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Aspire is an enterprise IP telephony solution from NEC. It allows businesses and organisations to converge their voice and data network to secure the many advantages of IP telephony, whilst enjoying the hundreds of features that they have come to expect from our existing DXE phone systems. Aspire

Using the enhanced AspireNet networking architecture Aspire networks can be deployed to suit the requirements of single sites with as few as eight users, to multi-site users with 100s of individual sites. Accepting any mix of legacy or IP users, Aspire is the ideal solution for organisations who wish to implement a phased transition from legacy to full IP networks.

Aspire gives you the choices: You decide what level of traditional or IP telephony is required for your business. Aspire can then be deployed to suit your requirements today and enhanced as your IP requirements mature.

When it comes to choosing a new phone system the traditional techniques for assessing new capital equipment purchases tend to be thrown away. In fact buying a new phone system is very much like buying the company car. Whilst return on investment and maximising returns is important, we instinctively make judgements about brand values, build quality and perhaps seek the opinions of your peers.

But when it comes to the crunch, one factor outweighs all others – RELIABILITY. No one wants to get stranded on the motorway or worse, and the same can be said for your phone system. In business we do not always get a second chance. For most businesses the phone system is their lifeline.

It keeps you close to your customers. If your phone system fails how much business might you lose? Despite the web and e-mail, the phone, which we all take for granted, is still for most of us our primary customer contact method.

We take for granted that the phone system works all the time. However the convergence of phone systems with data networks has removed that age-old assumption. As we start to integrate our phone systems with our data network, what price reliability? Are we prepared to sacrifice the reliability and features of traditional phone systems to secure the genuine benefits presented by the flexibility and cost savings of a converged voice/data network?

NEC, one of top five global communications suppliers, has held back from promoting IP telephony until we could guarantee a solution that does not force phone users to trade off reliability for voice/data integration. We make no apologies at NEC for focussing on reliability. Reliability is after all the one quality we take for granted with any phone system. Once we get that right we can start looking at the value added benefits of the new data convergence architectures.

We know buying a new phone system is now more complex than ever. The decision isn’t easy but we hope this brochure puts into perspective what is important and how NEC can help your business to make the right decision.

This brochure introduces Aspire, the new communication system from NEC. The design brief was simple – deliver a phone system with the IP convergence required by todays customers, without compromising on the reliability and features our customers have come to expect from NEC.

Simple concept! The Aspire Integrated IP Communication System is the reality. By focussing on reliability first, Aspire will meet the needs of those customers who want the best of both worlds – a full blown IP communication system with the reliability and features of traditional telephony.

	Aspire is an integrated all in one communication solution offering a full suite of integrated communication and messaging solutions including:

Wireless DECT

Automatic Call Distribution

Voice Messaging

Contact Centre

CTI

Unified Messaging

Automated Attendant

DHCP Server

Enterprise networking

LINUX/Windows application server

With unique bundled applications such as Aspire MySystem, Aspire is like no other phone system. Aspire also gives you the management tools to improve your phone productivity. Tight integration with both voice and data resources provides both operational and cost benefits however Aspire can adapt to your existing legacy resources.

Aspire benefits an open communication platform. It allows the connection of a third party, or existing peripheral communication equipment such as voice mail, call logging, video conferencing systems ect. Aspire IP voice switches communicates on a peer-topeer basis. This minimises bandwidth requirements and eliminates single points of failure. Full IP functionality brings to Aspire cost effective remote working using TCP/IP overlaying whatever data transport mechanism your business prefers – leased line, frame relay, ISDN, ADSL or even the Internet.

With the roll out of ADSL by the major carriers IP networking of remote offices and home workers now becomes an affordable option for many businesses. Bundled productivity enhancing applications that individually would cost thousands of pounds are provided with Aspire making your choice of new phone system even easier to make.

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