Communications technology is becoming increasingly complex. Its operation requires specialist knowledge and ties up valuable resources. We wanted to change that with the project called 7,000 dial tones.

Since the hospital can't stop, we needed a reliable transition. Deployment went very well with no outages and no end user problems.

While the primary project driver was the elimination of a high risk situation (outdated and de-supported voice system), Sauder gained an enterprise voice solution, which was highly scalable, carrier grade resilient, centrally managed, and gained rich features and functionality.

One of the challenges we face on an ongoing basis is the gap between long-term investment cycles and rapidly-evolving technology. Sometimes, by the time a new technology is deployed, the technology has moved on.

By tapping their 'smart card' against a reader on the computer in any patient room, clinicians are logged on or off that device. When they tap out, they are not actually logged off our system completely; their current session is just disengaged from the computer they are working on at the time. They can then move on to the next patient's room, tap their card, and pick up exactly where they left off.

Our reception team now sees where everyone is and messages are standardised and easily accessed by different departments. The voicemail system is much easier to access and far more reliable. The system has greatly improved our efficiency and parents are complimentary about it which is the real proof.

Taking your number with you is getting popular around the city. Being able to make and take calls anywhere, on their smart phones or at home offices has been convenient. Once they get it, they run with it.

Siemens Enterprise Communications and Black Box offered an innovative and forward looking solution and service set to take our University forward. Even more, this partnership literally launched the same week as the University's new strategic plan—becomes a very real, pivotal component of CAU’s overall advancement strategy. One of our strategic priorities is to increase institutional capacity and fortify our infrastructure. The new Siemens/Black Box platform squarely meets that objective. We haven't just leveled our telecommunications playing field. We have raised our position on it.

We expected our partner to deliver full functionality including all equipment, software, and services in a centralized model over a single cabling infrastructure for voice, data and video. A single cabling network allowing Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) would reduce the cost of moving people around, and make PC and telephone connections substantially less time-consuming for IT support.

With OpenScape Voice and the extensive OpenScape Unified Communications solutions, we have achieved more efficient inter-site collaboration, as well as cost reductions.

Replacing our old Centrex phone system with a SIP - based communications platform has really paid off for the Town of Enfield. The new OpenScape solution significantly reduced our telephony costs while giving us a host of new communications capabilities.

KIDS is delighted to have had the opportunity to work with Unify to develop and implement the OpenScape Xpert platform. The additional flexibility and utility of this system allows the clinical staff to be transferred between calls, to leave and rejoin, and allows the KIDS operator to create and deconstruct conferences whilst still holding individual personnel on the console. This allows expert medical staff and other key personnel to be maneuvered into and out of whichever call they are needed, so that more than one case and complex discussions can take place simultaneously. The touchscreen console is easy to use, the call handling environment is clearly visualised facilitating logical and intuitive conference call management.

With the upgrade to the current version of OpenScape Voice, cost savings of 20% were made possible due to the virtualization of the server environment.

The Cloud communications infrastructure, created with OpenScape UC, gives us the flexibility for optimal support of our company’s sustainable growth strategy.

For us it was particularly important, that no disruption to normal business occurred during the installation period. Customer access remained a priority at all stages of the process. I find it very useful that you can now access almost everything using just your Smartphone. So I can now work while travelling and even from home!

With the combination of OpenScape 4000 and OpenScape Voice and the standardized administration of both systems with the OpenScape User Management module we have the option of a soft migration from TDM technology to a standard-based softswitch solution.