MARKS KOMMUN SWEDEN CHOOSES NEC PHILIPS UNIFIED SOLUTIONS
16 January 2007
Marks Kommun Sweden chooses NEC Philips Unified Solutions to provide municipality with advanced communications and seamless Microsoft integration
Hilversum, The Netherlands – The Swedish municipality of Mark, renowned for its textile industry, has chosen NEC Philips Unified Solutions (NEC Philips) to provide an advanced unified communications solution that will further propel the municipality into the IT age. Implementation involves an end-to-end unified communications solution based on a centralized UNIVERGE SV7000 IP communication server and seamless integration with Microsoft’s extensive Unified Communication portfolio.
Marks Kommun has a clear vision on unifying communications, which it regards as a crucial ingredient of an attractive place to live and work. Realising the increasing need for people to work and communicate from any place via one single communicator client, and for organisations to develop more effective business processes, Marks Kommun is including IP-technology which will make it possible to use all available communication channels regardless of user’s geographic location. The integration of voice, data, web and video collaboration, combined with rich presence information, secure IM, Text and Unified Messaging will enable Marks Kommun and its employees to be more flexible than ever before.
Marks Kommun were seeking a cost effective solution that offers better services to the public and the flexibility to meet changing public safety demands, all within a fixed budget for 5 years.
The centralized web-based management suite and secure characteristics of the solution were decisive factors for Marks Kommun. Redundant system configuration, optional spatial redundancy and administration free survivable branches support the concept’s’ reliability.
Thanks to application integration and consolidation of operators and contact centres with IP-DECT, Microsoft LCS, Exchange 2007 and Windows Mobile-based functionality, all inhabitants and employees can enjoy full freedom to work and communicate via a single communicator client at any place they wish and via any (mobile) device.
The renewed Marks Kommun communications infrastructure will support voice, data, web and video collaboration, combined with rich presence information, Instant, Text and Unified Messaging, and will offer optimal communications functionality thanks to the integration of operator and contact centre functionality with Microsoft’s Office Communicator clients and Exchange 2007.
Mr. Richard Lindstrom, CIO at Marks Kommun explains, “We are very excited with the opportunities that new technology and application integrations can bring. We have been very pleased with the partnership between Microsoft and NEC Philips. “
“They share our vision and are fully supportive in a joint approach to help achieving our goals and objectives. The first phase of the implementation has commenced with a trial site in 2006, while full rollout will continue in 2007”, Lindstrom continues.
“NEC Philips Unified Solutions has an excellent reputation in the Swedish market, and we are pleased this has been confirmed once again by the choice of Marks Kommun, a very ambitious and progressive municipality” said Erik Abele, General Manager of NEC Philips Unified Solutions in Sweden.
“We are convinced we are taking the right steps with this innovative and powerful unified communications concept and are sure it will make Marks Kommun an even more desirable place to live and work”, Mr. Lindstrom of Mark concludes.
About NEC Philips Unified Solutions
NEC Philips Unified Solutions is a leading provider of comprehensive communications solutions to organisations of all types and sizes. Established in 2006 as a joint venture of NEC Corporation and Royal Philips Electronics, the company draws on more than 50 years experience in providing communication systems, applications, networks and services to customers worldwide. NEC Philips Unified Solutions is headquartered in Hilversum, the Netherlands, and serves its customers through a global network of sales organisations, business partners and value-added resellers. For more information: www.nec-philips.com.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec.com * Newsroom: http://www.nec.co.jp/press/en/
About Royal Philips Electronics
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is one of the world's biggest electronics companies and Europe's largest, with sales of EUR 30.4 billion in 2005. With activities in the three interlocking domains of healthcare, lifestyle and technology and 161,500 employees in more than 60 countries, it has market leadership positions in medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring, color television sets, electric shavers, lighting and silicon system solutions. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter
For more information, please contact:
Robert van Amerongen
NEC Philips Unified Solutions
Tel: +31 35 689 1521
Email: robert.van.amerongen@nec-philips.com
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