University of Western Sydney switches to UC

A greater desire for a mobile student base combined with a reduction in operational costs has driven the University of Western Sydney to make the switch to unified communications.

"Upgrading the communications network provides us with the possibility to consolidate the communications infrastructure across all of our campuses, reduce our operational costs and better support our staff and students," he said in a statement.

The new network

The new network, consisting of two NEC servers and other architecture, has the capacity to support some 4000 users and has a fully converged IP telephony infrastructure.

The NEC network allowed the university to integrate its existing handsets with new data and voice infrastructure, and will provide greater student flexibility, a statement from NEC said.

"Unified communications features just as follow-me numbers, unified messaging and presence bring greater value and flexibility to employees," the statement said.

Phone from anywhere on any campus

"Staff will before long be able to log into a phone from anywhere on any campus and use their number and address book, allowing them to work productively from any location."

The news comes as NEC recently announced its transition to being a services business, and as the company signed the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria on as a client in December last year.

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