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How are enterprise branch offices and small to medium-sized businesses driving the need for an integrated voice and data solution?

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How are enterprise branch offices and small to medium-sized businesses driving the need for an integrated voice and data solution?

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Smaller offices represent one of the fastest-growing market segments, according to a recent study conducted by Gartner Group (December 2000). Branch offices and smaller businesses need the same access to corporate-level communications and leading-edge voice and data capabilities as larger offices, but tailored to meet their budget and remote manageability requirements. These remote and small to medium-sized worksites also need scalable and upgradeable systems that they can adapt to meet their evolving communications needs. Until Vertical Networks shipped its first InstantOffice system in October 1998, however, this type of comprehensive solution required multiple boxes from multiple vendors. Such “piece-part” solutions were too costly and too complex for these customers to manage. In addition, they didn’t support emerging technologies such as Voice over IP (VoIP) and were expensive to operate. Today, having shipped more than 2500 InstantOffice systems, Vertical Networks has established

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