Meeting of open minds: Making the right communications investments in a challenging economy

Johannesburg, 22 Jul 2009

Siemens Enterprise Communications recently hosted a series of national customer events called “Open Minds”, which took place from 22 until 24 July 2009 in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town respectively. These events provided Siemens Enterprise Communications with the perfect platform to highlight the key value propositions that our software and services provide, enabling organisations to meet their business challenges in today's economic climate, and be well positioned to take advantage of future growth.

“Our customer promise, OpenPath, and our Open Standards approach enables our customers to easily migrate and realise the benefits of Unified Communications regardless of their current environments. In addition, our innovative OpenScale services provide compelling commercial packages that give customers the confidence that their investment is protected,” says Raymond Padayachee, Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Enterprise Communications.

Siemens communication solutions do not only increase the efficiency of business in enterprises, but they also enable a higher level of satisfaction for employees and environmental performance by reducing the consumption of energy resources and reducing harmful emissions into the environment.

The event will bring together leading experts from various industries, including Greg Volkwyn, Financial Markets Commentator and presenter of Highveld Stereo's “Money Minute”; Steve Blood, Vice-President, Gartner Research and local customers: Thabo Ndlela, Africa Sector CIO, Absa; Abdullah Shariff, Infrastructure Services Manager, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Lynne Croeser, Telecommunications Manager, Provincial Government of the Western Cape.

Siemens Enterprise Communications

Siemens Enterprise Communications is a joint venture between The Gores Group, a leading private equity firm, and Siemens AG. The joint venture incorporates Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG, its worldwide affiliates, and the businesses of Enterasys Networks and SER Solutions. With more than 14 000 employees worldwide and as a leader in enterprise communications, Siemens Enterprise Communications is at the forefront of unified communications, contact centres and secure networks. The company follows an Open Communications approach, providing enterprise communications and data networking solutions for enterprises of all sizes thus enabling business processes to be more productive, faster and more secure within any network or information technology infrastructure. In South Africa, Siemens has been operating for more than 110 years in the telecommunications industry and boasts a customer base of in excess of 12 000 enterprises, which include most of South Africa's leading corporate companies. For more information about Siemens Enterprise Communications, please visit www.siemens.com/open.

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