"Councils are under tremendous pressure to deliver efficiencies while maintaining service levels. Our work with Siemens Enterprise Communications has delivered an enhanced voice infrastructure that has enabled flexible working for all our staff. This will support our next stage development; moving to new offices that will drive further efficiencies."

"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."

"We used to organize business trips for our employees lasting up to two weeks. This travel came at a high cost, let alone the fact that our employees could not perform their regular duties while away."

"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 …

"Siemens Enterprise Communications' OpenScape Office LX platform has helped us continue delivering exceptional support to customers. The platform ensures that we communicate effectively with clients at all times while giving us the flexibility to accommodate future growth."

"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."

"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."

"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 …

"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."

"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 …

"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."

"Siemens Enterprise Communications already knew the company's business and was providing us with good quality service. Maintaining it would lead to less impact in the changeover."

"Our open profile must be supported by technological solutions that make it easier to work internally in a transparent and harmonized manner: that's why we have decided to grow with Unify."

"We made a decision to streamline our communications processes to improve efficiency and collaboration. We needed a partner that could support us on a global scale, and we wanted a proven solution that we could standardize 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 …