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Self-Paced Migration™

Clearspan provides immediate productivity without immediate replacement through Self-Paced Migration™; a unique approach to VoIP migration that provides Unified Communications capabilities to enterprise users without replacing their existing systems until the time is right for that enterprise.

Self-Paced Migration is based on a four stage migration strategy, customized for an enterprise’s unique requirements and schedule:

• In the first stage Clearspan is implemented as an overlay to existing systems and provides services to teleworkers, small branches and road warriors. It also provides a unified dial plan for inter-site dialing transparency and Unified Communications features such as desktop integration, unified messaging, conferencing and fixed mobile convergence regardless of a user’s current PBX system.
• The second phase handles VoIP migration of sites with obsolete systems as these will yield significant productivity improvements as well as important cost reductions and business continuity improvements.
• The third phase continues the migration with the next set of highest priority sites as defined by the customers overall migration plan.
• The final phase consists of migration of the largest and/or lower priority sites to complete the migration.

Self-Paced Migration has many benefits for the enterprise, such as:

• Enterprises can immediately save on operational costs by deploying SIP Trunking, and managing the trunks and calls between enterprises using the Clearspan solution.
• Enterprises can defer a significant portion of the capital costs associated with a new communications system such as the cost of new phones or individual user licenses for users whose primary phone remains on the legacy system.
• Enterprises can gain immediate benefits by deploying Unified Communications features across the enterprise.

During migration, all users can immediately benefit from the following features:

• All users can share a single, company wide unified dialing plan.
• All users can share a single conferencing and collaboration system.
• All users can share a common, centralized unified messaging system.
• Find Me/Follow Me – allows users to have a single virtual number.
• Fixed Mobile Convergence – allows for the seamless integration of mobile phones with the enterprise communications system.
• Outlook/browser toolbars – gives users the flexibility to manage features and calls from their desktop.
• Gives remote workers all the features and functions as if they were in the office.
• Support for Microsoft® OCS™ or IBM® Sametime™ functions.

A Self-Paced Migration plan can take place over weeks, months or even years depending on the urgency, priority and funding for the project. The important thing is that all users in the enterprise can realize productivity and performance gains immediately while the investment in VoIP phones an networks proceeds at a pace most effective for the enterprise as a whole.