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22 Nov 2011The main purpose of UC is to unify all types of communication in an easily managed way. Recently vendors have added another “C”, now UCC. The extra C stands for collaboration, taking into account Conferencing (Voice, Video, and Web), IM, and Presence. With all these technologies supplied by multiple vendors, which solution is best? According [...]
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12 Jul 2011Aims Community College is based in Greeley, Colorado with two additional campuses in Fort Lupton and Loveland. With over 160 degree and certification programs and more than 15,000 students, productivity and efficiency are imperative to smoothly operate their educational institutions. So, when their legacy Octel voicemail system became outdated they chose CallXpress as their replacement solution. [...]
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21 Jun 2011There’s no arguing that conferencing and telepresence are important, but in a recent survey by Frost & Sullivan, Unified Messaging took priority, showing that over 50% of companies will expand their UM solution in the next 12 months. And for new adopters, nearly 30% of organizations plan to deploy UM. So, with thousands of deployments worldwide, [...]
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31 May 2011E-mail is one of the most popular internet activities. Some of the benefits of e-mail include instantly receiving messages, having documentation of a message, forwarding capabilities and there are no time or place constraints. You can check, send and view e-mails (as long as you have service) anytime you need to. But what does all this have [...]
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19 May 2011Here at AVST we like applications that STICK! What is a “sticky” application? It’s an application that will “stick” around and adhere to an enterprise’s infrastructure far into the future. Imagine being able to design your very own custom application package to fit the specific needs of your organization. With UCConnect, an open development framework [...]
Wait, what do you mean there is no such thing as interoperability? With Unified Communications (UC) becoming more and more complex, enterprises likely have more than one manufacturer’s product in place. Over the years, the definition of UC has expanded and evolved, depending on whom you ask. Each manufacturer approaches and markets UC based on [...]
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3 Apr 2011“ACUTA”-Matata! A twist on the famous Lion King song, Hakuna Matata- “’ACUTA’-Matata, ain’t no passing craze. It means no worries for the rest of your days!” With ACUTA’s 40th annual conference coming up on April 3-6, it definitely isn’t just a “passing craze”. ACUTA has been dedicated to helping colleges and universities reach their communications [...]
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23 Mar 2011The children’s daytime show “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,” which aired in the late 80s to early 90s, started each episode with a secret word of the day. It got children’s attention and was one of the best parts of the show. In the present IT world, cloud seems to be the “secret word of the day” that [...]
E-mails, voicemails, faxes, SMS messages, IMs- with all these lines of communication how does a business professional keep up, quickly prioritize and stay available- especially when they are mobile? Our recent webinar titled, “Getting the Most out of Your Smartphone”, explains why and how. Neil Butler, our Director of Sales Engineering, presented the webinar and [...]
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1 Mar 2011What, exactly, do we mean when we say “Investment Protection?” AVST’s Investment Protection Program allows you to both invest in and protect your current PBX system(s) by upgrading your legacy voicemail system to a next generation Unified Communication platform, all while keeping your existing PBX or the one in the future! Is mobility, resiliency and [...]
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