Cisco: Next Generation Unified Communications

Paul Hawk, Cisco

Kirtis Butler, Cisco

Today's network-based business communications systems integrate multiple technologies into comprehensive systems designed to address your specific business needs.

Unified Communications applications enable businesses to streamline processes by integrating effective communication and collaboration solutions. Solutions include messaging, voice, video, and Web conferencing, and unified communications clients. These standards-based applications integrate with business tools that you use every day, such as Microsoft Outlook and IBM Lotus Notes.

With Unified Communications applications you can quickly and easily access the people, tools, and content you need regardless of location, based on your own rules and preferences. These solutions use a single network infrastructure for the transmission of data, voice, and video traffic, delivering the business benefits of a converged network -- increased productivity, greater business flexibility, and reduced operational costs -- to enterprise level organizations.

Topics covered will include:
 

• Market Environment
• Opportunities with Unified Communications
• Next Generation Applications
• The Network is the Platform
• Career Opportunities in Unified Communications

Paul Hawk has spent 15 years of his professional career in the networking and communications industry. He as been with Cisco Systems for seven years focusing on IP based communications and productivity applications to enterprise organizations. Prior to Cisco, Paul spent four years with Silicon Graphics (visual simulation systems) and four years with Anixter networking. Paul has a Business Degree from University of Hawaii in Operations management. He has lived in Seattle, WA with his wife Megan, son Draven 10 and daughter Missa 7 for the last ten years. When not at work Paul enjoys kayaking, biking, hiking and camping with his family and friends.
 

Kirtis Butler, Cisco

Kirtis Butler works with Fortune 100 customers to assure their technology investments realize business benefit. He has worked in the technology industry supporting Fortune 500 corporations in the Seattle area for over 17 years. Kirtis has been at Cisco for over seven years and has delivered over $100 million in Cisco solutions and services during that time. He lives in Sammamish with his wife Jamie, and two sons Dune 15 and Hunter 13. When not at work, Kirtis enjoys Coaching Youth sports and “jamming with his sons in the garage”.
 

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