Unified Communications is all around us and all organizations are at a different point in their rollouts.  2011 is a great year for planning. However, many of our clients are forward-thinking and have already implemented their POC or Proof of Concept.  Wherever you are on the UC spectrum consider consulting with EnablingTechnologies to identify ways to incorporate UC into your business processes for the greatest ROI. As with everything: the devil is in the details.... Make sure you include us in your planning.  It will save you headaches later on and can streamline your business processes in ways you have not imagined!

Enabling Technologies consulting offers:

BVPS - Business Value Planning Services- Microsoft Business Value Planning Services (BVPS) is a software assurance benefit for customers. It is a pre-defined paid service offering delivered by partners to help customers identify ways to leverage their investment in Microsoft Information Worker (IW) technologies to improve business processes. This service offers customers a 3, 5, 10 or 15 day engagement based on their individual software assurance benefit level. Customers will work with Enabling Technologies to document, analyze, optimize, justify, sequence, and propose a plan to improve a customer’s business process by leveraging IW (Information Worker) technologies.We accept vouchers for this service.

Business Value Assessment (BVA) - Let Enabling develop a business case for deploying a Microsoft Unified Communications solution at your organizatilution at your organization.

Enabling Technologies will work with your team to determine the current costs of communications and future UC goals at your organization.The methodology for calculating benefits is based on Forrester’s report, "Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Unified Communications Products and Services," and from documented savings realized by clients that have deployed Unified Communications Solutions. The analysis is based upon implementing:

• Messaging - Exchange
• Conferencing - Both audio through Office Communications Server and desktop through Live Meeting
• IM/Presence - Lync Server (formerly Office Communications Server)
• Enterprise Voice -  Lync Server (formerly Office Communications Server )

UC Strategy and Roadmap Service

To help clients succeed in their UC initiatives, Enabling Technologies can help create an appropriate UC Strategy and define a Roadmap for which technologies to roll out to whom and when, with proper internal marketing, training, support, and business results. Enabling makes an optimal external partner to develop your UC Strategy.   By providing a structured approach, unbiased UC expertise, and multifaceted UC knowledge, Enabling can optimize your plans, budgets, and human capital. Enabling uses a practical yet flexible approach to

• Analyze the people and the culture to determine which drivers (mobility, PC/apps, phone) are most critical, how much change they can tolerate, and their training needs

•   Review the IT teams’ troubleshooting processes and organizational structure to identify gaps and build standard operating procedures to reduce finger-pointing and increase end-user satisfaction

• Analyze existing technology investments and gaps, then define requirements, reference architectures, and project plans for UC platform of the future that maximizes investments

Architectural Design Session -

        The engagement methodology consists of: