Concern Worldwide
Coming to the aid of Ireland's largest humanitarian agencyFinding the perfect Unified Communications solution for a large humanitarian agency.
Concern Worldwide is Ireland’s largest aid and humanitarian agency, and since its foundation in 1968 has worked in 50 countries.
Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that works with the world’s poorest people to transform their lives. For over 40 years, Concern has worked in partnership with local communities from around the world to tackle hunger and become better prepared for future crises. The charity has a network of 3,500 employees, with 240 users based at its headquarters in Dublin.
In order to successfully manage the huge amount of activity, from external donations to internal communications, Concern made a strategic decision to update its telephony system. Concern began a lengthy evaluation process in order to identify a system that could address its needs. After evaluating the capabilities of solutions from Avaya and Microsoft, the charity turned to Mitel because it was able to address the NGO’s specific demands, while offering excellent value for money for the feature set available. The installation, carried out by channel partner PhonePulse, was completed smoothly in under one month.
Built on its brilliantly simple business Voice over IP phone system, Mitel’s unified communications solution brings together VoIP telephony, instant messaging, video conferencing, mobility, plus presence and collaboration capabilities into a seamless business environment. Concern has immediately reaped the benefits of the solution with improved internal and external communications, with a number of intelligent features helping the charity to manage its calls more effectively. The installation has been so successful that Concern has extended the implementation to more of its offices, including its Belfast and London offices.
“When working with a worldwide network of people, the ability to seamlessly communicate is an absolute necessity,” said Vincent P. Richardson, Chief Information Officer, Concern.
Completed And Signed Off In Less Than Two Weeks
“Phone Pulse has been an absolute dream to work with – they implemented the solution very quickly and the results have already been significant. With Mitel’s technology we are working more efficiently as an organisation, enabling us to help more people and reach those in need.”
Barry Roche, IT Manager, Concern Worldwide
The Challenge
A solution for a high activity, large humanitarian agency, heavily reliant on a strong and dependable telecoms solution.
The Solution
After searching the market for a phone solution to perfectly manage the challenge they faced, Concern chose Mitel’s UC brilliantly simple business VoIP phone system. This system brings together VoIP telephony, instant messaging, conferencing, mobility, plus presence and collaboration capabilities into a seamless business environment.
