By Alex C
Cisco Systems, a United States (US) based technology firm, in collaboration with Weco Systems International, an indigenous systems integrator, is pioneering a collaborative technology solution into the Nigerian market.
The release of this innovative technology comes at a time that today’s competitive and complex business environment, mid-sized businesses are looking for ways to improve collaboration across their value chain and increase employee productivity using technology.
With the challenge often associated with limited budgets and technical resources, companies are looking for ways to minimize their investment and the complexity of solutions and maximize functionality.
Dubbed ‘Business Edition 6000 (BE6K)’, the solution is designed for organisation that are particular about productivity.The solution, according to Weco Systems Inc, provides core communication capabilities that midsize businesses need for improved collaboration for employees, customers, and business partners.
The Cisco BE6K is a packaged collaborations solution that offers premium voice, video, mobility messaging, presence and contact center features on a single platform.
The workshop which held in Lagos recently presented a new amazing opportunity for businesses and organisation to learn new ways of utilizing the advantages of several collaborations technology and pay less.
Peter Nnaji, manager, collaboration solutions of Weco Systems, said that the platform can virtually take or accommodate up to eight different applications, thereby reducing rack space on Network Cabinet (RACKS). In this way, BE6k utilizes the virtualisation technology to accommodate the several Collaborations applications.
“The BE6k helps to improve business processes and collaboration in an organisation, providing the following benefits: Boost productivity with an efficient working environment that supports users on any device, from any location, at any time. Customise the collaboration you need today with the flexibility to change and adapt with growth. Respond quickly and effectively to your customers, improving their satisfaction and loyalty. Reduce operations complexity and costs by providing your limited IT staff with one simple solution to manage,” Nnaji explained.
The solution lowers Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with hardware consolidation, reduced power and cooling costs, and easy-to-use provisioning and administration tools.
With this new solution, Video is now made available at desktop level….making ‘decisions taking’ much faster and posing a healthier work life style, Nnaji concluded. As a Cisco 1-Tier gold partner, Weco Systems possesses the highest level of expertise that is required to plan, design and implement Collaboration Solutions.
The collaboration applications includes: Cisco Unified Communications Manager (for IP Telephony); Cisco Unity Connection (for Voicemail Services); Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM (Instant Messaging) and Presence Service; Cisco Attendant Console; Cisco Contact Center Express; Cisco Emergency Responder; Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS);Paging and Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning; all in a single platform.
As a Systems Integration company, Weco Systems job essentially revolves around helping companies to navigate through their maze of requirements and options by designing and implementing technology solutions that consider these disparate systems and deliver the best available functionality.