Date... September 16th  Venue:   Hilton Tower Bridge Location details

Agenda (subject to change)

Aastra Day September 16th 2010   

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Just to remind you...

Expected outcomes are that:

• Aastra identify portfolio roadmaps and UK strategies going forward.
• UC & UM solutions are fully clarified along with options of how to get there and the tangible business benefits to be gained.
• Update on the current and upcoming releases on the core portfolio (MD110, MX-One, Solidus, CMG and One Box).
• Listen to and raise questions the new Management team and their plans for the enterprise in the next 12 months.
• Capture a general view of the marketplace from respected analysts Frost and Sullivan. 

If members want to ensure they have answers to any specific questions in the closed session then please ensure you submit them to us via the web form . We would encourage all users to use the web form submission as it will help us deliver a more effective closed session.  Aastra have have a busy agenda prepared so any early notice will give us greater time to prepare.

This is Aastra's day and the audience is mixed. We will have our closed session as normal, we will have a number of points to discuss on matters arising since the AGM.

• Paul Johnson sudden departure leaves the chair person position open. 
• The sales stop of BC12 additional licenses should have been communicated to all users from the partners over some considerable time. The impact of it's timing and what exactly it means to users on the older releases needs to be discussed and clarified.
• We will be seeking a formal update from Aastra on software assurance which has been dragging on for some time.
• The general action catch up and the discussion of open issues or matters arising.

The Aastra agenda is quite tightly managed for this event and therefore it is essential we keep to the timings allocated. If you have any questions to bring up that need to be responded to by either Aastra or a partner submit them via the contact form and we will forward them on and get responses back for the session where possible.   

This will be an opportunity to Meet Aastra's new UK managing Director Alan Reeve. He has re-iterated the importance of the existing user community to Aastra and it should be interesting what he has to say. He has responded to some initial questions put to him from the user group and indicates he is looking forward to meeting with group members and answering further questions we may have. Alans current response

The agenda itself will consist of a number of presentations and a series of workshops / Demos. The workshops are facilitated by Aastra and based around a Unified Comms theme. Two more unified communication apps will be 'live' demonstrated at the event, InTouch and InReach and the new InConference will be presented.
 
A common criticism is that UC is still a rather confusing set of choices with overlaps and users generally would like to see a clear setting out of UC (for existing installed base migration and ease of take-up). Our expectation is these workshops will be focus for the benefit of the existing users and address the criticism leveled at the confusion created by the overlap and overly technical focus of the portfolio and its supportive material.