Welcome to the hybrid workplace, where platforms like Microsoft Teams and Zoom Phone have completely transformed the way we work, from both the office and home. The past few years have brought significant changes to the traditional workplace, offering more adaptability than ever before. A hybrid work model mixes in-office and remote work, making online communication an essential part of the workday. This change requires organizations to provide reliable online communication platforms for their employees to work from anywhere.
Unified communications (UC) platforms enable call, video and chat features for employees to share ideas and collaborate in real time. They also enable employees to invite multiple attendees to online meetings without having to worry about office meeting room capacities and technical setups. UC has opened the door for convenient and easy meetings that employees can attend from anywhere in the world.
Facilitating a seamless hybrid work environment is a top priority for many organizations. Studies show that employees of the hybrid workplace:
The hybrid workplace has shown to lead to better work/life balance and is better for the physical and mental well-being of employees.
The current work landscape calls for cloud solutions for hybrid work to enable remote productivity and efficiency. The ideal solution offers accessibility, flexibility, cost efficiency and scalability. As game changing as UC platforms have become, there are some challenges that come with their final delivery.
The suite of AudioCodes Live solutions was created to help organizations to quickly adopt UC to be used as a collaboration platform as well as the primary voice communications solution. AudioCodes Live offers easy user onboarding without the need to hire IT specialists or deal with the complexity of heavy scripting.
AudioCodes Live enhances the overall UC experience by offering added features and functionalities for organizations while seamlessly connecting them to the ultimate cloud telephony and collaboration experience. For example, AudioCodes Live for Microsoft Teams offers a portfolio of managed services that simplifies the integration of Microsoft Teams, including enterprise telephony. We’ve also provided a simple and straightforward solution for Zoom, with AudioCodes Live for Zoom Phone, a unified offering of voice connectivity and productivity solutions that accelerate the deployment of Zoom Phone.
Transitioning from on premises solutions to cloud UC requires proper planning so that businesses can keep their legacy devices, as well as existing phone numbers and preferred calling plans, all of which AudioCodes Live automatically does.
AudioCodes’ team of experts can help to transform any company into a hybrid ready business by offering a quick and smooth deployment, simple employee/customer onboarding and monitoring of the quality of experience.