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Add Advanced Applications to Converged College and University Networks
Users of a converged network, however, experience a wealth of additional benefits. Multi-tasking, mobile working, and expanded collaboration opportunities are facilitated by integrated IP-based systems. Well beyond the advantages of basic IP telephony, 3Com® convergence solutions deliver cutting-edge messaging and collaboration tools. Unified messaging allows voice mail and email to be retrieved from a phone or PC, decreasing response times and increasing information-exchange options. Its benefits may be particularly valuable to organizations that are struggling with integrating a campus-wide voice mail system as they migrate from CENTREX services or that are planning to move to an alternative voicemail system. A converged platform can also provide secure instant messaging, campus-based and integrated with a presence capability that lets users instantly know the status of certain users they want to contact via phone or PC. With only the click of a mouse or the drag and drop of an icon, calling and ad-hoc conferences can be initiated. With similar ease, students and faculty can create collaboration sessions—with shared whiteboards and documents—from anywhere, at any time, and without any IT support. The following links lead to additional information about how 3Com secure, converged networks can lower costs, increase productivity, and enhance collaboration for universities and colleges: 3Com Security Solutions Learn more by using the RELATED INFO links on this page or by emailing education@3com.com. . |
Converged infrastructures have been helping organizations for years stretch their budgets. Using a single IP infrastructure for both voice and data traffic can ease campus expansion or renovation and save network data center space. It can enable leveraging the services of inhouse experienced staff, so that costly and time-consuming outside technical support for activities such as moves, adds, and changes can be minimized or eliminated.