Research NEC: Business is Hampered by Lack of Communication Skills and Tools
25/09/2008 08:32
PR Newswire
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, September 25 /PRNewswire/ --
- Integration of PC and Phone is Key in Improving Enterprise Business
Communications
Research commissioned by NEC, a global leader in enterprise business
communications, shows that business is hampered by a lack of communication
skills and tools.
With employees exchanging more and more information through various means
such as mobile phone, e-mail and IM, it is becoming increasingly challenging
for organisations to ensure their staff are able to handle the sea of
information and use the various methods of communication efficiently.
A lack of communication skills amongst staff is considered a key barrier
preventing organisations achieving optimum effectiveness. A major annoyance
is calls or messages ignored or left unanswered. Customers being transferred
numerous times when calling in to an organisation, is also letting business
down.
The biggest frustration with current telephone systems in place is not
having the details of missed calls, while the lack of integration between the
phone and IT systems is another big hick-up.
Across all countries respondents (41%) feel that a better integration
between PC and phone would improve communications within their business.
Though respondents expect new technologies such as IM will enable quicker
responses, they are concerned customers will come to expect quicker reaction
accordingly.
Many respondents (50%) felt a call identification system would improve
communications within their business, as would a missed call alert function
(44%).
"The solutions we offer overcome these barriers", says Paul Kievit,
President of NEC Philips Unified Solutions. "Our UNIVERGE(R)360 approach
places people at the centre of communications, making them more efficient,
responsive and decisive. With our complete set of advanced applications,
terminals and servers, including the newly introduced UNIVERGE SV8000 Series,
this makes us uniquely positioned to truly change the way businesses
communicate."
The research was conducted by Redshift Research across 7 European
countries (Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, UK).
More information and supporting images:
http://content.nec-philips.com/hq/pressrelease/132
NEC Philips Unified Solutions is a leading provider of comprehensive
communications solutions to organisations of all types and sizes and is part
of NEC's global enterprise communications activity. NEC Philips Unified
Solutions is headquartered in Hilversum, the Netherlands, and serves its
customers through a global network of sales organisations and business
partners. For more information: http://www.nec-philips.com.
For more information please contact: Robert van Amerongen, NEC Philips Unified Solutions, Tel: +31-35-689-1521, Email: robert.van.amerongen@nec-philips.com
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