On September 29, 2010, Avaya and Skype announced a strategic agreement to deliver innovative, real-time communications and collaboration solutions to businesses of all sizes. The multi-phase deal includes both go-to-market and an industry-first, joint technology integration that seeks to enable businesses to lower costs and expand how employees, customers, partners and suppliers communicate and collaborate with greater convenience and efficiency.
Customer - Help drive revenue from their customers – provide tools for better customer service and competitive differentiation Workforce – Provide workers with the right tools so that they are enabled to work from anywhere and be accessible to their customers. Connectivity – Need for a solution that works for a global and dispersed workforce. Ensure highest possible availability. Business Processes – ensuring effective customer responses
SIP offers three main values: User enablement Business agility Cost savings
Spaghetti to organized For the Customer - Evolution Reduce infrastructure costs Deliver business agility Secure loyal customers Order from Chaos: One enterprise multi-vendor dial-plan Centrally managed Simplified and secure Easily integrate multi-vendor legacy systems with SIP gateways Immediate cost savings from Enterprise-wide on-net calling Global least-cost routing Call out from the best location Share fewer central SIP trunks Reduce location-specific trunking Negotiate across service providers Migrate incrementally Move critical workgroups to core Upgrade legacy systems when needed Consolidate applications into data centers
Incorporate Skype into Least Cost Routing algorithms
List of countries w/available Online Numbers Skype Manager accounts registered in the United States If your Skype Manager account is registered in the United States, from September 2, 2010, you can purchase Online Numbers in the following countries: United States United Kingdom Australia Chile Denmark Estonia Finland Hong Kong Hungary Malta Mexico Romania Sweden Note that if you previously purchased an Online Number from a country not listed above, you will still be able to use that Online Number and renew it if you want.