Oncents Endpoint Manager addressed critical issues and IT requirements for the bank:
Deploying Oncents Endpoint Manager proved to be as efficient as specified in the project plan, with fewer than 80 hours needed for system testing and tuning, device provisioning, user acceptance testing and training. The iNEMSOFT team worked closely with GBCI staff during the implementation process, executing deployment tasks according to the shared project plan. The team was available to support and address any production or interoperability concerns.
“We had several issues with another vendor’s load balancer as part of the integrated solution, and the iNEMSOFT team went above and beyond to make sure its product was working in our environment. That really goes a long way with me,” said Unger.
One significant benefit of deploying Oncents Endpoint Manager is the time savings for both IT personnel and branch employees. Previously, IT staff traveled to branch locations, and tellers or other branch personnel had to come in early or stay late to manually log in phones after-hours to complete the upgrade. With Oncents EM, GBCI staff disruptions were minimal and Unger now reports, “Our travel time and costs were eliminated.” The solution also minimized user disruption, a key factor for a customer-focused organization. In addition, the new solution delivered broader cost-effective scalability, enabling the organization to replace multiple file servers with a single Oncents EM system providing dual HA server capabilities.
An Avaya customer since 2011, GBCI’s Avaya Aura environment comprises two Avaya Aura Communication Manager servers operating in duplex mode, one Enterprise Survivable Server (ESS), one System Manager server (SMGR) and four Session Manager servers (SM).
The bank’s IT organization previously had a labor-intensive and time-consuming process for upgrading 3500 phones in its 180 branches, each with 10-30 devices. The organization faced a significant challenge when planning to upgrade from H.323 to SIP devices, estimating the project would take hundreds of staff hours just to log users into devices after the upgrade, requiring telecom personnel to travel to branch locations and complete the upgrades outside of regular banking hours to minimize customer service disruption.
The UCC Engineer in Glacier Bancorp’s data center, Jeff Unger manages the bank’s Avaya Aura infrastructure and partner solution implementations. Unger and his colleagues evaluated solutions implementations. Unger and his colleagues evaluated solutions from several vendors and selected Oncents Endpoint Manager (EM), iNEMSOFT’s device management software optimized for Avaya Aura devices. iNEMSOFT provided the bank with a solution that reduced device migration planning and labor costs, freeing up both corporate IT and branch employees’ time and energy to focus on other responsibilities.
The iNEMSOFT team went above and beyond to make sure its product was working in our environment” – Jeff Unger, UCC Engineer, Glacier Bancorp
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