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
InTechnology webinar: The business case for Cloud-based communications
Data, telephony and network management specialist InTechnology will be running a live webinar on March 17th at 9.45am. The session is entitled ‘The business case for Cloud-based communications’.
Cloud-based communications systems can deliver huge increases in productivity at a lower cost than traditional on-site telephony, email and messaging systems.
With simplified management and improved service continuity, the case for moving your communications systems into a private “Cloud” cannot be ignored.
This live webcast focuses on Cloud-based Communications – the underlying technologies, and the business case – as well as highlighting hosted communications’ role in potentially transforming the productivity of the modern workplace.
To register, visit http://www.intechnology.co.uk/MainPage.aspx?ID=383
InTechnology sales into New Year with network offer
With cost pressures still part of the legal landscape, data, network and telephony management specialist InTechnology has launched its own New Year sale with a value-packed bandwidth offer for new customers.
Between January and April 2010, any firm taking a new network connection of a minimum of 10Mb of bandwidth will automatically qualify for the following bundled deal:
· 10 SIP Channels – Giving immediate cost savings on phone bills of up to 45% through replacing existing ISDN lines with InTechnology’s SIP trunk channels. Alternatively, the free SIP channels can be used as additional lines for back-up purposes or to meet extra demand
· 2Mb of Internet - Providing 2Mb free via InTechnology’s secure, highly resilient and secure network
· 100GB of data backup – Protect your critical data for free with 100GB data backup storage when you store an initial 100GB with InTechnology
In addition, London-based law firms may qualify for a free 100Mb circuit install depending on location and site survey.
For further details on these offers and on our range of cloud-based services including online data back-up, hosted IP telephony and Unified Communications, email legal.sales@intechnology.com or contact a sales team member on 0800 983 2522
Legal market finds voice as InTechnology launches first unified communications solution with integrated IP telephony
Data, network and telephony management specialist InTechnology has announced the launch of the legal sector’s first Unified Communications (UC) solution with integrated IP telephony.
Until now, voice has been the missing link in all UC systems but InTechnology has brought together hosted Microsoft Office Communication Server and its enterprise class telephony service at the desktop. It estimates that law firm users will realize a 50% saving in unwanted or superfluous email and voice messages, greatly reducing communication latency, dramatically accelerating the decision-making process and improving employee interaction.
The launch comes at a time when both IT departments and lawyers are struggling to cope efficiently with a growing number of discrete devices and applications and associated messages and calls. A typical user may have a desktop PC or laptop, mobile phone or PDA, office desk phone and instant messaging, all of which are managed separately with multiple contact lists and inboxes.
Add to this the ever increasing quantity of e-mails, phone calls and voicemails to both fixed and mobile devices every day, many of which are generated as a result of email/telephone tag with no decisive outcome, and you risk growing user frustration, technical overload and an unnecessary drain on time and resources.
Available on a pay as you go basis, InTechnology’s Hosted Unified Communications Service provides businesses with a unique set of integrated services including e-mail, instant messaging, presence, shared calendars, shared desktops, video calling, conferencing and IP telephony.
Richard Quine, InTechnology’s director of product management, comments:
“The goal of UC is to reduce the time, cost and frustration associated with unnecessary delays in decision making – to bring together all the tools of communication which we use, thereby allowing users to make decisions on how to interact with one another based on the presence status of their contacts.
What’s significant about the addition of voice to the UC offer is that it has the genuine potential to transform how lawyers communicate and collaborate with one another, with their clients and with counsel. This goes beyond the inherent efficiencies of a unified inbox or utilizing the ‘presence’ concept to accelerate the decision making process.
Firms can now leverage new capabilities such as high definition online video and conferencing – these will enable them to save costs, time and carbon emissions by offering a high quality alternative to face-to-face meetings and conferences. It is estimated that regular business travellers spend eleven days a year on avoidable or unnecessary travel – strip out the associated costs, factor in the extra fee-earning time returned to the practice and you are looking at a very substantial return on your investment. And that’s before you even add in the gains and savings to be had from the newly streamlined communication process afforded by the hosted UC platform.”
