Web Conferencing: Verizon Business Helps Organizations Promote Unified Communications

By Calvin Azuri, TMCnet Contributor

Most businesses and government agencies that wish to employ new unified communications and collaboration capabilities for better business performance have a problem with determining where to start and how to incorporate new technology into existing systems and processes. In order to provide help in this critically important area, Verizon Business is introducing new consulting services that help in the adoption of Microsoft Lync Server 2010 across an enterprise.

Verizon Business (News - Alert) is one of the first global service providers to offer professional services that are custom-designed to help organizations employ Microsoft Lync. Because of this, businesses and government agencies in the U.S. and in a number of countries in Europe can immediately take advantage of Verizon Business' IT expertise to assess, design and implement Lync Server 2010 services as part of an overall solution tailored to specific business requirements. These services are targeted for rollout in the first half of 2011 for businesses based in Asia-Pacific countries.

In a release, Anthony Recine, vice president of networking and communications solutions for Verizon Business, said, "Adopting new technologies can pose a challenge for even the most nimble organizations. We're building on our long-standing strategic relationship with Microsoft (News - Alert), a proven record providing managed and professional services, and our leadership delivering advanced communications solutions to help integrate and accelerate successful customer UC&C adoption across a global enterprise."

The Verizon professional services for the Microsoft Lync portfolio feature workshop and Strategic Planning Services which help identify areas of a business where unified communications can have a positive and immediate impact, including identifying requirements, building critical adoption activities, and establishing success metrics.

Kirk Gregerson, senior director of product management for Microsoft Lync, said, "Microsoft is pleased that Lync is now a part of Verizon's professional consulting services portfolio. "Businesses and government agencies can now take advantage of both Microsoft technology and Verizon's expertise and feel secure their Lync planning and deployment will be a good experience."

Calvin Azuri is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Calvin’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Tammy Wolf

(source: http://web-conferencing.tmcnet.com/topics/web-conferencing/articles/118494-web-conferencing-verizon-business-helps-organizations-promote-unified.htm)

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