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Unify Square Launches First Comprehensive

Skype for Business IT Operations Product Suite

Unify Square, the leading provider of so ware, a new era of Skype for Business management, frequent contributor to failed Skype for Business provide both historical and real- time analytics
consulting and remote managed services for introducing a comprehensive approach and rollouts is the use of preexisting diagnostic and that deliver actionable insights into the KPIs (key
Skype for Business, announced the launch of essential solution capabilities across the ve
monitoring tools, which are not comprehensive performance indicators) that determine successful
PowerSuite, a new integrated UC operations key areas of Skype for Business management: enough for all end-user scenarios enabled by Skype for Business rollouts. UC-CoreM fuels
solutions suite that empowers IT with a monitoring, analytics, provisioning, reporting, Skype for Business environments. As a result, UC- PowerSuite’s ability to help diagnose and x call
holistic view into Skype for Business service and user experience. e new product suite is savvy IT leaders have embraced third party tools quality and service availability issues, enabling
health throughout the entire Microso UC available now in three packages to meet the needs for pre- and post- deployments and commonly IT to pinpoint problems o en before they occur.
transformation cycle.
of enterprises at various stages of managing Skype rely on them as essential components of successful PowerSuite also layers end-user satisfaction data
Strategically designed to reinvent the approach for Business deployments.
rollouts. In fact, Gartner expects demand for end- over system analytics to paint a holistic picture
of monitoring and managing modern UC e rapid market growth, acceptance and user VoIP and UC monitoring to triple over the of Skype for Business’ operational performance.
systems, PowerSuite combines trusted Unify adoption of Skype for Business has sparked a next four years to represent 60% of mainstream Additionally, automatic provisioning and
Square products with new complimentary massive transformation of the antiquated legacy UC performance monitoring and diagnostics tool deployment services streamline management
solutions, such as Help Desk, Service Health and voice services business. However, deployment procurements, up from 20% in 2015.
even further, eliminating up to 99% of manual IT
Operations Dashboard, to help guide IT from success and ROI hinges on new operationalized To meet the new UC management needs of intervention for end-user moves and changes. e
deployment to complete end-user adoption. e monitoring and management solutions. IT, Unify Square leaned into the patented UC- entire suite is built to run in the cloud, making
integrated PowerSuite functionality ushers in
According to research conducted by Gartner, a
CoreM technology at the heart of PowerSuite to
it suitable for on-premise, cloud and also hybrid
environments.
Using PowerSuite, IT can enjoy a 360-degree
view of all Skype for Business systems and bene t
from one integrated set of solutions for ve key
areas of management as follows:
● Monitoring – Proactive synthetic
transactional monitoring to identify and pinpoint
service availability issues o en before the end-
user is aware
● Analytics – Big data analytics capabilities
unlock key insights from Skype for Business
statistics, enabling better strategic operational
decisions and more e ective tactical interventions
to ensure ongoing service health
● Provisioning – Traditional MACD (moves,
adds, changes & deletes) for Skype for Business
coupled with complete automation and policy
compliance management for the user lifecycle
● Reporting – Usage and adoption, billing
and other solutions to help IT more e ciently
si through Skype for Business data for
troubleshooting and actionable next steps
● User Experience – Integrated end-user
satisfaction testing, help desk single user
troubleshooting solutions and a complete user
learning center portal, all focus on scoring and
improving the Skype for Business user experience
“Our customers and Microso rely on our
technology to drive Skype for Business adoption
and amplify user satisfaction,” said Sonu
Aggarwal, CEO of Unify Square. “Combining
all of our products, solutions and technology
assets into a single operational suite creates the
industry’s most robust and comprehensive Skype
for Business management product. PowerSuite
is a catalyst for signi cantly decreasing the time
to ‘get to green’, achieving a healthy UC run-state
and helping enterprises reduce the TCO for their
entire Skype for Business ecosystem.”
PowerSuite will be available in three packaging/
pricing plans at launch: Enterprise, Premium and
Premium Plus. To make it easier for companies to
experience PowerSuite and its myriad of solutions,
Unify Square has created a special limited time
promotion, which o ers signi cant discounts for
up to one year of PowerSuite subscriptions.
More at www.unifysquare.com

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for the Calendar function in Outlook. Yealink
phones feature visual voicemail management and
a one-button lter function. e wireless BToE
function enables smooth and exible switching
between Skype for Business desktop-client and
Yealink phones.
E ortless deployment and easier management
Yealink phones support for Skype for
Business Server in-band provisioning to enable
carefree con guration and mass deployment.
Furthermore, Yealink phones can be pre-installed
with Yealink’s so ware version for Skype for
Business before shipment, meaning plug-and-play
for customers a er unboxing and powering on
the phones.
More at www.yealink.com