NORWALK, CT (June 26, 2012) - TMC, a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person and online, and Sprint (News - Alert) announced today a complimentary Webinar, “Hosted Unified Communications and Collaboration: Fulfilling the Promise”, live on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 2:00 PM EDT / 11:00 AM PDT.

This complimentary Webinar will help you determine a UC strategy and business case for deployment that aligns with your organizational needs.

Unified Communications (News - Alert) & Collaboration can lower costs, streamline processes, and take corporate productivity to new heights. So why aren't more organizations embracing it more quickly? The answer is in the barriers to adoption faced by so many organizations. A UC&C solution can mean a sizable capital investment, which may be off the table in a tough economic period. It also involves extended deployment time and presents a number of deployment challenges, which can simply create too big a barrier for organizations with limited IT resources or expertise in the right areas. A hosted or cloud-based UC&C solution overcomes those barriers. It offers all the same features and functions as a traditional premises-based approach, but can be deployed more rapidly and easily, and eliminates the associated risks of a premise-based solution. With a pay-per-user/per-month model vs. a huge up-front investment, it moves Capex to Opex and offers more predictable operating expenses. A comprehensive solution reduces overall costs, centralizes management, offers infinite flexibility, and enhances communications continuity and disaster recovery. By putting applications in the cloud, it even makes it easier to deal with the challenges of BYOD and can help facilitate a BYOD program.

This Webinar will examine:

• How to leverage a hosted UC solution to support a growing mobile and virtual workforce, and collaboration applications that accelerate decision making
• How to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) while extending communications and collaboration to the maximum number of employees, adjusting capacity and functionality on-demand
• How centralized management can streamline business processes and multiply the capabilities of a lean IT staff
• How to determine organizational needs, comprehensive solution criteria and service provider best practices to ensure a risk-free migration path
• How application performance, reliability and security are uniquely supported through an all-IP network foundation

This Webinar is recommended for:

• CIO/CTO/VP decision makers for IT, Enterprise Architecture, IT Services, Technology Services
• Directors and Senior Managers of IT, IT Services, IT Operations,
• Directors and Senior Managers of Telecom, Network Operations, Network Architecture, Applied Technology

Speakers include:

Zeus Kerravala (News - Alert), Principal Analyst, ZK Research – A Division of Kerravala Consulting
Joseph M. Martin, Jr., Director, Solution Engineering – S&D, Sprint
Mike Velder, Global Sales Manager, Hosted Collaboration Solutions, Cisco (News - Alert)
Erik K. Linask, Group Editoral Director, TMCnet

Register now for “Hosted Unified Communications and Collaboration: Fulfilling the Promise”, live on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 2:00 PM EDT / 11:00 AM PDT.

“TMCnet Webinars are a tremendous resource and an excellent way to provide training on highly relevant topics, and the fact that it is offered at no-cost to attendees is a huge benefit for companies as a way to educate employees without the travel expense” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “Webinars are also a great way to introduce vendors to possible customers in a mutually beneficial and informative manner that often leads to productive relationships.”

For more information, please visit www.tmcnet.com.

About TMCnet Webinars

TMCnet Webinars feature live, interactive presentations covering relevant topics, presented by top industry executives. Attendees watch and listen to the presentation as it happens over their computer, and have the opportunity to submit questions to the speaker(s) in real-time. The TMCnet Webinar program typically attracts 300 to 500 registrants per event.   

TMCnet Webinars are archived and available On-Demand.
Companies interested in sponsoring their own Webinar event can contact client services at 203-852-6800 or by email at [email protected]. 

For more information about TMCnet Webinars, please visit www.tmcnet.com/webinars.

About TMC

TMC, celebrating their 40th Anniversary, is a global, integrated media company that helps clients build communities in print, in person, and online.  TMC publishes the Customer Interaction SolutionsTMCnet.com, which is read by two million unique visitors each month, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMC is the producer of ITEXPO, the world’s leading B2B communications event.  In addition, TMC runs multiple industry events: Featuring collocated Mobility Tech, M2M Evolution, Business Video, ChannelVision Expo, MSPWorld, Super WiFi (News - Alert), SUITS, LatinComm, HTML5 Summit Conferences, and more. Visit TMC Events for a complete listing and further information., INTERNET TELEPHONY, Next Gen Mobility and Cloud Computing (formerly InfoTECH Spotlight) magazines. 

For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

Media Contact:
TMC:
Jan Pierret
Marketing Manager
TMC 
203-852-6800 x 228
[email protected]