Risks

Organizations that execute poorly in planning and adoption strategies for UC technologies risk:

• Identifying and purchasing products and tools before users have been consulted.
• Selecting products that meet short-term needs but are not compatible with long-term goals.
• Making large investments in technology that become under-utilized and result in no return on investment.
• Buying technology only as the need arises instead of creating a multi-year plan with growth perspective.

Opportunities

Organizations that execute well in planning and adoption strategies for UC technologies have these opportunities:

• Reducing real estate costs.
  
• Reducing their carbon footprint.
• Reducing HVAC costs.
• Lowering port density requirements.
• Improving employee productivity.
• Enhancing their ability to recruit best and brightest from any geographic location as part of a dispersed workforce.
• Eliminating need to employ specialized technical staff to initiate or support conferences.

They can also provide these benefits to employees:

• Shorter commutes
• The ability to work wherever you are
• The ability to select where you want to live based on other criteria than that it's close to work
• No need to schedule rooms or video resources
• No need for technical supports, all self-service
• Improved morale
• Decreased travel costs