What Is Unified Communications?

Today's every time, everywhere unified communications systems bring together voice, video, data, and mobile applications to liberate employees from their desktop and improve business agility and profitability.

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The Basics

Using Unified Communications

Workers collaborate in real-time using their choice of tools and applications.
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Use Virtual Collaboration to Improve Environmental Sustainability

Learn how businesses are beginning to respond to the impacts of climate change and increasing energy costs by taking action to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Unified Communications in Action

See how Cisco Unified Communications enables global collaboration to quickly resolve customer issues and help unify your workspace.
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Collaborate in a Unified Workspace

Cisco Unified Communications helps workers increase productivity and collaborate in real-time using their choice of tools and applications.
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Voice over IP (VoIP), IP telephony, multimedia conferencing, communications applications, and intelligent networks provide significant cost savings and productivity benefits.

Business Case

From cost savings and simplified management of a single network to application integration and a unified view of all communications on any device, Cisco Unified Communications has clear advantages over systems relying on a single application.