Enterprises migrate to IP telephony for a number of reasons.
- They want cost savings
- They want to better serve their customers
- They want to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace
- They want the flexibility and scaleability that only IP trunking can deliver
Because larger companies often have a large investment in legacy telephone equipment which has not reached the end of its useful service life, the migration to a VoIP solution can be expensive, time consuming, and disruptive. It involves obtaining LAN assessments, purchasing new LAN switching gear, rewiring, and retraining. All to support new IP handsets that may not be necessary to obtain the benefits of VoIP. In fact, according to an August 2006 Gartner Research report, an estimated $20.6 billion will be wasted on IP screen phones over the next five years because of uneccessary "rip and replace" migrations that fail to utilize the existing investment in legacy telephone equipment.
DakotaPro solves this problem using the Citel Portico™ Telephone VoIP Adapter (TVA™) which changes the dynamics of VoIP migration by enabling enterprises to obtain all the benefits of IP telephony while utilizing their existing PBX telephones and wiring infrastructure they already have in place.
This allows the enterprise to migrate to DakotaPro.biz PBX On-Demand cost effiectively, without swapping out the existing handsets. Portico simplifies the migration process, and is transparent to most users. With Portico, legacy PBX telephones become new IP endpoints, so replacement simply becomes unnecessary.
The economics of DakotaPro PBX On-Demand and Portico are so compelling, enterprises can justify migration to IP telephony even in the middle of the traditional PBX "buy cycle". Cost-savings, productivity enhancements, additional functionality, and converged applications are all within reach.
After a fast, simple Portico migration, enterprises on DakotaPro PBX On-Demand experience:
- Reduced monthly telecom operating expenses through centralized voice mail, IP network utilization, and the elimination of PBX and/or Key systems across the enterprise.
- Increased productivity through centralization and outsourcing of voice network management combined with enterprise-wide distribution of features and applications.
- Seamless migration to a unified communications platform.
With so much to gain, enterprises seeking the benefits of IP telephony and convergence have no reason to wait.
