What problems is Webex Calling solving and how is that benefiting you?
Webex Calling is tackling three big business issues: first, the high maintenance costs of old on-premise phone systems that are no longer supported; second, the challenges of running operations smoothly when teams are split between home and office; and third, the problem of having mixed-up caller ID and a patchy user experience across different countries.Our organization stands to gain a lot in measurable ways.We cut costs by getting rid of four physical CUCM servers, three old gateways, and two PRI circuits in our London, New York, and Singapore offices.Switching to a purely OPEX model cut our yearly telephony costs by about 42%, even when you include the Webex Calling licensing fees.We also cut more than $25,000 a year by getting rid of maintenance contracts with our old hardware vendor.Our employee onboarding and offboarding processes now move as quickly as software changes.By connecting Control Hub API with our Workday HRIS, we automated the user lifecycle management process.When HR ends an employee’s role in Workday, Webex Calling quickly takes care of things by removing their extension, putting their DID number back into a pool, and cutting off their softphone access all within 15 minutes. Before, this used to need a manual IT ticket and could take a couple of days.This has really cut down our security risks.We set up dial plans based on location and made sure the outbound caller ID stays consistent everywhere.When a consultant calls from our Berlin office, the German office number shows up, and if they’re calling from the Dubai office, the UAE number appears—no matter if they’re on a desk phone, laptop, or mobile app.Keeping things consistent has helped us boost our first-contact rate with prospects by about 18%, and it has also cleared up any confusion clients had about which office was managing their account.When a bad storm shut down our New York office for three days, all 45 team members there kept working without missing a beat. They were able to make and take calls using their Webex softphones and mobile devices just like they were sitting at their desks.We didn’t have to run any disaster recovery plan because the system just worked without a hitch.This resilience is built right into our infrastructure, not added on later as a costly extra. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.