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9:00 am |
Registration and Welcome Coffee & Tea |
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9:30 am |
Welcome Address and Opening Remarks |
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Steven Phillips
Vice President, Sales, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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9:45 am |
Unified Communications: A Strategic Mantra for Setting a Scorching Pace |
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Shalini Verma
Research Manager, Asia/Pacific Communications Research, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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Business communication is on the cusp of a new era in which communication plays a central role in helping information workers to deliver with speed and accuracy. Unified communications is re-defining how business users interact with their co-workers and customers in a multi time zone and multicultural business environment. This IDC presentation charts the industry's nascent UC journey in Asia/Pacific to provide insights on early adopters and the drivers for UC adoption. The presentation will help you understand how unified communications is delivering new innovations to help transform business communication into a strategic tool. |
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10:15 am |
Unified Communications : The Time is Now |
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Gerard Festa
Unified Communications Solutions Marketing, Cisco Systems |
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As the global workforce become increasingly mobile, the challenge to “stay connected” and remain productive is significant—and addressing it is paramount to business success. Communications occurs within multiple workspaces, where seamless mobile collaboration allows users to easily move between fixed and mobile environments. With inclusive Unified Communications solutions, organizations can reach new levels of productivity and agility while maintaining competitiveness. Learn how Cisco Unified Communications can unify your workspace.
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10:45 am |
Microsoft Unified Communications: Software-Powered Next Generation Communications |
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Raj Natarajan
Enterprise Technology Strategist, Customer Advocacy & Technical Management, Enterprise & Partner Group, Microsoft Asia |
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The rapid evolution and challenges of business communications in the recent years have transformed business communications models. Software-centric applications are the future of communications and can help streamline communications between people and organizations, regardless of medium, platform, device or location. By empowering people with the right tools, communication silos can be broken down, extending existing communications investments while enabling business process innovation. See how these exciting possibilities can be realized with Microsoft’s software-powered approach and vision for Unified Communications |
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11:15 am |
Coffee Break |
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11:45 am |
Chairperson's Remarks |
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Steven Phillips
Vice President, Sales, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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11:50 am |
Making Unified Communications Work for You: Now and Into the Future |
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Mark Roberts
Vice President, Ecosystem Marketing, Polycom |
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Unified Communications has brought the human factor to the fore of technology, prioritising the user experience and effective person-to-person collaboration. The integration of disparate applications and communications devices is making it easier for users to connect with each other and access information more efficiently, providing them with the tools to make better decisions and achieve greater productivity. But are organisations realising the full business benefits of Unified Communications? And what is the next frontier beyond Unified Communications as we now know it?
In his address, Mark will provide guidance on how organisations can best leverage Unified Communications environments to achieve corporate objectives, improve operational efficiency, and maximise team performance. Mark will also speak to the future of Unified Communications in the enterprise, and beyond.
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12:20 pm |
Panel Discussion - Best Practices for Transitioning to UC |
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Moderated by Shalini Verma
Research Manager, Asia/Pacific Communications Research, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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12:50 pm |
Closing Remarks |
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Steven Phillips
Vice President, Sales, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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1:00 pm |
Networking Lunch & End of Conference |
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The organizer reserves the right to amend the agenda,
as deemed necessary, without prior notice. The agenda
may differ across the cities where the event will
be held. |
