How to Get the Most Out of a UC System
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How to Get the Most Out of a UC System
Although more enterprises are opting for Unified Communications systems, issues such as outages, cost overruns and insufficient training hinder its use. -
Most Popular UCs
Respondents have experience using the following UCs: Cisco Unified Communications: 53%, Microsoft Lync: 42%, Avaya: 21%, Other: 19% -
Extent of UC Deployment
58% of respondents say their UC is fully deployed and generating an ROI. But 12% say their fully-deployed UC is not generating sufficient ROI. 29% say their UC is either stalled and generating ROI, or stalled and has not delivered any ROI. -
UC Support and Management
Most respondents say they use their own IT staff and resources to manage and support their UC day-to-day (87%). But 19% are not satisfied with the support, and requirements are not consistently met. -
Are UC Costs Reasonable?
67% of respondents say their operating expenses are in line, but 36% spend too much time reacting to performance issues. Result: More than 25% of IT projects on hold. -
Voice Quality Problems
While 51% of respondents never or rarely experience voice quality problems, 17% do several times a quarter, and 5% do many times daily.14% have voice problems a few times weekly. -
Degree of Automation
Asked to what degree their UC support elements (monitoring, workflows, user provisioning, process and task) have been automated, 51% of respondents say more than half of their support elements are automated. Only 20% have automated all of them. -
Reactive Skilled Resources
Asked whether skilled resources (CCIEs, CCNA, Network, VM) spend too much time on reactive, day-to-day work resulting in related strategic projects being put on hold, 48% said no, almost 50% yes. -
UC Silos
60% say their UC teams (Cisco, Avaya, Microsoft) collaborate very well with each other and 27% say they do not. -
Use of Managed Service Providers
11% of respondents use a managed services provider. Another 11% use a PBX vendor.
Unified Communications (UC) systems are on the rise, but IT executives report persistent problems—including outages, cost overruns, and insufficient personnel training, a new study revealed. UCs are designed to help a company operate all messaging activity—phone, fax, email, VoIP, IM—through a single network. NetEnrich, an IT infrastructure management and operation services company, conducted the online survey of 200 U.S. IT executives at midmarket and enterprise companies with revenues between $250 million and $8 billion annually. Undertaken in October and November 2015, the survey asked for insights on the state of UC deployments, including key challenges companies face as they implement these systems. "There's little debate among enterprise IT leaders as to the business value created through successful UC deployments," said Chris Joseph, vice president of Product Management and Marketing at NetEnrich. "The question is whether companies and users can count on UC systems performing as expected, and whether companies have the resources in-house to manage these implementations. As we see from the data, the answer is 'not necessarily’."