This document provides an overview and summary of Virtual Communications Express, a cloud-based unified communications solution from Verizon. The solution offers enterprise-grade voice, video, and collaboration tools to enable effective communication and mobility. Key features include centralized management across locations, predictive pricing, security, and integration with existing business applications. The summary is targeted at Verizon personnel and partners to help businesses modernize their communications infrastructure and drive productivity for a mobile workforce.
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Business
communications
made easy.
Virtual Communications Express
September 1, 2018.
2. The world of voice
communications
has changed.
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The move from a phone call to a
fully engaged collaborative
experience is happening now.
3. Communicate globally with the right partner.
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Enterprise expertise.
As-a-service pricing | Options for IP, VoIP and 4G LTE | Consulting services and API integration
Workforce Collaboration
⢠Unified communications (UC) for web, voice
and video.
⢠Collaboration that works across smartphone,
tablet, PC, desk phone and video
Customer Experience
Hosted, global contact center solutions to help
you interact via voice, e-mail, chat, text, video,
online or social media
4. There will be winners and losers everyday. Which will your business be?
The speed of business is faster
today âdonât be left behind.
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Behind the curve means: Staying ahead of the curve means:
⢠Missed calls
⢠Single-threaded decisions
⢠Disparate ideas & concepts
⢠Unpredictable costs
⢠High maintenance costs
⢠Never miss a call
⢠Multiple ways to connect
⢠Mobility capabilities
⢠Easy to modify
⢠Collaborative input
⢠Everybody on the same page
⢠Integration with key applications
⢠Improves resiliency
⢠Simplified billing
5. Imagine your future.
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Youâll be able to
⢠Work from virtually anywhere seamlessly just as
if youâre in the office
⢠Communicate quickly with Instant messaging
⢠See co-worker/colleague status
⢠Instantly share desktop and files with colleagues
⢠Integrate with calendars and other important tools
And focus on your business instead of your phones
⢠Connect seamlessly across all your locations
⢠Speed up phone moves, adds and changes
⢠No need for dedicated PBX support
⢠Less worrying about security and extensive
reviews and audits
⢠Manage your entire system from one location
7. End-to-end communication solution.
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Desktop and mobile
clients
UC applications
Business continuity/
self-service
Enterprise voice and
advanced features
Robust business features and
call control
8. Powering effective communications to meet
business needs.
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Accessibility
⢠Business-continuity capabilities
⢠Work from virtually anywhere efficiently, while maintaining multiple office sites.
Productivity
⢠Collaborate effectively and improve productivity, whether in the office or on the go.
⢠UC Applications - audio/video conferencing, screen sharing, etc.
Cost Control
⢠Predictable cost
⢠OPEX contracting & acquisition
Reduced
Complexity
⢠Easy to implement; overlay onto your Verizon voice network
⢠Boost capabilities with limited or outsourced IT resources.
Security ⢠Services are always available & secure
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distribution of this material is not permitted to any unauthorized persons or third parties except by written agreement.
Solution details.
10. Centralized Communications
Platform for companies with
global locations.
For companies with multiple locations the cost and complexity of
managing different local service providers can be burdensome.
Voice over IP calling can bring your business onto one single secure
and reliable platform.
⢠Simplify your communications architecture
⢠On Net calling between locations
⢠Control calling costs
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11. Voice over IP calling can bring your business onto one single
secure and reliable platform.
⢠Simplify your communications architecture
⢠On Net calling between locations
⢠Control calling costs
Components.
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For companies with multiple locations the cost and
complexity of managing different local service
providers can be burdensome.
12. Quick and easy collaboration.
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⢠Instant messaging with presence
⢠Desktop sharing
⢠Multi-point video calling
⢠Instant meeting audio conferencing
⢠Inbound e-fax
⢠Single-number reach whether
in the office or mobile
⢠Always-present caller ID on company
or personal smartphone
⢠Simple, intuitive mobile app
14. Full featured voice line:
Includes standard voice
features:
⢠Call forwarding
⢠Call waiting
⢠Call, hold and
resume
⢠Cal redial
⢠Do not disturb
⢠Phone directory
⢠6-way calling
⢠Speed dial
⢠Addâl features* (See
appendix)
Full featured voice line
with mobility and UC
features:
All voice features
+ UC One-Client
Applications
+ Unified
Communications
Applications:
⢠Audio Conf.
⢠Video Conf.
⢠Guest Client Access
⢠Group Chat
⢠Chat history
⢠Desktop Sharing
⢠Moderator Controls
⢠Outlook Calendar
Integration
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Subscriber Package Options.
Messaging
only
Inbound line:
In bound messaging
and fax line
Voice line w/limited
feature set:
Inbound/outbound voice
line
In bound fax support
Limited features
Full featured voice line
with mobility:
Inbound/outbound
voice line
Includes standard
voice features
+ UC One-Client
Applications:
⢠Mobile Client
⢠Desktop Client
⢠Tablet Client
(Optional)
Unified Communications
Applications
Station
Types
Dial tone Basic Standard Premier
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High-definition phone optionsâAll TAA
compliant.Choose any combination of a variety of Polycom phone types including expansion modules.
You can also choose meeting room sound stations.
Capability Features Designed for
VVX 601 ⢠High-definition voice
⢠Video enabled
⢠Sixteen-line set
⢠High call volumes
⢠BluetoothŽ compatible
⢠Large font/screen
⢠Executive office
VVX 501 ⢠High-definition voice
⢠Video enabled
⢠Twelve-line set
⢠High call volumes
⢠Gigabit Ethernet
⢠Large color/touch-screen
⢠Knowledge
worker/professional
VVX 401/411 ⢠High-definition voice
⢠401 has 10/100 Ethernet
⢠411 has Gigabit Ethernet
⢠Twelve-line set
⢠Medium call volumes
⢠Color screen
⢠Frontline staff
⢠Knowledge workers
VVX 301/311 ⢠High-definition voice
⢠301 has 10/100 Ethernet
⢠311 has Gigabit Ethernet
⢠Six-line set
⢠Moderate call handling
⢠Cubicle
⢠Moderate call volume
VVX 201 ⢠High-definition voice ⢠Two-line set
⢠Minimal call handling
⢠Cubicle
⢠Low call volume
VVX 101 ⢠High-definition voice ⢠One-line set
⢠One Ethernet port
⢠Lobby or break room
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What if you donât wat to purchase new phones?
Our rental options are an easy way to add IP phones to Virtual Communications Express.
Available with all
Station Types
No upfront capital expenditure.
The cost of the phones is included
in monthly fees.
No buyout. You own the phone
at the end of the term.
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Optional
integrated
features.
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19. Unified Communications Applications.
Get a full suite of collaboration and conferencing tools.
These features are accessible via your desktop and Apple iOSŽ or Android⢠mobile device, and are standard for
Premier users and optional for Standard users.
Instant
messaging and
presence
Video
and audio
conferencing
Desktop
sharing
20. ⢠Auto Attendant
⢠Call Queue
⢠Meet-Me Conference
⢠Group paging service
Simple, advanced, site-level add-ons.
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distribution of this material is not permitted to any unauthorized persons or third parties except by written agreement.
Positioning and
use cases.
22. Enables affordable Unified
Communications (UC) and
mobility.Stay connected intra or inter office. Offering virtual meeting
rooms, for both employees and guests to easily join for interactive
video, chat and desktop sharing from their browser or phone.
Devices
Desk PhonePC
Laptop Tablet
Smartphone
⢠Team Meetings &
Collaboration
⢠Screen & File Sharing
⢠Instant Messaging &
Presence
⢠HD Audio & Video
Conferencing
24. About the user. The Problem. The Solution.
⢠A business with multiple
locations in one or more
countries in Europe.
⢠Disparate
telecommunications
services with multiple local
providers (non-uniform
pricing and billing; no
centralized management,
equipment variation)
⢠No common dialing plan
⢠Difficult to integrate
collaboration
⢠Virtual Communications
Express brings your
communications services
together and provides
collaborative tools and
capabilities
Use Case: Multi-National Corporation with
locations in the US and Europe.
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⢠Non-disruptive deployment
⢠Centralized management
⢠Reduced
maintenance costs
⢠Common dialing plan
⢠Easy pathway to next-gen,
trusted unified
communication
25. About the user. The Problem. The Solution.
⢠Highly mobile staff and
teleworkers,
increasingly working on
virtual teams in remote
locations
⢠Working remotely (home
or away):
- Poor communication
- Loss of workforce
productivity
- Difficulty accessing
business apps while
mobile
⢠Virtual Communications
Express allows workers
to work from virtually
anywhere from
device(platform); BYOD
supported:
- Move from desktop,
phone, mobile
seamlessly
- Customize
experiences based
on app/user
preference
Use Case: Teleworker.
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⢠50% staff use
smartphone as
primary device
⢠60% is time staff
spend away from
their desk
⢠59% staff use mobile
devices to run line of
business applications
⢠1 in 5 workers works
from home
⢠One official number
for all your devices
⢠Improved productivity
gains for virtual
team members
⢠Increased
accessibility
⢠Lower costs and
improve efficiency
⢠Donât miss an
important
phone calls
⢠Stop paying for
your desk and
mobile separately
26. About
the user.
The Problem. The Solution. The Value.
⢠Skype for
Business
users
⢠Skype for Business does
not integrate natively with
PSTN
⢠No ability to call outside of
the MS Network
⢠Note: Virtual
Communications Express
provides full PSTN
International Calling
⢠No synchronized telephony
presence
⢠Canât leverage enterprise
access plans
⢠US-One S4B
plugin for PSTN-
enabled,
enterprise voice
managed services
⢠Maintain same
user experience
⢠Instant Messaging
& Presence
⢠âOn-Netâ calling &
desktop sharing.
⢠Preserves S4B UI
on desktop; Voice
enable (PSTN)
S4B; does so at
relatively low
cost/complexity
Use Case: Enhance Microsoft S4B with
low cost Telephony
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⢠Integrate with existing business
applications
⢠UC-One S4B plugin
⢠Inbound & outbound PSTN calls
⢠Click-to-call from Microsoft
applications
⢠Synchronized telephony presence
⢠No rip & replace
27. About
the user.
The Problem. The Solution.
⢠IT management with
Continuity of
Operations planning
⢠Enabled communication
solutions must be
interoperable and reduce or
mitigate disruptions
⢠Last-mile facilities provide
only a one-to-one relationship
with old technology
- One path with legacy
TDM service
⢠Virtual
Communications
Express operates from
a reliable, cloud-based
infrastructure system
and achieves timely
and orderly systems
recover
⢠Virtual
Communications
Express delivers
business continuity
supporting features like
Call Forward Reroute
automatically in the
cloud
Use Case: Business Continuity.
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⢠Must be operational no later than 12 hours after
activation
⢠Provides available and redundant critical
communications
⢠Ability to communicate with COOP contingency
staff, management and other organizational
components and emergency personnel
Businesses and their workforces are more geographically dispersed than ever before.
Users in working todays disperse environment need to communicate with ease and quickly share ideas, files and content.
In response, businesses are embracing solutions that leverage the power of the cloud to communicate, store and share in a close proximity to where users actually work to optimize productivity across regions.
Verizon has been leading the way in communications innovation for more than 30 years across a portfolio of voice and data solutions ranging from wireline, VoIP, Wireless, and cloud based solutions that incorporate the cutting edge in Unified Communications that businessâ needs in todays world.
Verizon is the source for global communications.
Integrated, reliable IP communications help you move fast and be more responsive to business demands and needs. Collaborative tools can also help your Business improve productivity, foster innovation and manage costs.
Your business relies on basic voice and data communications to achieve its goals. Yet managing that technology is not your main focus â nor should it be.
The right communications tools should let you focus on your business and spend less time focused on the underlying means of conducting business.
Verizon can provides you the collaborative tools can capabilities you need
Simplified technology with the power to manage your communications effectively and efficiently
At Verizon we know communications and we have lead the way in the evolution of communications technology.
Verizon Virtual Communications Express offers a secure, simple, and reliable technologies that you need.
Virtual Communication Express, powered by Verizonâs carrier grade (PIP/MPLS, IP Trunking, dedicated Internet) access services, provides a reliable, scalable and customizable Unified Communications solution to fit any organizationâs needs.
Where you may have once struggled to manage disparate wireline, voicemail, email and instant messaging communications across users and locations, Virtual Communications Express offers an uncomplicated, cost-effective, unified communications solution that can power productivity, accessibility and world-class service.
Thanks to its easy implementation and self-administration capabilities, Verizon Virtual Communications Express is particularly useful for small and medium-sized Business that:
Maintain multiple sites or remote workers.
Maintain very small IT departments.
Demand business continuity features.
Are experiencing rapid growth.
Are looking to replace aging or outdated equipment.
Because it is scalable Virtual Communications Express also affords Enterprise sized customers with the same powerful UCC capabilities at less cost than most enterprise level unified communications solutions.
State-of-the-art, heavy-duty handsets
Mobile work solutions
Our solution is integrated with leading GoogleÂŽ applications, including Google Calendarâ˘, Gmail⢠and Google Talk, directly into the Verizon solution.
Collaboration tools
Instant messaging and presence
Instant meeting audio conferencing
Desktop sharing
File sharing
Clients for computers, smartphones, and tablets
In addition, you get:
Quick setupâFor customers performing self-installation, functionality usually within nine business days when ordering new numbers, 20 days if porting existing numbers
Flexibilityâ No need to manage call paths/trunks. Just add and delete user stations to meet your business needs.StabilityâBuilt on a carrier-grade, redundant platform architecture
ResilienceâIncludes business continuity features
SupportâAround-the-clock online training, support, billing access and self-service capabilities via the award-winning Verizon Enterprise Center portal
Virtual Communications Express comes with a variety of applications and features that help your team collaborate easily and efficiently. Many of these features are available for smartphone and desktop, so your employees can work in the same efficient manner regardless of device.
Instant messaging with presence
Desktop sharing
Point-to-point video calling
Instant meeting audio conferencing
Inbound e-fax
Single-number reach whether in the office or mobile
Always-present corporate caller ID on company or personal smartphone
Our instant meeting conferencing gives your administrators control of your conferencing while providing your users instant meeting tools to help enhance their productivity.
Administrator benefits
Can assign selected moderators to a bridge
Can control the number of ports available for each moderator
End users benefits
Multi-party audio conferencing
In-meeting controls such as mute, record, dial out to participants and many others.
Determining pricing is as simple as selecting your Station Type and choosing your equipment.
You can create user stations as simple â or advanced â as your users require
Mixing and matching
Some users will want only to have a phone and voice mail
Some users will want inbound faxing capability
Some users want to use chat and video to meet with co-workers
No worries â Mix and Match station types and features as needed!
You can choose any combination of a variety of Polycom phone types. We also offer an expansion module, video camera and meeting room sound stations.
Voice path is encrypted between phones and the SBC to ensure proper security.
Expansion module
Supported with VVX models 301 to 601.
Color screen.
Each phone can support up to three expansion modules.
28-line keys with three screens for a total of 84 lines displayed.
Power provided by host VVX phone.
SoundStation IP 5000 and 6000
Conference rooms
360-degree microphones
Polycom high-definition voice
IP 5000 has seven-foot microphone-pickup range
IP 6000 has 12-foot microphone-pickup range
Virtual Communications Express enables access to access to a full suite of collaboration and conferencing tools, including instant messaging and presence, as well as âMy Room,â which provides an always-available meeting place for video and audio conferencing and sharing your desktop. These features help you provide better productivity, collaboration and customer satisfaction. They are accessible via your Apple or Android mobile device and Windows or Apple desktop.
These features are included in the Premier service package.
Auto Attendant (one provided with base Site Package at no additional cost)
Customizable automated answering service with business and after-hours greetings.
Call Queue (one provided with base Site Package at no additional cost)
Group individual callers into a calling group with network call queue and customizable greeting and comfort messages.
Sequential, simultaneous or weighted hunting.
Meet-Me Conference
Enables the user to support large Audio conferences (individual stations are limited to 6 party Audio conference calls) â up to 147 participants.
Allows the Site Administrator to create conference bridges for individual users who can then host multiple conferences with a unique conference ID for each conference.
Group paging service
Allows users to set up a one-way call to a group of up to 20 target users by dialing a number or extension.
Can be used for simultaneous calls to assigned targets; announces to the originator that the system is ready for paging. After speaking, the originator ends the page by hanging up the call.
Addition information is located at: https://customertraining.verizon.com/virtualcommtraining/ug_feature_setup.htm
What youâll really appreciate is the mobile-first design of UC applications, that lets you brings all your PBX features with you, on your smartphone, tablet or laptop. And, we offer the latest high-definition IP desk phone models from Polycom for the best quality.
For multi-site, multi-tenant business workplaces and teleworkers, our UC applications keep you connected from any device, network or location. Never miss an important call.
International / National with multiple locations throughout Europe
Single Operator Interface.
Control Operational Costs
Centralized Adds/Moves/Changes, easy and self-serviceable
Customized management and reporting
Teleworker
Increased accessibility
Control costs and improve efficiency
Donât miss an important phone call
Stop paying separately for desk & mobile
One official number for all your devices
Enhance Microsoft S4B with low-cost Telephony
Integrate with existing business applications
UC-One S4B plugin
Inbound & outbound PSTN calls
Click-to-call from Microsoft applications
Synchronized telephony presence
No rip & replace
Continuity of Operations (COOP)
Must be operational no later than 12 hours after activation
Provides available and redundant critical communications
Ability to communicate with COOP contingency staff, management and other organizational components and emergency personnel