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Seven Contact Center Trends You Can't Ignore

Rapid changes are underway in the world of traditional contact centers. It starts with the disruptive nature of social media and mobile apps, but it doesn't end there. Don't be left behind. Learn the seven contact center trends you can't ignore.

Sponsor: Siemens Enterprise Communications


 

Top Ten Reasons Customers Choose Siemens Enterprise Communications to Help Transform their Business

Trusted by over 75% of the Fortune 500, Siemens Enterprise Communications is the only vendor to provide the complete range of Voice, UCC and Contact Center solutions and services on-premise and in private, hybrid and public clouds.

Sponsor: Siemens Enterprise Communications


 

Amplify collective effort. Dramatically improve performance.

Teams in today's enterprises are more often remote, mobile and distributed. The need to overcome the physical distances between mobile and virtual team members, improve 'reachability' and enable productive conversations and dialog - while removing complexity has become a top enterprise mandate. Discover why now is the time to revisit the untapped potential of team performance and leverage team collaboration as a vital corporate asset.

Sponsor: Siemens Enterprise Communications


 

The Untapped Potential of Virtual Teams

This results from this recent global research study show that while the vast majority of organizations rely on remote, distributed and mobile team members, a small minority report having sufficient tools to enable highly-effective team collaborations and coherent information sharing. The compelling findings in this report highlight the potential to overcome the physical distances between mobile and virtual team members, improve engagement and enable more productive collaboration without complexity.

Sponsor: Siemens Enterprise Communications


 

Top 10 Predictions for 2013

The intersection of mobility, social and cloud continues to heavily influence the IT agenda in 2013 and beyond along with the themes of IT consumerization and the emergence of big data in enterprise communications.

Sponsor: Siemens Enterprise Communications


 

New Global Research Shows Untapped Potential

New global research, conducted by Siemens Enterprise Communications in the fall of 2012, reveals interesting trends on virtual and remote worker habits and productivity. This infographic highlights the collaboration challenges of remote and distributed teams and the room for improvement in the tools they use to get their jobs done more efficiently.

Sponsor: Siemens Enterprise Communications


 

The CIO's New Guide to Design of Global IT Infrastructure

Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster.

Sponsor: Riverbed


 

CDW Partner Review: Software License Management

59% of organizations were asked by their software vendors to take part in a software audit. Are you ready? This guide examines complications of software license management brought on by user self-provisioning, virtualization and the proliferation of BYOD apps and offers guidance on choosing the right set of tools and processes to ensure compliance.

Sponsor: CDW


 

Software Lifecycle Management

Applications need lifecycle management too! This guide contains insights about software and managing it - from the latest trends to a strategy for implementing Software Asset Management in a virtualized networking environment. No simple task.

Sponsor: CDW


 

Cloud Integration: A Comprehensive Solution

This white paper describes how to integrate on-premise and cloud applications, including Oracle Cloud
applications, with this type of pragmatic, universal perspective.

Sponsor: Oracle


 

Data Center Convergence

Data Center Convergence includes several aspects that an organization needs to consider for better management and optimal performance of mission critical applications. Consolidation resulting in optimization of resources can lead to a more economical and effective solution.

Sponsor: CDW


 

WI-FI: Far and Wide

Nowadays wireless local area networks (WLAN ) is a mission critical part of the network no longer an afterthought. BYOD is a reality and mobile user's demand high performance accessibility to corporate resources like never before.

Sponsor: CDW


 

Integrating Wireless and Wired Security

As mobility becomes commonplace, strategies for wireless and wired security must be woven together. This blending of environments causes unprecedented challenges for many organizations.

Sponsor: CDW


 

Ready to Roam

A network infrastructure overhaul gives a Michigan school district the flexibility needed to achieve its long-term teaching and learning goals.

Sponsor: CDW


 

An Upgrade That's Really Making the Grade

New switches plus more APs at Toccoa Falls College, GA boost WLAN speed and increase coverage.

Sponsor: CDW


 

Foundation for the Future

West Islip New York Public Schools' network and connectivity upgrade offers benefits in the classroom and beyond.

Sponsor: CDW


 

The High-Performance WAN

Wide area networks (WANs) are critical to the fabric underlying all business-critical applications, whether in organizational data centers or spread out to the cloud. But for large, distributed entities, maintaining network links to each branch office can be costly. WAN optimization and acceleration is not as simple as boosting the bandwidth in a slow office or dropping a single device into the network. Find out what are some of the top problems associated with large WANs and the technologies typically used to solve them.

Sponsor: CDW


 

Ultra-Low-Latency Networking

In a world where so much trading is systematic, millisecond delays matter. Low-latency, high-performance networking, therefore, has become a competitive imperative.

Sponsor: CDW


 

Optimizing the Network

The network has become a utility that users can't do without. Mobility and bandwidth-hungry apps demand faster and more efficient networks. Optimization across the network can make for a more productive workforce.

Sponsor: CDW


 

Rules of Citizen Engagement: To Protect and Serve Data

Government agencies have many of the same business imperatives that their IT counterparts have in the private sector. Similar pressure exists across common areas like networking in the data center, unified communications, mobility and security.

Sponsor: CDW