Problem:
University with 20,000 students in NE that needed to support a mobile
student population and professors in classrooms and staff in offices |
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| Current Centrex user and trialing IP/PBXs. Liked the IP/PBX applications,
but don’t have IT resources to support or funds to deploy large IP/PBXs,
most IP/PBXs can’t scale that large yet despite claims |
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| Deploying fixed phones to students is costly to install and maintain |
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| Centrex changes happen more slowly and are still costly |
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| Students and professors want more “mobile” applications in general |
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| Students need flexible conferencing options for team meetings to cut
down need to face to face meetings |
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| Solution: |
| New service continue management of services, yet gives a fixed cost
per user and provides new features needed for different users |
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| Students get inexpensive IP phones and browser to access services that
can be used form any browser and when they go home over vacations and summer |
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| Additional option for personal locator and conferencing is available |
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| No software to download to student PCs |
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| Telecom staff assigns students numbers via browser-based management
portal |
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| Teachers and IT personnel receive Find Me/Follow Me since they are
out of office frequently |