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Financial Benefits Drivers for Cloud Collaboration

• Rapid deployment – Time to Value                                   “Current budget restraints, limited IT
• Reduced IT support expenses                                         expertise and unwillingness to
• Return focus on core competencies                                   undertake large capital expenditures
• Many offers include bundled transport costs                         is a driving force for this shift in
• Pay-for-use models – Flexibility                                    buying behaviors.”
• Support for multiple endpoints
• Reduced CapEx – OpEx Model                                                            ELIZABETH HERRELL.
• Less obsolescence - Evergreen                                                         FORRESTER RESEARCH
• Improved business continuity planning - DR
                                                                     Cisco Confidential  124
    Forrester, The CaaS Market Heats Up
    Communications-As-A-Service Generates High Interest
    And Will Soon Displace Premises-Based Alternative, May 27, 2010

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