The West Midlands based telecommunication specialists and Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce has gone live with the first Cisco Collaboration Centre in the region and the UK.
Members of the Midlands business community and Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce will now have free access to the new resource centre, which is based in the Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce.
It will be open on a daily basis for six months and if successful it is planned to be rolled out within other Chambers of Commerce across the UK.
It will give members the opportunity to experience Cisco solutions first hand in a center dedicated and installed with Webex technology, web cameras and IP Phones for hands on training and live demonstrations.
Cisco Collaboration solutions will introduce the business community to new methods of unifying their communications via introducing one network for data, voice and wireless.
Interactive Telecoms and Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce are set to help the West Midlands business community cut their costs and prepare for the future changes in telecommunications.
Margaret Brewer, Managing Director of Interactive Telecoms, said: “As Cisco’s Select Partner of the Year, we are very excited to be leading the first Cisco Collaboration Centre in the region.
“Interactive Telecoms, in partnership with Cisco and Coventry &Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce are giving companies and business directors in the West Midlands hands on access to the future of telecommunications.
“Our aim is to help companies unify their communications via the best solution for them by demonstrating new technology, which will not only change the future of a business, it will also help in reducing costs.
“Most importantly we want to help show business leaders the way forward in the telecommunications world and how the changes can work for their individual companies.
“The Cisco Collaboration Centre is an excellent free resource to explore.”
Interactive Telecoms was officially named Select Partner of the Year by global telecommunications giant Cisco for 2009.
The Birmingham based telecommunication expert’s work with a wide range of clients across the West Midlands and the UK providing a full turnkey of solutions for converged voice and data.
Dianne Williams, Operations Director at Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, said: “It is very exciting for the Chamber to be working with Interactive Telecoms to launch the first ever ‘Cisco Collaboration Centre’, based at the Chamber.
“Business leaders in the West Midlands are set to benefit from the expertise of Interactive Telecoms demonstrating global giants Cisco’s solutions and products in one center.
”It is an excellent opportunity for the Business Community in the West Midlands as we welcome the first ever Cisco Collaboration Centre to the region.”