AVI-SPL expands Collaboration-as-a-Service globally

AVI-SPL has announced an expanded release of its Collaboration as a Service (CaaS) offering to support customers around the world.

First piloted in the UK last year, the purpose-built programme addresses the most pressing AV and UC and collaboration (UCC) technology procurement, deployment, and management needs that organisations have.

AVI-SPL Collaboration as a Service helps organizations quickly outfit or refresh meeting rooms, flexibly scale UCC and cloud video capacity, manage UCC platform interoperability, and ensure technology up-time. With its subscription-based financing, it also provides flexible, predictable, and budget-friendly terms.

The program is said to be the first of its kind to account for owning and managing the full lifecycle of meeting room technology holistically.

The AVI-SPL Collaboration as a Service subscription gives end users the opportunity to bundle hardware, software, installation, adoption services, cloud and on-site managed services, and analytics to optimise user experience with collaboration technology. It also consolidates and co-terms licence renewals and hardware refreshes to ease technology upkeep and platform migrations.

“Many customers are rapidly deploying new meeting room technology to enable hybrid work and team collaboration as the world returns to the office,” said John Bailey, senior vice president of technology and innovation at AVI-SPL. “AVI-SPL is leading the way by providing new flexible consumption models for customers who need to plan, deploy, manage, and finance collaboration technologies that scale reliably and securely.”

Over the past two years, usage of UCC applications such as Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and Zoom has surged. As hybrid work takes hold, IT departments are updating traditional conference rooms to include these video meeting tools and ensure people feel connected, collaborative, engaged, and productive.

Upgrading rooms with video capabilities and outfitting them for optimal meeting equity requires considerable resources. Collaboration as a Service greatly reduces that burden on IT while also reducing the total cost of ownership of the technology and providing a flexible way to scale deployments up or down based on need.

The AVI-SPL Collaboration as a Service program model aligns with how many IT departments already consume other technology, like laptops and mobile phones, offering flexible financial terms and interest-free options, enabling companies to conserve capital for strategic business investments.

For more information, visit: https://www.avispl.com/caas