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Carousel Industries Named a Skype
communications beyond the walls of businesses and many more. ese skills and partnerships
to connect customers and partners – anytime, can help simplify integrations in even the most
for Business Launch Partner for New anywhere. e platform, which o ers a cloud complex customer environments — no matter
business phone system and a complete meetings what size company.”
Meetings and Voice Services in O ce 365
solution, including audio, video, content sharing All of Carousel’s systems integrations begin with
and messaging service, increases productivity and a health and readiness assessment of the network,
encourages collaboration among its users. Skype so organizations are able to retain and maximize
for Business is simple to use and accessible from as much of their existing investment as possible.
wherever there is Internet access.
Following the integration phase, Carousel’s Carousel Industries, a leading Managed
Ed Wadbrook, Vice President, Applications and
“With its core expertise in systems integration managed services team is able to securely Services Provider (MSP) providing uni ed Collaborative Solutions, Carousel Industries.
and managed services, Carousel is able to deliver maintain data, voice and video networks, so they communications, data solutions and audio / “ e launch of new enterprise capabilities in
tailored o erings to customers looking for cloud, are optimized to deliver quality of service (QoS) visual solutions, announced that it has completed O ce 365 presents a natural migration path
premise and hybrid deployments,” commented across the enterprise.
the requirements to support the new Skype for for existing Microso Lync environments and a
Jim Burton, Founder and CEO of CT Link LLC In August Carousel migrated over 1,100 of its Business services in O ce 365 and is adding it to compelling proposition for new customers. We
and Co-Founder of UCStrategies.com.
own employees to Skype for Business, creating its own production O ce 365 tenant.
are con dent that with Carousel’s full integration
“Additionally, Carousel is highly skilled in a single platform, which raised productivity “Carousel is proud to play an integral role
and managed services support, Skype for Business
the voice, data, video and contact center arenas and lowered complexity and expenses. e in the roll-out of the new Skype for Business will enable organizations to realize unprecedented
and holds accreditations with companies like deployment was made while retiring multiple services in O ce 365 and has already begun collaboration and business productivity.”
Microso , Polycom, Aruba/HP, Avaya, Oracle, legacy applications.
implementing planning and training sessions Skype for Business is transforming the
AudioCodes, Extreme, Palo Alto, Enghouse,
More at www.carouselindustries.com
among our entire customer base,” commented
way people communicate by extending

Arkadin Named a

Skype for Business

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O ce 365

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Arkadin, an NTT Communications company and
one of the largest and fastest growing providers
of Uni ed Communications and Collaboration
services, announced it has been named a launch
partner for new Skype for Business meetings and ContactPro
voice services in O ce 365. Arkadin will serve as
a key resource for driving the rollout of the new
services.
certified for Avaya EMC
According to Didier Jaubert, Arkadin’s Chief
Products and Partnership O cer, being named
certified for Avaya Interaction Center
a launch partner is a testament to Arkadin’s
eight-year history of success in hosting voice in certified for Avaya AES
the cloud for Microso UC services: “Arkadin
is extremely well positioned to help clients Integrates easily with CRM
successfully transition to Skype for Business in
O ce 365 as a complete platform for meetings Avaya Presence Integration
and voice. As a subsidiary of one of the world’s
largest Telecoms, with sophisticated global voice Avaya EDP Integration for Video, Chat and CoBrowsing
architecture and integration capabilities, we can
help customers reduce the costs and complexity Avaya POM for Outbound Management
associated with voice deployments. Our
professional end-user support, training, migration WebReporter and Dashboard
and change management capabilities guarantee
e cient rollouts.”
“In short, Arkadin o ers clients a single-source
for deploying O ce 365 as a business class phone
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most complete, enterprise-ready release of the
productivity suite ever. Implementing PSTN
conferencing and PBX functionality requires
speci c expertise to provision, manage, and
successfully onboard customers. Arkadin has
deep experience and the right skill set required
to provide a best-in-class experience here –
including audio, video and web conferencing,
telephony, help desk, network and IT expertise.”
Further evidence of Arkadin’s capability with
Microso O ce 365 and its commitment to
meeting Microso customers’ needs, is its recent
designation as a Microso Gold Communications
Partner.
For information on Arkadin Microso O ce
365 capabilities visit: http://arkadintotalconnect.
com/
For information about Skype for Business
Launch Partners visit: http://partnersolutions.
skypeforbusiness.com/partners