TELECOMS MANAGEMENT

IBM SOUTHBANK
20 January 2004

AGENDA

09:30 Registration & Coffee

09:55 Welcome and Introduction
Stephen Way, The CUA


10:00 Mobile Integration
Adrian Blizzard, O2

A tour of Voice Capabilities in the area of Mobile Working where access is required to company resources already established in the fixed world, including:
Voice Integration

  • Mobile Extension
  • International Mobile Extension
  • Value Added Services

Billing Integration

  • Call Separation
  • Management Reporting

Data Integration

  • Today's Climate
  • Why Deploy Wireless Data Solutions?
  • Horizontal Applications
  • Vertical Applications
  • Devices

10:45 Voice over IP (VoIP) - From Here to Eternity
Robin Hayman, SpliceCom Ltd

This presentation covers a brief history of Voice over IP, concentrating on both the technology used and the benefits it brings to business. The majority of the session is devoted to the emergence of the next wave of convergence that VoIP is already starting to deliver - that of voice with IT applications - and the emergence of what Gartner terms 'The Real Time Enterprise."

11:30 Coffee

11:45 Voice Communications for Remote Workers
Alex Waterman, VODAT Ltd

Vodat deliver IP solutions that can provide office-based and remote working employees with direct dial extensions, voicemail, email and fast Internet access over broadband without the need for hefty up-front investment in PBX systems, purchasing dedicated equipment and re-cabling offices. This presentation will address the technical background behind these systems, and look at some implementation experiences using case studies.

12:30 Lunch

13:15 Implementing a Global VPN
Martin Beckwith-Brown, PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhousehouseCoopers are the largest of the big four accounting firms with about 65,000 staff in EMEA. As a result it has significant infrastructure in place to support its business. In this session Martin will share with you the trials and tribulations experienced in the deployment of a complete new network, migrating from multiple suppliers and technologies, to VPN/MPLS technology. He will also discuss their use of both private and public VPN in use from Iceland to Kazakhstan, down to South Africa and most points in between.


14:00 Modern Call Handling
John Sandon-Allum, Voice Integrated Products Ltd

In this presentation, John Sandon-Allum will look at alternatives to the traditional operator service, using automated assistance, voice recognition and call routing to enhance the inbound caller experience. Using automation to handle call routing for remote and 'hot desking' staff is a key issue, and one that this session will cover.

14:45 Telecomms and the Law
Speaker TBA

Employment and personal privacy law is a rapidly changing area at the moment. Changes in the law that affect employers, and how they handle employee's and customer's use of voice data and communications will be covered in this session.

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