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UCaaS & SD-WAN: A Winning Combination

Steve Leaden  (Founder & President, Leaden Associates)

Date: Tuesday, March 22

Time: 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Pass type: Entire Event Orlando, Tuesday-Thursday Orlando - Get your pass now!

Track: Management & Networks

Session Type: Conference Breakout Session

Vault Recording: TBD

As your enterprise migrates to UCaaS/CCaaS, you have the opportunity to take better advantage of newer network technologies such as SD-WAN to bring down overall costs. That’s critical because UCaaS and CCaaS solutions are typically more expensive than a premises-based solution. But SD-WAN can save your enterprise up to 40% or more over legacy technologies, so it can offset the higher UCaaS/CCaaS costs. In this session, a nationally-recognized consultant will share best practices to help make sure you realize these savings as you implement a combined cloud/SD-WAN deployment. You’ll come away with specific metrics and action steps that will help you make the move.

Takeaways:

  • How does SD-WAN save you money, and how do you maximize these savings?
  • What’s the best approach for procuring UCaaS/CCaaS and SD-WAN services? Do providers offer them as a bundle, and is this necessarily the best deal?
  • What contract terms and SLAs are most important as you’re planning your UCaaS/CCaaS + SD-WAN migration? Where are the pitfalls?
  • What best practices must your IT/communications teams follow in planning and executing the migration, to make sure you realize the promised savings and deliver the overall service at or under budget?

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