Dimension Data has announced an initiative to sell 1-million new seats of Microsoft Lync Enterprise Voice, delivered either on premises or in a private cloud, by 2017.Microsoft Lync – one of the most popular unified communications tools on the market – is a rich client application that provides presence, instant messaging, voice, video, ad hoc collaboration and online meeting capabilities through a single interface.
Peter Menadue, Dimension Data’s Group GM for Microsoft Solutions says, “While the Lync business for Microsoft is growing 30% year on year and advanced workloads like voice growing even faster, globally there are still millions of enterprise employees who would benefit from Lync.
“A 2013 study carried out by the T3i Group on the Impact of Microsoft Lync on the Enterprise Voice Market – 2013, revealed that 93% of enterprises have plans or already using or trailing Microsoft Lync overall, which is up from 80% last year, while 59% of enterprises are planning or already deploying Lync Voice, up from 45% in 12 months.
With over 500 Lync projects completed globally, Dimension Data has deep experience in delivering end-to-end Lync deals including hardware, networking, deployment, adoption services, as well as managed services.
“While these target numbers are impressive, what’s particularly exciting for Dimension Data is that we’re targeting all delivery models as part of this initiative.”
He says these include:
* Mature markets where there’s a desire to enable knowledge workers to communicate easily wherever they are; and
* Emerging markets where many organisations are leapfrogging traditional communications tools – particularly where existing infrastructure may be immature, and the desire to drive down cost and prepare for as-a-service is relevant across all markets.
“Our experience, together with our long history of working with Microsoft over the past 10 years ensures we’ll meet the one million target,” adds Menadue.