connecting your business with unified communications

join up your thinking with unified communications

just like the human mind, your business works best when it connects

habitslegacy business systems are like memories: they can slow you down. How do you make sure they work together?

execs spend two hours a day on email (on average)

33% of execs check email in the middle of the night

balanceall your offices might have phone systems, but are they integrated? Do your workers use different solutions: IM clients, video conferencing systems or email services? How do they keep track?

after a 30second interruption, it takes5 minutes to refocus

56% of organizations say employees cannot contact co-workers first time

creativitytoday’s unified communications and collaboration apps can run on many smartphones, so staff can collaborate anywhere, anytime

89% of knowledge workers say communication and collaboration are important

91% of CIOs see collaboration software as very/somewhat important

awarenessin a unified communications environment, Pete in New York can see when Bill in London is available and make contact. Presence information brings people together

95% of CIOs think presence and availability solutions are very or somewhat important

75% of CIOs report improved productivity through UC

good sensetime is money: if you can set up a meeting or assign a task more quickly you cut overheads and even accelerate time-to-market. A double whammy!

70% of UC-using knowledge workers say they are more engaged at work

on average, UC cuts travel costs 20%

thinking together working together

Sources used for this data: PBS: The First Measured Century, The Digital Lifestyle survey by Magnify.net, Cisco, IDC, Alcatel-Lucent, Computerworld, Orange, Chadwick, Martin Bailey