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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello gang,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our CFO finally agreed to fund our IP Telephony project to decommission our old PBX and replace 3,500 legacy phones with IP phones. I’ve been working on the justification for more than two years.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would like to know if any of you would know where I can find or have a deployment plan to rollout a project like that. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I already have about 1,800 IP phones on our current cluster. Our MCS servers are old and must be replaced (with Cisco UCS servers) and will be upgrading from 7.1 to 8.6 at the same time. We’re replacing all our network switches with PoE switches and putting all voicemail on Microsoft Unified Messaging.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just want to make sure that the rollout goes well since all of Upper Management (CIO, CFO and CEO) will be keeping track of the progress and know if things go very bad.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m looking for any info on the planning, deployment and support. By the way, we will be getting some professional services by our Cisco gold partner but I still need to make sure I have everything covered.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA>Daniel Martin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA>Chef de Groupe – Gestion du Réseau des TI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Group Leader – IT Network Management<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CAE Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA>St-Laurent, Québec Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA>H4T 1G6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA>Tél: 1-514-341-2000 x4878<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA>Fax: 1-514-340-5489<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA><a href="mailto:daniel.martin@cae.com">daniel.martin@cae.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>