Intechnology encourages ‘no cost, no risk’ trials of Microsoft OCS
Data, network and telephony management specialist InTechnology is to open up its free trial offer of Hosted Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) following the successful conclusion of an initial five firm trial phase. Firms taking up the offer could save themselves £50,000 – the estimated cost of piloting the technology on an on-premise, DIY basis.
Any law firm can now sign up to road-test Microsoft OCS, which is hosted and managed by InTechnology and delivered on a pay-as-you-use utility basis. The trial allows for up to 10 users to assess the software for a month, and can easily be extended for those keen to move to wider, more formal pilot projects. Features up for evaluation include instant messaging, ‘presence’ based communication, real-time document sharing, and desktop video calling and conferencing.
Trials can be up and running in just 48 hours with no disruption to existing network services, capitalising on the hosted platform’s rapid deployment capability.
InTechnology estimates that OCS adopters could realise a 50% saving in unwanted or superfluous email and voice messages, greatly reducing communication latency and dramatically accelerating the decision-making process. Through greater utilisation of video calling, lawyers could claim back up to 11 days that would otherwise be spent travelling on business – as well as save their firms the associated travel and environmental costs.
Richard Quine, InTechnology’s divisional director, voice and unified communications, comments: “OCS may well be game-changing technology but few organisations currently have the appetite for a major software roll-out with the inevitable investment that that entails. With a comparable DIY trial in-house costing a firm a minimum of £50,000 this is the perfect alternative – a genuine no-cost, no risk way of ‘sucking and seeing’. If you don’t like it, you can just walk away but if you do, and it makes an obvious impact, then you have yourself the beginnings of a sound business case for adoption.”
For more information, please visit http://www.intechnology.co.uk/hosteduc
Free OCS trial now available
Posted on Twitter this afternoon, an alert from InTechnology that free trials of Microsoft Office Communications Server are now available – A sensible no risk way of trialling this game-changing technology.
For more information http://www.intechnology.co.uk/HostedUC #ocs #ucoms.
InTechnology scores OCS winner
All eyes might be on South Africa this month but law firms looking to transform their business communications could be onto a surefire winner back in the UK. Having already scored a first with its integration of hosted IP telephony and Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), data, networks and telephony management specialist InTechnology is following up with a special launch offer: firms signing before the end of June can net hosted OCS for just £6 per seat per month.
InTechnology’s hosted OCS solution, together with its Unity IP Voice product, is leading the way in the ‘Unified Communications’ revolution. Desktop tools such as presence, video calling, document sharing, group Instant Messaging and conferencing have the potential to accelerate decision-making, increase output, simplify collaboration, improve user engagement, reduce travel and boost green credentials while slashing communication and associated costs by up to 50%.
The service requires no upfront investment and can be deployed in as little as 24 hours; and with 24x7x365 support and no extended tie-ins, firms can trial the technology with confidence and without risk.
For more information call 0800 9832522 or email: hosteduc@intechnology.com
New podcast from InTechnology available
The latest episode of The Grid from data, networks and telephony management specialist InTechnology should be worth a listen if you’re interested in the convergence of communications and maximising the potential of tools such as presence and video calling.
‘The benefits of Unified Communications for law firms’ looks at what can be achieved through integrating IP telephony and Microsoft OCS and making it available on a hosted platform, and the specific advantages accruing to the legal user.
http://www.intechnology.co.uk/Documents/Podcasts/07_The_Grid_Unified-Communications-Legal-Sector.mp3
