These days, it seems like more and more organizations are choosing to install unified communications solutions. So what are the exact benefits that make UC so popular?According to an article in CoporateTechDecisions by Sharon Fisher, UC’s increasing popularity has a lot to do with cost savings and increased simplicity. Her article, “Unified Communications Products Continue to Gain Popularity,” points out that today’s UC solutions can usually take advantage of the communications hardware that users already own, including tablets and smartphones, rather than requiring them to invest in expensive, single-use communication hardware. UC also allows companies to save money by slashing network monitoring, management, and configuration costs, or by merging IT and telecom teams.Today’s UC solutions are often more affordable from a software perspective as well. The software to support UC is frequently built in to offerings from Microsoft, Cisco, and other vendors, so an organization may already have the ability to support UC without even knowing it.

According to the article, UC adoption is also being driven by a desire to allow simplified communication across geographically distributed organizations. Since the trend toward virtual organizations and worker mobility doesn’t look likely to reverse itself anytime soon, Fisher’s article predicts that adoption of UC solutions will only continue to accelerate going into the future.

Read the article to learn more about the advantages that businesses are gaining by investing in UC technology.