School Simplifies Funding with Cloud Solution
Perspectives Charter Schools was able to simplify its E-Rate funding by shifting from an on-premises unified communications solution to Single Path Connect, a Cisco Powered cloud collaboration service based on the Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS).
Challenge
- Obtain reliable, high-quality communications services at low cost
- Simplify funding for communications system maintenance
- Help school staff collaborate across locations
Solutions
Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) , Cisco Unified IP Phones 7900 Series
Results
- Improved administrative efficiency with advanced collaboration capabilities
- Improved agility by offloading maintenance responsibilities from small IT team
- Lowered monthly costs by approximately 25 percent, while increasing reliability and gaining new collaboration capabilities
I can't put a dollar amount on the peace of mind that the redundant architecture in Cisco HCS gives me as Director of IT.Director of IT, Perspectives Charter Schools