Verizon Business has unveiled Cisco unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) applications in the cloud ‘as-a-service’, which the company says will expedite organizations adoption of unified communications and improve performance.
The company said that it will begin two-month long field trials of the new Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution. The trial will allow particpants to see how cloud-based UC&C capabilities can be quickly and cost-effectively used by multiple employees across an enterprise.
The applications reside in the cloud, or network, enabling organizations to activate employee subscriptions to some or all of the available services, as needed, and pay for the services, once commercialized, on a per-user basis.
The company will launch trial version of Cisco UC&C capabilities in the cloud, using the technology foundations of Cisco Unified Service Delivery.
Anthony Recine, vice president of networking and communications solutions for Verizon Business, said: "Verizon Business’ field trial of Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Solution builds on a proven track record the two companies have established in developing and delivering innovative solutions to market.
"It is the latest initiative of Verizon Business’ continuing effort to lead the industry toward delivering ‘everything-as-a-service’ to our customers worldwide."
