The Future of Communication and Collaboration.Presented to: JISC Group.

Freedom Communications‘Unified Communications System Integrators (UCSI)’

March 2013.

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Agenda• Introductions• The Vision for Education• A Platform for Innovation• Benefits of SIP Connectivity• Project Approach and Migration• Tools to Help• Questions and Feedback

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Introducing Freedom.

Unified Communications Systems Integrator

Freedom Value Proposition

The Vision for Education

A Foundation for Innovation

Simplification and Standardisation

Universal Access and International

Reach

Interconnected Outcomes and 21st Century Learning

World Class Research and Collaboration

Student Employability and Readiness

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A Platform for Innovation.

Web Conferencing

Office Apps Audio Conferencing

Persistent Chat Instant Messaging Voice Mail

Video Conferencing Telephony

Single unified client increases adoption

A single system simplifies administration

Applications used everyday

Unified Communications platform

Microsoft Unified Communications

Enterprise-ready

Single Identity and shared Contact Card across business and social apps

Integration across Office and LOB applications

Connect people, communications

and the applications they use everyday

Communicate with everyone in your Contact List directly from Office Apps, Outlook, SharePoint and Dynamics CRM

Connect people, communications

and the applications they use everyday

Integration across Office and LOB applications

Enable great meeting experiences & flexible collaboration

Multiparty HD video gallery &H.264 SVC support

Multiparty HD video and content sharing

Mobile Client experiences designed for each device.Lync works across OS platforms.

Lync is familiar and engaging, across a variety of devices and platforms

Modern, mobile and web clients

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Benefits of SIP Connectivity.

SIP Benefits and Migration• Consolidation of network services• Utilise Janet connections• Resiliency and Business Continuity• Scalability is more flexible (eg. Clearing)• Any STD Code anywhere• Hosted Inbound Service

• Reduce costs by 70%- lower monthly rentals- Option of free calls to 01,02 & 03 (local, national bundles)- Optimisation of channels

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Project Approach & Migration.

Key Considerations

Business Requirements

Business Analysis & User Adoption

Confirmation

Lync is not just a technical implementation

Key Considerations – Business requirements

Business Workshops

Technical Workshops

Solution Scope

High Level Design

Business Requirements

Business RequirementsBusiness Analysis

& User Adoption Low Level Design

Training Solution Implementation

Business Analysis & User Adoption

Test Group

Requirements Review

Migration

Product Support

Confirmation Critical milestones, referencing business requirements

A Lync solution is not purely an infrastructure project.

Lync is a solution, not a product

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Tools to Help.

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Questions and Feedback.

Time Activity  Presenter

9.30 Arrival, Coffee & Registration  

9.50 Welcome & Introductions JISC

10.00 Microsoft New Technologies in Education: Overview Mike Morris

10.45 Coffee Break

11.00 Windows 8 in Education with The Tablet Academy Professor Stephen Molyneux

11.45 Data Centre of the Future Alun Rogers

12.30 Lunch  

13.00 Business Intelligence in Education Steve Lynn

13.30 Office 365 and Sharepoint 2013 – review of new featuresMark McManus and Sajid Rafiq

14.15 Coffee Break

14.30 The Future of Communications and Collaboration - Colleges Kevin Lee

15.15 Dynamics CRM in Education – Why CRM Project Fail  Craig Abbott

15.45 Q and A - Close