Challenge: • The Durham Diocesan Board of Finance and Religious Resources Centre wanted to relocate two disparate sites (Auckland Castle and Carter House) and consolidate their logistical operations into one central headquarters Solution: • ShoreTel’s Unified Communications (UC) platform • ShoreTel Director • ShoreTel Communicator • SIParator Benefits: • Ability to retain existing, geographic numbers • Easy to administer, manage and use • SIP connectivity ensures enhanced business continuity • Reduced carbon footprint: powerful collaboration applications Pivotal Networks and ShoreTel successfully relocate the sites to new HQ Background The Diocese of Durham was originally located over two sites: Auckland Castle and Carter House in Durham. integration to the ShoreTel solution, to create a fully integrated conference service on the calendar, which also allows desktop sharing. Positive results A variety of legacy telephone systems and services needed to be consolidated and upgraded. The Diocese issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) and Pivotal Networks was chosen as the preferred supplier. As with any relocation, there were some challenges at the outset but Pivotal Networks provided excellent project support, resolving issues in a timely and efficient manner. The Diocese of Durham moved into a new, purposebuilt headquarters, Cuthbert House, which provides a central location for all Diocesan activities, further strengthening the support of mission across the diocese. Cuthbert House also hosts a wide variety of meetings and training events. ”It’s great to have all elements of the Diocese under one roof, where parishes and our partners can collaborate, however and whenever they want.” Office relocation: main objectives The Diocese of Durham was well-established in its former locations so one of its main priorities was to keep the same geographic telephone numbers. The deployment of SIP connectivity enabled them to retain all of their existing numbers, as well as offering free local, national and mobile calls. A ShoreTel SBE 100 UC platform was installed, with IP handsets and mobile twinning for all extensions. A full IP LAN network was also implemented, along with Wi-Fi connectivity. Instant Messaging (IM) on the desktop has the potential to hugely reduce the volume of emails. The less formal nature of IM means that people respond more quickly and don’t have to manage huge volumes of email communication. The Diocese will also benefit from the potential for Office 365 Paul Stringer, Administrative Secretary for the Diocese of Durham, said: Tony Patterson, Business Development Manager for Pivotal Networks, added: “The ShoreTel solution really is ‘brilliantly simple’. A major benefit of the UC solution is that the Diocese of Durham has invested in a platform with the lowest Total Cost of Ownership and collaboration tools to improve efficiency and communications for all users. The introduction of SIP technology has allowed flexibility, scalability and business continuity options.” Next steps? The Diocese of Durham has subscribed to a bespoke managed support contract with Pivotal Networks, so all of its support is taken care of. The Diocese is considering expanding access for remote users: the beauty of the ShoreTel UC platform is that it is modular and very flexible, so it can be expanded as and when required. ShoreTel’s award-winning on-premises IP-PBX solution and cloudbased hosted phone system eliminate complexity and improve productivity. Recognized for its industry-leading customer experience and support, ShoreTel’s innovative business phones, application integration, collaboration tools, mobility, and contact center applications enable users to communicate and collaborate no matter the time, place or device, with minimal demand on IT resources. 1874: 1996: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL created the Telephone 2007: SHORETEL was founded from a clean sheet of paper ShoreTel was listed on the NASDAQ - No debt & positive cash flow FACT: SHORETEL IS THE FASTEST GROWING ALL IP SOLUTIONS PROVIDER – SYNERGY RESEARCH DATA 2013: 2010: 2012: ShoreTel acquired M5 FOR $146 MILLION and began developing its Cloud Solution ShoreTel released THE DOCK ShoreTel acquired mobility provider AGITO FOR $11.4 MILLION - and ShoreTel Mobility & BYOD was born. A platform that is PBX agnostic “When I first saw the ShoreTel docking station I was blown away by the thought of having my information management tool and my communications tool in one. This new way of working is the new paradigm for today’s effective information worker. I remember 15 years ago talking about the concept of employees being able to take their communications command center with them and have a true virtual office.” MARK LENCIONI, SENIOR MANAGER IS ENGINEERING AT BROWN AND CALDWELL 2015: 2014: ShoreTel released CLOUD SOLUTION IN THE US SaaS-Hybrid Cloud Unified Communications on Demand ( 142,000 seats end of 2014) ShoreTel released Cloud in EMEA Everyone talks about Hybrid as a strategy, but ShoreTel’ strategy is “Choice and Flexibility’’. We will be the only communications organisation to have a single user GUI irrespective of system use, CPE or Cloud. No one else has this other than those whom virtualise their existing CPE, which is not really cloud. 2014: SHORETEL 14.2 allows companies of all sizes to deploy in a virtualised environment. Customers can mix and match hardware and virtual appliances for highest reliability and scalability and lowest cost “SHORETEL IS STRAIGHTFORWARD TO USE FOR BOTH USERS AND FOR TELECOM STAFF. WE HAD PAYBACK ON THE SHORETEL SYSTEM THE DAY WE MOVED IN.” – DON MCGILL. CNET 3 IMPORTANT UC TRENDS IN 2015 HOSTED UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS According to Infonetics Research hosted PBX and UC services have grown around 15 per cent in 2014, and are set to reach $12 billion and 62.6 million seats by 2018 FLEXIBLE WORKING BYOD A recent study by Citrix and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) found that better utilization of flexible working practices could boost the UK economy by up to £90 billion, by improving employee productivity, allowing parents and carers to rejoin the workforce, and taking commuting costs and time into account. with 15 per cent of workers admitting to not telling their boss that they use their own device at work, 2015 will increasingly see IT departments embrace BYOD ARRANGE A DEMONSTRATION CALL US NOWAND ON:SEE WHY COMPANIES CHOOSE SHORETEL TO DELIVER THEIR UC SOLUTIONS – CALL 01344 208 848 0191 250 3120
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