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TECHNOLOGY open , cross-functional communities which have become key in transforming the way we share information .” As an example , operational questions or issues with operational equipment are being shared over Yammer , drawing in responses from engineers across Australia who may have encountered the same problem or had previous experience with the equipment .
There are other game changers in the stack . “ Skype for Business has replaced over 15 PBX solutions and introduced new ways to communicate , some expected and some unexpected ,” says Turnbull .
“ Not only was it a big cost saving ; suddenly you could effortlessly connect our international businesses into a meeting with video , voice , screen sharing and instant messaging . I can walk into a meeting room and click one button to join a meeting instead of having to find a dial-in number , type in the conference code and remember a PIN . Best of all when we move into new countries we don ’ t have to set up PBX infrastructure , we just provision phone numbers and conferencing services through a single portal .”
They have deployed several Surface Hub devices , which have really
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