How many methods of communications do you have to maintain and pay for?:
Unified communications allows you to merge all these forms of communication against a single form of identification, Your email address.
Thats it, thats all Unified Communication is !
However the IT industry does like to create complicated simple solutions. The act of unifying your communications may mean that you have to buy lots of separate products. Trenchant information systems will provide you with clear and sharply defined solutions without complexity.
We now truly live in a global economy. You can call a local number to pay your utility bills, and someone across the world will answer and walk you through the process of paying your bill. The internet and Information technology have been key enablers in this type of working.
The concept of going to work seems outdated now. The technology we have now which enables us to perform tasks using electronic devices where ever we are, removes the need have large amount of people in one location shuffling bits of paper.
The deployment of Video conferencing, electronic groupware software, virtual white-boards and team areas gives us the ability to work in distributed groups across the globe.
This gives business owners the opportunity to reduce the amount of travel and the overheads of large office spaces. Not only does this place more money on the bottom line of your business, but it reduces stress in staff due to less travel, it is also an opportunity to reduce your companies carbon emissions which a lot of companies have key performance indicators.
Centralise your communications can increase your productivity
Reduce or eliminate metered telephone calls by using the Internet instead of the PSTN.
Unified Communications enables Mobile Working. Reducing travel costs and office space