More and more employees are working remotely or traveling around the world to meet with colleagues, customers and partners. Jobs are no longer tied to a specific physical location, and people have come to rely on devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and laptops to stay connected and productive.
Unified communications and collaborationExecutive brief
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In the past few years, the work environment has changed dramatically. And Contents it continues to evolve. More and more employees are working remotely or traveling around the world to meet with colleagues, customers and partners. 3 An environment that helps Jobs are no longer tied to a specific physical location, and people have come people respond quickly and to rely on devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) helps increase productivity and laptops to stay connected and productive. To keep up with today's 3 IBM Lotus Sametime software: fast-paced business environment, people must be able to access data, appli-the foundation of the IBM cations and colleagues-using the device of their choice-at any time, from 2UC strategy any location around the world.4 Extending the IBM Lotus Sametime platform to In response to this shift, IT and line-of-business (LOB) managers are chal-optimize communications lenged to find innovative ways to:and collaboration5 IP telephony solutions . Adapt quickly to changing business conditions.that provide a truly unified . Simplify and optimize how employees interact with colleagues, customers, communications experience business partners and suppliers.. Derive more demonstrable business value from multivendor IT and tele-7 Enhanced audio and video conferencing solutions phony environments.. Simplify infrastructure by converging voice, data and video technologies.8 Enterprise mobility solutions . Preserve existing investments and avoid having to rip and replace let you take your applications legacy solutions.with you on the road . Protect the privacy and security of critical information assets.8 Comprehensive solutions to help secure and manage What's more, IT and LOB managers must accomplish these objectives while your environment also reducing costs and boosting productivity.9 Simplifying administration with user and application management solutions10 Helping you customize the platform for your unique needs11 Leveraging your existing investments, helping to reduce your costs11 Why IBM? Drive more value from your existing multivendor environment.Page
An environment that helps people respond quickly and helps increase productivityYou need a reliable and flexible communications and collaboration platform-one that delivers the capabilities you need today and that can be extended to meet your business and user requirements for years to come. You want to deliver a consistent and simplified user experience, one that adds value to the business processes and applications your employees rely on. And, ultimately, you want to position your organization to be able to rapidly adopt and adapt to new capabilities as they're needed without increasing IT complexity or admin-istration and management requirements.
2The IBM Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC T) strategy combines the essential software, services, hardware and business partner relationships you need to connect people to applications, data and one another anytime, anywhere-allowing people to find, reach and collaborate more easily than ever before. IBM's open and extensible software platform, together with strong partnerships with leading telephony, audio and video vendors, provides a unified, consistent user experience that seamlessly integrates with your multiven-dor environment. IBM's open framework also allows you to extend the capabilities of your infrastructure with plug-in applications that can be quickly and easily ® ®installed to enhance the functionality of IBM Lotus Sametime software. Plus, the strategy enables you to manage your IT and telephony environment in a way that meets your company's needs and helps reduce overall costs.
2IBM Lotus Sametime software: the foundation of the IBM UC strategy2At the heart of the IBM UC strategy is a powerful platform-IBM Lotus Sametime software. IBM has extended its award-winning instant messaging (IM) and Web conferencing solution to include integrated Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and presence and location awareness. Lotus Sametime software also allows you to connect your Lotus Sametime community with public IM networks. Drive more value from your exist... [download for more]
