bt cisco talking to the cloud
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Talking to the Cloud: BT & Cisco’s Views on IPTThis presentation addresses the ongoing transition to IPT including the developing market demand for IPT as a cloud-based service. Included in discussion are the new realities, rules, and opportunities that stem from a cloud-based telephony strategy, including the implications of a utility-priced service. BT and Cisco, teamed to deliver a cloud-based IPT service.TRANSCRIPT
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BT and Cisco
Talking to the cloud
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Talking to the cloud:- Market interest in IP Telephony as a hosted service- New realities, rules, and opportunities- Benefits of IP Telephony as a hosted service- How BT and Cisco are addressing the market requirement- Representative outcomes
Discussion PointsToday’s topic
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Talking to the CloudMarket interest in IPT as a hosted service
A hosted IP Telephony service:
• Complements a network convergence strategy
• Accommodates UCC integration (it is not Centrex)
• Supports hybrid telephony environments
• Provides an evergreen (future-proof) capability
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Talking to the CloudNew realities, rules, and opportunities
Realities:
• A very large aging PBX base remains across the globe
• De-centralized global voice services are no longer desired
• Financial constraints continue to limit technical refresh initiatives
• Business agility demands transformation – not business as usual
• Cloud is desirable – but for many it is uncertain
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Talking to the Cloud New realities, rules, and opportunities
Rules:
• Leverage what you have
• Establish and operate within a hybrid environment
• Have an eye towards the future
• Maintain security throughout
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Talking to the Cloud New realities, rules, and opportunities
Opportunities:
• Stretch your significant global network investment
• Align with your unified communications strategy
• Achieve cost avoidance
• Simplify and expedite service introduction
• Focus on core business competency
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Talking to the Cloud Benefits of IPT as a hosted service
Benefits:
• Rent only the phones and lines that you need
• Optimize your IT resources
• Ability to flex the volume of sites and users needed
• Achieve telco-grade scalability
• Maximize the value of your existing investment
• Provide a simple and convenient service for users
• Pay as you go for an enterprise grade service
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Talking to the CloudBenefits
Administrators can manage:
• Moves, adds, changes and deletes
• Class of service (international, mobile, national, local, internal)
• Voicemail support and voicemail profile
• User localization (phone menu language) and time zone
• Users can access online self-care portal to change personal details
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Talking to the Cloud How BT and Cisco are addressing the market requirement
BT Hosted IPT is:
• World’s first global offering based on Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services
• Utility-based, per-user pricing model
• Converged voice, mobile and data services using cloud-based technologies
• Cisco Services helping build virtualized infrastructure forservice delivery
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BT Hosted IPT is available from the US and the UK –
soon also to be in AsiaPac.
Talking to the Cloud How BT and Cisco are addressing the market requirement
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BT Hosted IPT is a joint offering from world-leading brands:
We combine the strengths of Cisco and BT to promote and advise on cloud-based hosted communications services for customers.
• Cisco has an extensive portfolio, innovative UC solutions and service and financing expertise
• BT brings a world-leading MPLS network and specialist networked IT knowledge
• Together we can enhance our ability to offer a unique UC model to customers
Talking to the CloudBT and Cisco
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• Partnership spans all customer segments from Small Business through to Enterprises
• BT is one of Cisco’s first global customers
• We have a strong track record of delivering innovative solutions – such as BT Global Video Exchange, based on Cisco TelePresence
Talking to the CloudBT and Cisco
Cisco and BT have worked together for more than two decades:
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Jointly we provide:
• Innovative, pricing models (low CapEx) on utility, per-user basis
• UCC roadmap
• Easy adoption of new functionality and technologies
• Network reliability and bandwidth flexibility
• Simplicity of installation, management and migration
• Hybrid working with legacy networks and PBXs
• A single supplier for managed WAN and Hosted IPT solutions, with one helpdesk and bill.
Talking to the CloudBT and Cisco
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Representative outcomes sought by Hosted IPT customers include:
Talking to the CloudRepresentative outcomes
Achieve flexibility to aid in acquisition and divestiture
Minimize disruption when updating voice environment
Conserve capital via utility-based approach
Reduce administration and cost of local PSTN breakout
Standardize on a common global infrastructure
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