Microsoft Qatar country manager Mohamed Hammoudi believes the return on investment on Lync can be about 300% over a period of one year. “That is very lucrative,” he told Gulf Times yesterday.
Mohamed Hammoudi
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 makes better use of the available IT infrastructure and bandwidth within a business establishment, and enables instantaneous communication among people, Hammoudi explained.
“From our perspective every single entity in Qatar, can make good use and get good return on investment on this technology if they implement it using the best practices that we have trained our solutions partners to do,” he said.
For entities that have multiple offices around the world, they would be able to communicate with people on the other side by sitting in the respective offices.
“We use it in Microsoft, we have 80,000 employees and the majority of the people do not even have phones on their desks anymore, it is just the laptop, and the headset which has the microphone attached,” he added.
Microsoft Qatar is organising an event today in W Hotel, in partnership with Jabra and Polycom, to launch Lync.
Jabra’s president (EMEA and CALA) Joel Hamon said his company’s corded and wireless headset solutions integrate seamlessly with Lync providing a reliable, easy to use and cost effective user experience across multiple devices and platforms.
“Through its commitment with Microsoft, Polycom is transforming business communications with the most comprehensive and intuitive communications experience that will deliver high-definition video, voice and content-sharing capabilities to conference rooms, classrooms and meeting spaces across the enterprise,” said Alain Weidmer, vice-president for Emerging Markets.
By Bonnie James