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February 2011
In This Issue
NPS Update
Trivia
Ask the Expert
Register for Training
Register for Avaya Event
Voice Virtualization Trends
Enterprise Mobility in 2011
End Users are Best Defense
Unitrends Appliance Sizing
CCC Celebrates 50th
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Solutions
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NPS® Update
NPS

Current NPS®: 78.29%
Surveys Completed: 350

Click here to learn more about Net Promoter Score. 
Trivia
Trivia

Trivia Answer

"Thank you for being a friend, traveling down the road and back again. Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidante."    

 

ANSWER:  

Golden Girls   

 

WINNERS:

Kevin Spillane
LaTavia Savage
Jerry Pawinski
Ann Lehman
Dan Kurkiewicz
Bryan Cole
Tom Vorrius
Andrew Wessels
Scott Smith
Tony Guido
Tom Hartman
Wiley Chandler
Cindy Hutchins

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New Trivia

A very big thank you goes out to Dan Kurkiewicz for supplying this month's trivia question. Get your thinking caps, this is a tough one!

 

Originally the theme song to the TV show Beretta was an instrumental, the lyrics were added on later.

 

What was the title and who sang the version of the theme song with lyrics? 

Ask the Expert
Resetting the Avaya Softconsole Configuration Tool Password
Yesenia Villagran, Customer Care Center

Yesenia VillagranThis month CCC Customer Care Center Specialist, Yesenia Villagran, shows us how to reset the password for the Avaya Softconsole Configuration Tool.

Read more...
CCC Associates Donate to Marine Troop #40390, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment
(and you can too!)

Marine Troop 40390

CCC Executive Administrative Assistant, Suzanne Brown, organized an on-going drive in conjunction with the First Baptist Church of Elk Grove Village shortly before Christmas to put together boxes of supplies to be sent to Marine Troop 40390. To date, CCC Associates have donated enough cash and requested items to ship 13 boxes to Troop 40390 who are currently stationed in Afghanistan.

The drive is on-going and has recently been expanded to include the CO. D 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion who will be on the front lines of a convoy looking for road side bombs.

Click here to learn more about the program and how you can help.

Click here to read the recent LA Times article about 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment
Register for CCC Training
"Network Security Best Practice"

Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 12:00-1:00PM CST


Managed ServicesThe CCC Training Center is holding the first training session of 2011 on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 from 12pm - 1pm CST at CCC's Elk Grove Village Headquarters.


Course Overview

With new applications, devices, and threats being developed everyday, following network security best practices is essential to keep your business protected. From protecting your network at the perimeter to end users and the multiple devices they use to connect to your network, you need to have visibility and understanding of what is happening in your network at all times. This session will cover general best practices so that you can arm yourself to fight both established and emerging threats. We will focus mainly on protecting the perimeter and also discuss user controls and wireless.

Click here for Course Details and Registration Info 
Avaya Contact Center Experience Forums
Coming Soon to a City Near You!

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Your customers are very social. Is your contact center keeping pace?


Going social is just one of the new innovations for your contact center to help you deliver an improved customer experience, boost your profits, and improve efficiency.

Experience it! At the Contact Center Experience Forums


Changes in customer expectations, new communication media, and advances in technology are drastically changing the demands on your contact center. Join Avaya experts to learn proven strategies to help you deliver critical technology that can be a game changer for your business!

At the forum, Avaya experts will show you new solutions to please your customers, opportunities to empower your workforce, and analytics to give you greater insight to deliver a true end-to-end experience with every interaction - email, IM, text, Web, or self-service.

The Next Generation Contact Center.

What's it going to take to get there?


Join us to learn proven strategies to take your contact center to the next generation with innovations to:
  • Position social media as an effective channel into your contact center
  • Drive end-to-end customer experience helping you boost customer satisfaction by up to 50%
  • Tools to optimize your workforce and increase agent productivity by up to 30%
  • Provide lower cost collaboration to service your customers with automated self service 

Agenda


8:30am - Registration and Breakfast
9:00am - 1:00pm - Forum and Networking

Registration


Date: March 2, 2011
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago
Click here for details and to register for March 2nd Forum in Chicago, IL
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Date: March 3, 2011
Location: Avaya Executive Briefing Center, Lisle, IL
Click here for details and to register for March 3rd Forum in Lisle, IL
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Click here for list of all upcoming dates and locations
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Bring Your Own Device, Voice Virtualization Key Trends for the Future

Mitel LogoOTTAWA, Jan 19, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- In the future, mobile phones will dominate, with businesses moving to a 'bring your own device' strategy, and voice virtualization will take on more importance in business' networks according to survey results taken by Mitel. These results further align with the company's Mitel Freedom architecture that was announced late last year.

Read more...


Click here to learn more about Unified Communications solutions from CCC Technologies, Inc.
Network Infrastructure
Enterprise Mobility in 2011: Keeping Apps and Phones Under Control

Shane O'Neill, CIO.com | January 5, 2011

Network Infrastructure

Enterprise mobility will be the biggest trend in tech this year, according to Forrester, with private app stores popping up to simplify mobile app overload. But app stores aren't a panacea, and enterprises must plan to secure and streamline the apps themselves and the networks they run on.

 

The term "mobile workforce" has been around for years, but in 2011, mobility will become even more of a priority for enterprises and vendors, according to a new report from research firm Forrester.

 

Enterprise mobility is the biggest single trend across tech industry investment and innovation, even outpacing the cloud computing trend, states the Forrester report entitled, "Another Year of Outperformance for the Tech Industry -- Forrester's 2011 Tech Industry Predictions."

 

Enterprises and SMBs in 2011 will put mobile strategies at the top of the list by expanding the use of smartphones and investing in mobile applications that address the needs of all types of employees, from information and task workers to "mobile wannabes" who bring their personal smartphones to work.


Read more...

Click here to learn more about Network Infrastructure solutions from CCC Technologies, Inc.
Unified Threat Management
Why Educated End Users Are Your Best Line of Defense

Unified Threat ManagementAs a CompTIA Security Trustmark accredited business, we specialize in helping our customers protect their networks and develop and maintain proper Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans.

But all the certifications and equipment in the market will not always detect a malicious scam or attack. Sometimes it takes a well educated end-user and plain old common sense. 

 

Click here to read how the scam was uncovered... 

 

View the January 2011 Threat Landscape Report  

 

Click here to learn about Unified Threat Management solutions from CCC Technologies, Inc. 

Backup and Recovery
Unitrends Appliance Sizing Tool

Backup & RecoveryBased on your input, we can estimate the backup appliance or appliances which will best meet your organization's needs. One of our Managed Security Specialists will be happy to walk you through the process and discus the different options available to you. Please contact Mark Di Benedetto at 847.427.2354 or mdibenedetto@ccc1.com for more information.

Click here to use the Backup Appliance Navigator...

Click here to learn about Backup & Recovery solutions from CCC Technologies, Inc.

Click here to learn about onsite managed backup and offsite vaulting services from CCC Technologies, Inc.
ConvergeSecure® Managed Services
CCC Celebrates 50th ConvergeSecure® Customer

ConvergeSecure Team
CCC Technologies has welcomed it's newest significant milestone, our 50th customer to the ConvergeSecure® division.

In 2002, voice applications began to be integrated onto data networks. At that time, CCC Technologies became "The Convergence Company" and worked diligently to embrace the new technology and applications adopting the mantra "the first one through the forest gets the most scratches."

Today, CCC's technical depth and solution portfolio include the required tools and applications to design, implement, and manage healthy, protected converged networks.

Read more about the development and launch of ConvergeSecure®...

Click here to learn more about ConvergeSecure® Managed Services from CCC Technologies, Inc.