Companies today are undergoing a significant transformation to a more global Anywhere Enterprise™. Unified communications (UC) is a crucial
component in this evolution and organizations look to collaborate better with an extended enterprise (see Exhibit 1 on the next page). UC
has the power to help companies lower the overall cost of communications, bring worker productivity to new levels, enhance corporate green
initiatives and completely redefine the way we work by becoming part of our application infrastructure.
However, the deployment of UC is not without its challenges. Too often, organizations go down the path of deploying new technology with old
technology principles in mind and UC is no different. Many of the early adopter deployments of VoIP and UC were designed exactly the same as
the old systems, severely limiting the overall value of UC, which is a highly flexible, IP-based solution.
Migrating from traditional trunk lines to SIP trunking is a very simple, cost-effective change to open doors to other advanced services that can
enhance a UC deployment. SIP trunking will allow companies to recognize the following benefits:
• Dramatically lower the overall cost of communications
• Extends UC to software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and other cloud-based options
• Accelerates UC deployments through the simplification of network design
• Easier migration to other advanced services such as mobile integration and MPLS networks
This report introduces the reader to UC, outlines the benefits of UC and highlights some of the challenges in deployment. The report also
introduces the reader to SIP trunking and how it can play a key role in accelerating the deployment of UC as well as provides recommendations
on how to evaluate SIP trunking providers and some thoughts for initial deployment.
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