1. join up your thinking with unified communications just like the human mind, your business works best when it connects
2. habits legacy business systems are like memories: they can slow you down. How do you make sure they work together? execs spend two hours a day on email (on average) 33% of execs check email in the middle of the night
3. balance all your offices might have phone systems, but are they integrated? Do your workers use different solutions: IM clients, video conferencing systems or email services? How do they keep track? after a 30 second interruption, it takes 5 minutes to refocus 56% of organizations say employees cannot contact co-workers first time
4. creativity today’s unified communications and collaboration apps can run on many smartphones, so staff can collaborate anywhere, anytime 89% of knowledge workers say communication and collaboration are important 91% of CIOs see collaboration software as very/somewhat important
5. awareness in a unified communications environment, Pete in New York can see when Bill in London is available and make contact. Presence information brings people together 95% of CIOs think presence and availability solutions are very or somewhat important 75% of CIOs report improved productivity through UC
6. good sense time is money: if you can set up a meeting or assign a task more quickly you cut overheads and even accelerate time-to-market. A double whammy! 70% of UC-using knowledge workers say they are more engaged at work on average, UC cuts travel costs 20%
8. Sources used for this data: PBS: The First Measured Century, The Digital Lifestyle survey by Magnify.net, Cisco, IDC, Alcatel-Lucent, Computerworld, Orange, Chadwick, Martin Bailey
