How do you take a dozen different business processes that tangle up a ton of resources and streamline them into a single, manageable whole? Unified communications offer you a way to keep everyone talking and collaborating productively, with the added benefit of being able to find all that information again when you need it.

What are the top three things Unified Communciations offers?

• Better employee productivity through quicker, more efficient communication
• Better recall of information, which leads to both better customer service and improved compliance
• Lower overall costs for telecommunications

Things have moved fast in the communications arena. Most businesses haven't even adjusted to the idea of making calls over the Internet, rather than traditional telephone lines, and the business world is being bombarded by MySpace-style collaboration tools, web portals, blogs, wikis -- the list goes on. When you look at all the possibilities, you need a plan of attack that's going to get you the most benefit with the least amount of upheaval.

This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. -- Western Union Internal Memo

Mavenspire implemements solutions to cover the needs of organizations large and small. Do you have a mobile workforce? Multiple offices? A global outlook? Whatever the need, you can rely on us to work with you to find the right solution for where you are now, and the right path for where you want to be.

Main Components of Unified Comunications

• VoiP - Voice over Internet Protocol allows for telecommunication over the Internet rather than analog phone lines.
• Web Integration / Web 2,0 - The Web isn't just about static web pages anymore.  It can be used to integrate comunication and information.
• Collaboration - Collaboration includes email, IM and even forms of Social Networking to keep your employees working together efficiently.

Vendor Partners involved in unified communications include:

• Novell : Teaming + Conferencing Server
• Digium : Switchvox and Asterisk Business Edition
• Zultys : Scalable, full-featured business VoIP
• Citrix : Remote desktop and application access, web meetings, remote assistance