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The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Improves Campuswide Communications With Cisco Technology
Wireless Network Helps Campus Meet Needs of Faculty, Staff and Students
| Source: Cisco Systems, Inc.
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - November 6, 2007) - Cisco® (NASDAQ : CSCO ) today announced that
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, known for its academic
excellence, has chosen the Cisco Unified Communications system to meet its
campus' evolving needs.
After a comprehensive selection process that tested products in real-world
scenarios, UNC Charlotte chose Cisco to improve its current
system. Replacing aging digital PBX architectures with a Cisco intelligent
network will unify the university's communications architecture and allow
it to develop and implement integrated communication and collaboration
features across the extensive campus.
"We put Cisco products to the test in a real-world environment, and they
came through for us. The company's support and technical expertise
demonstrated during the tests were two of the major determining factors in
going with a Cisco solution," said Tom Lamb, UNC Charlotte's chief
technology officer.
UNC Charlotte has selected a broad set of Cisco Unified Communications
applications to unify workspaces across the campus. Cisco Unified
Communications Manager provides protocol interworking between the
originating and the terminating sides of a call. Cisco Unified Mobility
Manager helps to enable single-number reach to people with mobile phones or
multiple offices. Cisco Unified Presence Software delivers real-time
presence information so that a caller can determine when others are
available as well as what their preferred communications media are. Cisco
Unified Personal Communicator helps to enable instant messaging, video,
voice and presence information in a single interface for Windows and
Macintosh desktops.
The university also intends to deploy Cisco's 7921 wireless phone. With its
open architecture, the Cisco Unified Communications system will also be
able to unify the campus's legacy messaging system. Together, Cisco Unified
Communications system and the Cisco intelligent network create an efficient
and effective communication solution for faculty, staff and students.
Phylis Miquel, the education solutions manager for Cisco, said, "The
decision criterion for UNC Charlotte was a unified communications
architecture that met the institution's existing needs but also provided a
flexible, rich collaboration and application platform to meet its expanding
needs. The workspace strategy for UNC Charlotte was enhanced by our
ability to support and implement Session Initiation Protocol and
integration with third-party endpoints and applications."
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About UNC Charlotte
A public research university, UNC Charlotte is the fourth-largest of the
16-constituent University of North Carolina system. It is the largest
institution of higher education in the Charlotte region. The university
comprises seven professional colleges and currently offers 18 doctoral
programs, 61 master's degree programs and 89 programs leading to bachelor's
degrees. Enrollment exceeds 22,300 students, including almost 4,800
graduate students.
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