Case Study
Aruba Networks Cuts the Cord with MicroSoft Lync
CASE STUDY James Nelson and his IT team saw the handwriting on the wall. It was time to either invest millions in capital and operational expenses in a new PBX and additional switches or take an innovative step and cut the cord. “The Avaya telephony system we purchased as a small company was at its end of life and would soon become a bottleneck to growth,” says Nelson, director of IT infrastructure at 1,500-employee Aruba Networks ® . “Although we began investigating modern PBX systems,” he adds, “we also started considering how we could put our own Wi-Fi infrastructure to work by adopting a UCC [unified communications and collaboration] solution instead.” LYNC SERVER + ARUBA WI-FI = BIG ROI Like many companies, Aruba already enjoyed a strong partnership with Microsoft ® for en