Wednesday, July 16, 2014

#Dimension Data targets 1 mil LYNC voice seats by 2017

Dimension Data, the USD 6 billion global ICT services and solutions provider, today announced an initiative to sell one million new seats of Microsoft Lync Enterprise Voice, delivered either on premises or in a private cloud by 2017.

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- 2013revealed that 93% of enterprises have plans or already using or trialing 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.