<div>It really is a matter of setting expectations and guiding them into the 21st century (sometimes kicking and screaming). In fact, I've heard our sales folks tell prospects/customers that they will hate us for the first couple weeks because we're disrupting how they used to do things but once they get used to the changes they will recognize that it actually makes their business better. We do quite a few deployments in the 100-1000 seat range and in my experience:</div>
<div><br></div><div>1- As someone said, the senior management/CxO's need to feel important.</div><div>2- We have found that it is equally important (if not more so!) to make their assistant feel important. If they're not happy, then the guy that pays the bill won't be happy (sort of like the sayings, "a happy wife is a happy life" and "if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy")</div>
<div>3- As for key system emulation, Polycom does a pretty good job at keeping Shared Call Appearances in sync (we're a Broadsoft shop). Aastra, not so much. We don't do a lot of key system functionality, per se, but we do have quite a bit of professional services (lawyers) that love to have their assistant know when they are on the phone, so we do a good amount of managed lines, although we try to steer users away from it if we can.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Alex Balashov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:abalashov@evaristesys.com">abalashov@evaristesys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 02/01/2012 03:19 PM, Peter Rad. wrote:<br>
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On 2/1/2012 1:13 PM, Alex Balashov wrote:<br>
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Most customers simply want their old key system with the lower cost<br>
of VOIP<br>
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You sold it wrong.<br>
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I didn't sell anything. It's just what I've tended to see with my ITSP customers. And I think they sold it right; there's only so far that customer expectations can bend.<div class="im HOEnZb"><br>
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