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What is Unified Communications (UC) and how does it apply to your business?
How do you make money from the hype surrounding UC?
If you are an IT reseller, what has “UC” got to do with you?

Most Avnet partners have skills applicable to UC – so this is an opportunity.

Unified Communications (UC) is still a “vision” rather than a “reality” for most organisations. However, today, all of the technology exists and is ready to be integrated into a truly unified environment – yielding significant efficiencies and cost savings for any business.

This would be simple if the installation was into a greenfield site – but 99.99% of companies are fully operational using disparate communications technologies which have been acquired over past years (phone systems, e-mail, mobile phones, instant messaging, video conferencing, voice mail, text messaging, CRM, FaceBook, etc).

The meeting point for UC integration is the data-centre as most comms vendors are delivering their current generation of technology as applications. The datacentre is of course connected by the network which needs to be fast and scalable and, as we move towards a cloud based environment security will be of paramount importance to ensure that we manage who has access to our systems and data. Rich communications (like video) create massive data-storage requirements particularly in areas of compliance.

So if you have skills in datacentre, telephony, video, networking or security perhaps you should contact Avnet’s Unified Communications Business Unit to see how you could get engaged or partnered into the UC solutions area - for more information.

Contact Avnet’s Unified Communications Business Unit for more information.

Phone: +44 (0) 870 0665636
Email: uc-uk@avnet.com

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