Move your communications to the cloud

Calculating the potential TCO savings for Unified Communications as a Service

Demonstrating clear business value One of the best ways to achieve financial and project goals is to choose a single communications provider that integrates all employee communications tools - voice, video and chat on a unified cloud platform.According to Metrigy Research, having one integrated communications platform can deliver a measurable return on investment and 56% lower TCO than a multi-vendor strategy.Articulating the benefits of the cloud to key business stakeholders and convincing them to take that step requires hard numbers to build the justification.

TCO Calculation Example Business Profile: BioPharma Industries This model calculates measurable outcomes for a mid-sized enterprise using real-world data and considers critical information for making an informed decision.Employees:

3,250 Total employees across all locations

PBX Communications & Collaboration Profile:

8 Locations

75 phones/headsets at each office location

Total Costs

The table below illustrates five cost components: equipment, software, connectivity, operational, and depreciation costs. The total communications costs for BioPharma Industries amount to $494,756 over three years.

UCaaS Productivity and Time Savings

The benefits of any UCaaS platform go far beyond volume discounts, licensing consolidation, and streamlined tech support. An integrated platform approach creates leaders out of laggards and fast followers with:

Productivity and time savings that are not achievable through disparate solutions
Intelligence that doesn’t just inform and improve organization-wide performance but accelerates the use and benefits of machine learning and AI
Simplicity that is not just for your employees, but for your IT team in management, maintenance, reporting, and transformational integrations
Superior employee experiences with a single platform approach that streamlines communication and empower teams to work smarter, faster and more efficiently.

The table on the next page shows productivity improvements and time savings delivered by 8x8 Work.

Time Savings Calculations

BioPharma Industries could achieve total time savings of $1,174,488 over three years.

8x8 Work ROI Impacts

One of the best ways to achieve financial and IT project goals is to choose a single communications provider that integrates all employee communications tools on a unified cloud platform.

The 8x8 Work is designed from the ground up to ensure high-availability uptime for all employee communications. We use Tier 1 platform infrastructure that enables rapid innovation, automated testing, and frequent deployments with minimal risk through management toolsets geared towards continuous delivery and elastic scale while reinforcing security and governance.

These are all the elements needed to build a solid investment case with a clear business value and strong ROI. The table below further illustrates how organizations can realise significant value over three years by using 8x8 Work powered by the XCaaS platform.