up your thinking with uni�ed communications
6 Orange Business Services, June 2013, Infographic: Unify Communications: Anywhere, Anytime Collaboration
7 Alcatel-Lucent, white paper, Aging Communications Systems: Risks and Opportunities
Sources:
1 Wikipedia 2013, Survival of the Fittest
2 Nydailynews.com, March 22, 2013, How smartphones are on the verge of taking over the world
3 Citrix 2012 Infographic, Workplace of the Future
4 Cognizant, Innovation Journal 2012
5 Orange Business Services, December 2011, Infographic: Unify Communications: Join up your thinking with uni�ed communications
6 Orange Business Services, June 2013, Infographic: Unify Communications: Anywhere, Anytime Collaboration
7 Alcatel-Lucent, white paper, Aging Communications Systems: Risks and Opportunities
9/10of knowledge workers say UC&C is important at work 5
NATURAL SELECTION: UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS & COLLABORATION
150 times a day or once every 6.5 minutes 2
The average person checks their smartphone
COMMUNICATIONS EVOLVED: ALWAYS ON, IN AN ALWAYS AVAILABLE WORLD
INTELLIGENT DESIGN: UC&C REDUCES COSTS AND INCREASES FLEXIBILITY.
80%
of companies have mobility on the roadmap for UC&C integration 6
When naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin used the phrase,
“Survival of the fittest,” he meant it as a metaphor for ‘better
designed for an immediate, local environment,’ not the common
inference of ‘in the best physical shape.’ 1
See how new Uni�ed Communications & Collaboration (UC&C)
technologies are being designed to help businesses evolve by
connecting mobile workers while driving down IT costs...
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of organizations plan to offer a mobile workstyle by 2014 3
82 % of workers perform their job functions with team members in different locations 4
8O %
64% of the largest �rms use video conferencing regularly to collaborate in virtual teams 6
Lowers communications bills by approximately 7
10% - 20%
40%
Reduces operations time by asmuch as 7
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