Alcatel Helps Multinational Kanbay Foster Communication Among Global Teams and Achieve ROI in Less Than a Year.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2003 Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise delivers cost-effective conferencing See teleconferencing. and reduced operation costs with VoIP Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA) today announced that Kanbay Incorporated has deployed the Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise to provide consistent and reliable communications across its global IP network. Using the Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise for Voice over IP (VoIP), Kanbay is able to enjoy significant savings on international calls and conferencing services. Kanbay is a Chicago-based global systems integrator with offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the U.S. Communication between different sites is essential to ensure that project objectives and client expectations are being met. The Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise helps foster communication by providing easier and cost-effective access to corporate voice services across Kanbay's network. Associates in the U.S. can now call anyone from its India-based development team like they were sitting in the same office by dialing a four-digit extension on the Alcatel IP phone. The Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise network enables Kanbay to save as much as $18,000 on long distance calls and $10,000 on external conference services per month in the U.S. alone. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mark Livings, chief information and technology officer, Kanbay, "Running voice over the existing wide area network allowed toll-free international calling between sites. We observed expected cost savings immediately by bringing the conference facility in-house. In addition, we noticed improved voice quality for calls." Kanbay has encouraged the use of conferencing to connect its worldwide corporate offices in place of non-essential business travel. While there is still a need for travel onsite to gather client application requirements and support applications, the Alcatel VoIP network has made it easier for Kanbay associates to carry out virtual meetings with clients on short notice. "Our own extensive global footprint helps us to understand and better serve the needs of multinational companies like Kanbay," said Tom Wilburn, general manager, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. enterprise business. "With Kanbay, we have successfully demonstrated our capabilities in bridging continents to provide the customer with a seamless support structure." The Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise's standards-based architecture made it easy for Kanbay to develop its own Web-based telephone billing and tracking system. Kanbay is in the process of rolling out a sophisticated Web-based scheduling application that allows conference leaders the ability to set conference ID and passwords and then email the conference information to participants along with the date and time of call. Kanbay is currently expanding its VoIP network by rolling out Alcatel softphones to its mobile workers and IP phones for its Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and Singapore offices. About Kanbay Kanbay Incorporated is a global systems integrator providing high-value, technology-based business solutions for our clients. To provide the best client experience, we balance our local presence, regional expertise, and global resources. This approach results in the business returns the client demands, at the speed and costs the client anticipates, and an overall experience that produces deep, long-term business relationships. Founded in 1989, Kanbay is headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, founded in 1956. The population was 4,224 at the 2000 census. Geography Rosemont is located at (41.990730, -87.873816)GR1. . Kanbay also has U.S. offices in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; European office in Cambridge; Australian offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth; offices in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore; plus the Kanbay e-Solutions Center in Pune, India. Kanbay is a Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE:SFE See Sydney Futures Exchange. ) partner company. About Alcatel enterprise networking The networking infrastructure in a large enterprise with multiple computer systems and networks of different types is extraordinarily complex. Due to the myriad of interfaces that are required, much of what goes on has little to do with the real data processing of the payroll and orders. solutions Alcatel delivers standards-based IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. solutions to a global customer base of over 500,000 small, medium and large enterprises, government agencies, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions. Alcatel's award-winning Omni family of IP Communications solutions consists of an extensive portfolio of network switching infrastructure products and IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. products built to provide long-term value. About Alcatel Alcatel provides end-to-end communications solutions, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver content to any type of user, anywhere in the world. Leveraging its long-term leadership in telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. equipment as well as its expertise in applications and network services, Alcatel enables its customers to focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of US$15.5 billion in 2002, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com |
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