{"id":1857,"date":"2012-07-31T22:48:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T22:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=289"},"modified":"2012-07-31T22:48:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T22:48:19","slug":"the-savings-of-uc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/the-savings-of-uc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Savings of UC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are part of a huge corporation or a small business, ROI is always a concern, and you have to be careful how you spend your money.\u00a0 After all, successful companies didn\u2019t become successful without researching prior to investing into a project.\u00a0 Time and time again, unified communications proves to be a worthwhile investment. A <a href=\"http:\/\/teotech.com\/content\/docs\/TeoTech_InstantCashFlowImprovement.pdf\">white paper<\/a> recently released by TeoTech talks about just that, and here are some of the highlights.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP):<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>VoIP phones have replaced the majority of regular phones these days, but there are still some organizations that have yet to upgrade.\u00a0 Many government institutions and educational buildings have yet to switch over to VoIP phones.\u00a0 This switch can save most organizations money in the long run, and can save it in multiple ways.\u00a0 The most obvious is savings in long distance calls between offices.\u00a0 The white paper released by TeoTech states that businesses that switch to VoIP can reduce their telecommunications costs up to 40 percent.\u00a0 For companies that spend thousands of dollars a years on long distancing calling to their remote offices, these savings alone are worth the implementation costs.\u00a0 Once you consider this, plus the time you and effort you save having a more productive and reliable service for your phone calls, it\u2019s hard to figure why you haven\u2019t switched yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Videoconferencing:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Videoconferencing has become a staple of corporate communication, and although it can be an expensive initial purchase, it can save you lots of money in the future.\u00a0 Imagine the cost of having to meet with an international client. A plane ticket to Japan isn\u2019t cheap.\u00a0 Then there is the hotel, and the food, and any other expenses that may be needed.\u00a0\u00a0 Now imagine you don\u2019t have to pay for any of that, because you have an advanced videoconferencing system which allows you to share all the information you need, and have a face to face conversation through the system.\u00a0 If you are keeping you staff in office you are not only saving money, but increasing productivity.\u00a0 Videoconferencing also allows you to connect with clients that you may not have had time to meet with normally, allowing you to increase your clients and make more profit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">IM and Presence:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instant messaging and presence allow employees to effectively communicate while lowering delay time.\u00a0 Instant messaging removes the delay that is associated with emails that can dramatically slow down a project.\u00a0 Presence allows users to see when a user is available, and with Plantronics software integrated with their headsets, you can set your presence to change (and what to change to) when you take off your headset, walk away from your computer, or when you answer a call.\u00a0 According to a UC Strategies and Unicomm Consulting Study, companies can save $1,137 per user per year in communication efficiency if they take advantage of IM and presence, and can save $1,005 per user per year by eliminating delay.<\/p>\n<p>Taking advantage of all of these technologies will not only improve your productivity, but will improve cash flow.\u00a0 Anyone who is worried about ROI of unified communications should consider these benefits and compare them to their current costs.\u00a0 Saving time, reducing delay, and increasing productivity all while saving money is something only UC can provide to your organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are part of a huge corporation or a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[508],"tags":[675,673,676,392,445,446,602,677,417],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}