Unified communications benefit campuses

a growing number of college and

university it departments are combining

their disparate telecommunications

systems in an effort to simplify campus

these efforts also have

potential to save schools thousands

of dollars in yearly service or line fees, as

we've experienced at northcentral

technical college (ntc) in wausau, wis.

the term "unified communications" (uc) has been used to describe a wide

variety of technologies and solutions in recent years, but according to a new

study, the majority of technology professionals agree that uc is an end

result--not any one product or solution. specifically, uc is the result of

integrating technologies that connect people with other people, with data, and

with computing applications they need, anywhere they are. the 2009 cdw-g

unified communications tracking poll reports that the primary drivers behind

uc implementations are usually increased productivity and reduced operating

additionally, uc technologies are often considered in conjunction with

organizational changes.

ntc certainly understood those key drivers as the college started its uc

deployment in 2003. serving 25,000 students on its main campus and six

regional campuses in a 10-county area, ntc sought to provide its students

with a top-notch curriculum delivered by high-quality instructors--regardless

of where the students or faculty were located. simply stated, distance should

not determine learning outcomes, and the college considered an

organizational shift that would centralize the flow of information.

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