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Thursday 10 April 2008

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

VoIP and IP Telephony: A Carrier’s Perspective

Unified Communications Technical Theatre

Richard McCammond, Verizon Business

In this session Richard McCammond will discuss the changing face of telephony as Carriers migrate from traditional PSTN services to the new world of VoIP and IP Telephony. Richard will explore how Carriers are addressing the technology challenges in their core networks, and finish by looking at the opportunity for organisations and consumers to benefit from the integration of voice with other “Collaborative” applications.

 

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11:10 AM - 11:40 AM

Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies

Unified Communications Technical Theatre

Natalie Butler, Cisco-WebEx

The Web has evolved from a content distribution vehicle into a platform for collaborative applications. A new generation of on-demand applications are leveraging the reach and scale of the Web to make us better informed, more productive and completely connected. How will the changing software landscape impact the way we work and who will benefit?

 

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11:50 AM - 12:20 PM

Integrating the Unified Communications products from Microsoft and Cisco

Unified Communications Technical Theatre

Dave Banthorpe, Hewlett-Packard

This session will look at the integration of the Microsoft and Cisco Unified Communications products. We’ll look at the overall architecture and features provided along with a comparison of the various products from each vendor and how they fit into the overall solution.

 

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12:30 PM - 13:00 PM

Flexible Working at HP - A case study

Teleworking and Mobility Theatre

Brian Fenix, Hewlett-Packard, UK

13,000 HP employees worldwide work exclusively from home offices. In 2007 HP's teleworking program saved almost 2.5 million round trip commutes, saving approximately 65 million miles of road travel and almost 28,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. This presentation will look at the implementation of flexible working practices within HP both in the UK and worldwide. It will examine the challenges which were encountered from both a technological and cultural perspective, look at the tools which HP employees use to communicate with each other, and explore the benefits that have accrued to the organisation.

 

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13:10 PM - 13:40 PM

Extending your Unified Communications Strategy into the contact centre

Unified Communications Technical Theatre

Mark Deakin, Microsoft Raun Kilgo, Aspect Software

Whether your company is already crafting your UC strategy, deploying UC technologies across your enterprise, or just beginning to investigate the UC phenomenon that seems to be one of the most talked about trends in many years, Microsoft and Aspect have formed an alliance to help meet your needs. By bringing unified communications to the contact centre, companies will be able to deliver better customer service, sales and collections results by being able to seamlessly access subject matter experts across the enterprise. Hear how consumer experiences will dramatically improve when organisations start leveraging Unified Communications.

 

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13:50 PM - 14:20 PM

Planning and implementing Unified Communications

Unified Communications Technical Theatre

Mark Swendsen, ShoreTel

Every business starts along the path to unified communications - where speed, reliability and network capacity are of the utmost importance - with a unique set of needs and an existing infrastructure. This session describes how companies should go about planning and implementing unified communications in these circumstances

 

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14:30 PM - 15:00 PM

VoIP and Data Integrity Management: why VoIP services need accurate network data to succeed

Unified Communications Technical Theatre

Gil Steiner, Amdocs

Successfully deploying advanced services such as VoIP on today’s complex multi-vendor, multi-technology networks is a challenge for service providers and their enterprise customers, particularly with automated service activation through portals. A key ingredient in efficiently delivering and assuring VoIP services is accurate network data showing exactly which network devices, cards and ports are involved in a given business VoIP service, enabling service activation with low fallout, and ensuring rapid diagnosis and resolution of faults that are often reported as simply "my phone doesn't work".

 

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15:10 PM - 15:40 PM

Unifying Communications through an outsourced on-demand platform

Unified Communications Technical Theatre

Simon Bushell, Premiere Global Services

Unified Communications is a term that is frequently used in and around the technology and telecommunications sector. However, it can mean different things to different people. This session discusses what Unified Communications means to organisations with multiple suppliers of business critical communication applications and a dispersed workforce and stakeholder audience. It also focuses on how organisations can simplify the management of their business critical communication processes.

 

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