a flexible network framework designed to enable integration with the collaboration requirements of the customer

a flexible collaboration framework designed to support any customer and any user collaboration needs

a collaboration framework designed to support the collaboration needs of a typical large enterprise

a collaboration framework designed to integrate the existing customer collaboration functionalities with Cisco network infrastructure

Only Cisco offers an end-to-end collaboration solution that includes applications, endpoints, room systems, and infrastructure.

Microsoft Lync is free. Licenses are included in other Microsoft bundles so no incremental costs are required to deploy the full collaboration solution.

Only Cisco supports integration with third-party collaboration solutions.

Microsoft offers a complete solution including endpoints, business video, and soft clients.

skills of the IT teams

keeping the organizational structure unchanged while adapting to new collaboration solutions

fragmentation and complexity of collaboration tools

time for implementation of collaboration hardware

managing infrastructure that is not based on Cisco Collaboration

costs of collaboration