Demo Facilities: Overview

Demo Facility Types

The Innovative Communications Alliance offers a full suite of unified communications solutions that address the challenges faced by today's businesses. In order to help our customers better understand these challenges and their solutions, Innovative Communications Alliance demonstrations may be viewed in a variety of settings at locations around the world. The Innovative Communications Alliance demos allow customers and resellers to experience the newest technologies, and to learn more about the solutions offered by the Innovative Communications Alliance in the most effective and efficient manner possible.

  • Nortel Executive Briefing Center- hosts customer briefings to showcase the value proposition of Nortel solutions across a wide range of technical and industry areas.
  • Nortel Sales Offices- and customer facing labs are ideal for providing the opportunity to explore Innovative Communications Alliance solutions in greater depth with Nortel experts. Sales offices typically focus on providing solutions from an end user perspective, while customer-facing labs allow in-depth hands-on engagement.
  • Microsoft Technology Centers- allow customers to envision, architect, and demonstrate a customized solution using Microsoft and Partner technologies prior to deployment in their own IT environment. Innovative Communications Alliance solutions are deployed in the Microsoft Technology Centers Envisioning Center.
  • Microsoft Business Productivity Centers- (BPCs), tailored for the Asia Pacific market, are designed to showcase how companies can utilize Microsoft solutions for improved productivity and competitive advantage by leveraging existing investments with Microsoft applications. Innovative Communications Alliance solutions are available at select BPCs.
  • Microsoft Executive Briefing Centers- (EBCs) provide a professional setting in which corporate and government leaders can interact with Microsoft executives and business experts to explore how Microsoft solutions can be used to address the unique business challenges of the participants. Select EBCs offer Innovative Communications Alliance solution demos.