City of Phoenix Selects CallXpress® Unified Communications Solution to Support 14,000+ City Employees
CallXpress Supports Mission Critical Citywide Communications
Foothill Ranch,
Supporting mission critical, citywide communications for departments that include the Police Department, City Hall, the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and the Parks and Recreation Department, CallXpress was selected due to its ability to support very high call volumes – as high as 300,000 in a given month and in some cases, like the Family Services Center, as many as 20,000 calls in an hour. The City of
Ranked as one of the fastest-growing cities,
“We realized early on that in order to meet the needs of our 14,000 users today, we needed to be able to deploy a robust, highly scalable and cost-effective solution in a short period of time and with minimal disruption to our current users who are scattered across more than 40 city departments and functions," said Linda Henderson, IT Supervisor for the City of Phoenix.
As the world leader in telephone user interface (TUI) emulations, AVST solves this problem for any business replacing a legacy voice mail system. Because CallXpress can emulate the TUIs of all of the leading legacy voice mail systems, including Octel Aria®, City staff required minimal training to make use of the new system. Therefore, the transition to CallXpress for the City of
Black Box Network Services understood the complex infrastructure of the City and recommended CallXpress to integrate seamlessly into their environment. They continue to provide first class technical support to the City of
"The biggest challenges the City of
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A best-of-breed Unified Communications solution, CallXpress delivers world-class call processing, voice mail, unified messaging, fax, notification and speech-enabled personal assistant capabilities to help organizations become more productive. It increases employee productivity, effectiveness and collaboration at a minimal investment. With all messages arriving in a single inbox, CallXpress greatly improves message management time. Its extensive voice mail functionality ensures that all employees receive their messages efficiently and have the ability to answer queries promptly.
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The typical enterprise communications infrastructure is made up of a collection of technologies from multiple vendors, acquired over time and never intended to work together. To maximize user and business productivity, while leveraging existing IT investments, interoperability is a must.
AVST delivers the industry's most interoperable Unified Communications (UC) platform that brings best-of-breed voice, mobility and business process solutions to the enterprise. Unlike virtually every other UC vendor, AVST does not constrain customers with a single vendor lock-in approach. In fact, it's the very opposite. By connecting new and existing technologies, AVST frees organizations from the constraints of a closed, single-source UC solution, unlocking the full potential of their communications infrastructure.
With over 15 million users worldwide and three decades of innovation excellence, AVST is unifying communications®.
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